Anyone remember talk of drone delivery?
Apr. 5th, 2022 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitouthttps://jdcorporateblog.com/jd-coms-drone-delivery-program-takes-flight-in-rural-china/
“This Singles Day, JD Drones will serve customers in a number of rural locations across the country.
In Jiangsu Province, for example, drones will be dispatched from the Tiantong’an delivery station in Suqian to communities such as Hanzha village in the surrounding countryside.
Controlled by a proprietary, highly sophisticated back-end system, the drone can then take off automatically and follow a pre-determined route to the village that is designed to optimize delivery time and cost.
When it arrives at the village, the drone lands at a designated drop-off point, where our local village promoter takes delivery. The village promoters, chosen in part for their familiarity with the residents and the layout of their villages, then ensure that the orders reach JD.com’s customers in the area.”
JD.com is a freaking _enormous_ e-commerce retailer in China that already has astonishingly rapid delivery. Please note that the drone does not arrive at the _customer_. It is a link in the chain before the customer. But still very interesting!
“This Singles Day, JD Drones will serve customers in a number of rural locations across the country.
In Jiangsu Province, for example, drones will be dispatched from the Tiantong’an delivery station in Suqian to communities such as Hanzha village in the surrounding countryside.
Controlled by a proprietary, highly sophisticated back-end system, the drone can then take off automatically and follow a pre-determined route to the village that is designed to optimize delivery time and cost.
When it arrives at the village, the drone lands at a designated drop-off point, where our local village promoter takes delivery. The village promoters, chosen in part for their familiarity with the residents and the layout of their villages, then ensure that the orders reach JD.com’s customers in the area.”
JD.com is a freaking _enormous_ e-commerce retailer in China that already has astonishingly rapid delivery. Please note that the drone does not arrive at the _customer_. It is a link in the chain before the customer. But still very interesting!