A collaboration between Asian e-commerce companies JD.com and Rakuten will expand drone deliveries in Japan. In its native China, JD has been running an unmanned delivery service for 2016, including self-driving trucks, automated warehouses and unmanned stores. JD will now bring that experience to Japan's Rakuten, which has run its own drone delivery business since several years. The aim is to develop and commercialise a more efficient human-free last-mile delivery network.
A collaboration between Asian e-commerce companies JD.com and Rakuten will expand drone deliveries in Japan. In its native China, JD has been running an unmanned delivery service for several years, including self-driving trucks, automated warehouses and unmanned stores. JD will now bring that experience to Japan's Rakuten, which has run its own drone delivery business since 2016. The aim is to develop and commercialise a more efficient human-free last-mile delivery network.