JD.com Timeline

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• 2026-08-31 - Production Milestone - Maniformer delivers 20,000th MEgo after passing one million data hours - The milestone unit was delivered to JD.com for deployment in real operating environments. The data estate spans more than one million hours across over 10,000 environments, 50,000 object categories and 500 tasks. A new data partnership with Tencent Robotics… - source: globenewswire.com
• 2026-08-28 - Funding - Sharpa discloses CNY4.5B+ cumulative financing and CNY22B valuation - Named investors include Alibaba, Meituan, Tencent, JD.com, Transsion, Sequoia China, Qiming Venture Partners, Meituan DragonBall and Guanghe Venture Capital. The company said the capital supports core technology development, recruitment and the transition of… - source: m.x-techcon.com
• 2026-08-16 - Deployment - JD.com opens 24-hour robotic 7Fresh Coffee shop in Beijing - The automated line handles grinding, espresso extraction, blending, pouring and delivery to the customer pickup cabinet. Customers can order through an in-store kiosk or the JD app; drinks can be completed in 20–30 seconds with seven or eight prepared… - source: en.people.cn
• 2026-07-13 - Partnership - Lumos Robotics signs three-year JD.com commercial agreement - The parties set a cumulative robot-sales target above RMB1 billion over the three-year term. JD.com will provide channel and platform support for robot sales. The agreement also covers joint product work, supply-chain coordination and delivery capability. - source: bbtnews.com.cn
• 2026-07-11 - Partnership - Huilun Technology and JD sign embodied-robotics strategic cooperation - The cooperation covers AI robot product innovation, logistics and park scenarios, channel development and ecosystem buildout. Huilun plans JD listing and market validation in 2026 for GoMate Mini security inspection robots, axial-flux motors and dexterous… - source: stock.10jqka.com.cn
• 2026-06-23 - Deployment - JD.com discloses 5.53M unmanned-vehicle parcels and 78 rural drone routes - JD.com transferred 5.53M parcels by unmanned vehicles during the 618 period. The deployment included 78 drone-delivery routes in Zizhong, Sichuan. The rural drone network improved delivery efficiency by 4.4x. - source: finance.sina.com.cn
• 2026-05-19 - Market Signal - JD.com expands JoyInside across nearly 200 hardware brands - JoyInside is positioned as a physical-AI enablement layer for hardware brands. The technology was working with nearly 200 brands across more than 30 categories. The stated 10 million-device figure was a 2026 expectation rather than an installed-base count. - source: jdcorporateblog.com
• 2024-11-05 - Product Launch - JD Logistics introduces Zhilang GTP warehousing robot system - The system combines handling AGVs, lifting robots, shelving and automated picking workstations. JD said nearly 100 Zhilang AGVs and lifting robots were already operating at a Beijing intelligent logistics park. The product gives JD Logistics a concrete… - source: jdcorporateblog.com
• 2023-07-11 - Partnership - JD Logistics partners with AutoCore.ai on autonomous-driving systems - The partnership covers end-to-end autonomous-driving systems for multiple logistics scenarios. More than 600 autonomous vehicles were operating in 30 Chinese cities at the time. AutoCore.ai contributes autonomous-driving middleware and engineering support to… - source: jdcorporateblog.com
• 2022-11-09 - Deployment - JD Logistics operates 700 delivery robots for Singles Day - The Singles Day fleet comprised 600 outdoor and 100 indoor delivery robots operating across China. Robot-fulfilled orders on 1 November increased 300% year over year. The deployment combined public-road last-mile vehicles with robots serving indoor… - source: jdcorporateblog.com
• 2022-03-31 - Deployment - JD deploys delivery robots in Shanghai lockdown neighborhoods - Autonomous delivery robots served locked-down neighbourhoods in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area. Nearly 400 autonomous delivery vehicles were operating across more than 25 Chinese cities at the time. The deployment provided contactless last-mile service during… - source: jdcorporateblog.com
• 2021-06-08 - Deployment - JD delivery robots arrive in Guangzhou for COVID-19 relief - JD said its autonomous delivery vehicles arrived in Guangzhou on June 4 to support contactless delivery. The first robots were assigned to 14 residential compounds in Guanggang New Town in Liwan District. JD said its autonomous delivery program had developed… - source: jdcorporateblog.com
• 2020-12-24 - Product Launch - JD flies JDX-500 heavy-load logistics drone in Sichuan - JDX-500 is an autogyro logistics drone designed to carry up to a few hundred kilograms. Its short-runway configuration supports transport between regional warehouses and emergency airdrop missions. The December 2020 Sichuan flight followed ten months of… - source: jdcorporateblog.com
• 2020-10-22 - Deployment - JD launches city-scale L4 delivery robot operation in Changshu - A 100-vehicle Level-4 rollout was planned for Changshu by the end of 2020. The vehicles drove unsupervised from delivery stations and planned routes from parcel addresses. The programme extended autonomous parcel delivery from pilots into daily operation on… - source: jdcorporateblog.com