In China, yellow delivery robots may change future of logistics

Small but strong: A Suning worker loading a delivery robot with groceries outside a Suning supermarket in Beijing. — AFP

Beijing: Along a quiet residential street on the outer edges of Beijing, a yellow and black cube about the size of a small washing machine trundles leisurely to its destination.

This “little yellow horse” is an autonomous delivery robot, ferrying daily essentials like drinks, fruit and snacks from the local store to the residents of the “Kafka” compound in the Chinese capital.