Pandemic pushes Chinese tech giants to roll out more courier robots

An autonomous delivery vehicle by Meituan is displayed at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China on July 8, 2021.Reuters file   More than a thousand robots are set to join the delivery personnel ranks of Chinese behemoths Alibaba, Meituan and JD.com over the next year as the pandemic fuels demand for contactless services. The firms expect...