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As AI Enters the Physical World, Why Did JD Logistics Choose a "Non-Sexy" Practical Tech Path?

· Source: eu.36kr.com

In short

JD Logistics is positioning its self-developed industrial-grade large model "Super Brain 3.0" and its "Wolf Clan" robot fleet as a practical route to Physical AI in logistics, contrasting it with over-hyped humanoid robot demos. The article argues that real warehouses, with hundreds of millions of daily parcels and highly non-standard operations, are the true test bed for embodied intelligence. JD Logistics reports a two-year payback for its Zhilang goods-to-person system and newly unveiled robots such as the cold-chain Zhilang and the Canglang picking robot for legacy warehouses.

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Tags: logistics, warehousing, robotics, automation, supply chain

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