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| Published on Jun 11, 2021 Alibaba Group said it plans to deploy 1,000 robots across Chinese university campuses and local communities over the next year as it steps up efforts to deliver packages faster and more cheaply. The e-commerce giant’s research arm, Hangzhou-headquartered DAMO Academy, together with the group’s logistics arm Cainiao, have started mass-producing the small robots, known as ‘Xiaomanlv’. The group also elaborated on its plans to develop larger, self-driving trucks to expand the radius of its deliveries. “Autonomous driving technology is becoming a core technology in the digital era,” Alibaba’s Chief Technology Officer Cheng Li said....
