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June 22, 2021 June 22, 2021 The Alibaba Group said it plans to deploy 1,000 delivery robots across university campuses and local communities in China over the next year. It’s goal is to deliver packages faster, cheaper, and more efficiently. In addition to the delivery robots, known as ‘Xiaomanlv,’ Alibaba’s research arm, DAMO Academy, will work with the group’s logistics arm Cainiao to develop larger, self-driving delivery trucks to support a wider delivery radius with autonomous vehicles large and small. “Autonomous driving technology is becoming a core technology in the digital era,” Alibaba’s Chief Technology Officer Cheng Li said. According...