The Rundown Robotics: China’s delivery robots

 China’s delivery robots ride the subway
Image source: Vanke
The Rundown: In Shenzhen, a fleet of 41 penguin-shaped delivery bots now zips through the subway stations and boards trains autonomously, ferrying drinks and snacks to more than 100 7-Eleven locations.
The details:
The fleet of robots, each a meter tall with glowing LED “faces,” can navigate stations, elevators, and train carriages autonomously.VX Logistics, a Vanke subsidiary, manages the operation, with the fleet serving over 100 7‑Eleven stores located within the city’s vast subway network. Robots operate only during non‑peak hours to minimize congestion, replacing human couriers who otherwise need to park on the street and unload stock. Equipped with panoramic lidar and smart chassis design, the bots reportedly avoid collisions, handle subway platform gaps, and maneuver crowded spaces.
Why it matters: Shenzhen’s “Embodied Intelligent Robot Action Plan” has flipped the script on city logistics — robots now ride the rails, delivering straight to subway shops and skipping the curbside chaos. In the race for robotic dominance, this is a serious flex: In Shenzhen, even the subway has joined the robot workforce.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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