Cainiao plans to give artificial intelligence and embodied-intelligence developers access to logistics operations for research and robot testing, while offering hardware firms a separate service for overseas supply chains.
Cainiao announced the program in Hong Kong on Thursday, Nov. 5, saying developers would be able to train and assess robots in active logistics settings. The company said the proposed effort includes dozens of proof-of-concept tasks, such as warehouse picking, navigation, delivery, high-altitude inspection, security operations, aviation logistics and auto-parts management.
Cainiao said its pilot deployments span express delivery, e-commerce, fast-moving consumer goods and auto parts. Listed tasks include feeding and labeling parcels, sorting small items, stacking pallets and removing goods from them. The company describes the planned training network as the world’s largest, but its announcement gives no comparison point for that claim.
Cainiao forecasts that physical AI could produce efficiency gains of 10 to 50 times over the coming decade. The company did not define the baseline or measurement behind that estimate.
Separately, Cainiao introduced “Global Tech in Three Days,” a service for AI computing, robotics and related hardware companies expanding overseas. Its listed offerings include customs support, freight and return logistics, insurance for high-value cargo, warehousing and spare-parts management. Cainiao presents the service as support for companies from prototype testing through overseas operations, alongside a network that spans domestic collection, cross-border transport and fulfillment abroad.
The announcement did not describe the service name as a three-day delivery guarantee or provide prices, coverage details or service-level terms. Cainiao also did not set a date for when partners can begin using the logistics sites.
Cainiao said it had signed initial cooperation agreements with companies in AI computing and embodied intelligence, without naming them or disclosing terms. Nearly 100 industry representatives attended the Hong Kong launch, the company said.
William Xiong, CEO of Cainiao Global, said the goal was to help intelligent technologies go global “as efficiently and simply as e-commerce parcels.”
