en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 18, Chinese logistics technology company Cainiao announced that it will deliver four large-scale climbing robot warehouses in China and Europe over the next four months, with project locations including Guangzhou, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and Spain. Cainiao will collaborate with e-commerce platforms, well-known brands, and other partners to facilitate the deployment of these warehouses, further expanding the application scale of its self-developed climbing robots in cross-border e-commerce and intelligent warehousing scenarios.
Bi Jianghua, Vice President of Cainiao and General Manager of its Logistics Technology Business Unit, stated that Cainiao's self-developed climbing robots have been tested during the 618 shopping festival, enhancing the intelligent operational capabilities of the e-commerce supply chain. This new delivery plan signifies that Cainiao's climbing robots will transition from single-point trial operations to multi-warehouse replication, with their application scope extending from domestic warehousing scenarios to the European market.
Cainiao's first self-developed climbing robot, named ZeeBot, is designed for high-density warehousing scenarios. The robot can move quickly on the ground and climb vertically along shelves, autonomously handling tasks such as goods retrieval, storage, repositioning, and coordinated transport. Unlike traditional warehousing robots that primarily operate on the ground, climbing robots can directly access three-dimensional shelf spaces, improving warehouse storage density and retrieval efficiency.
In April this year, Cainiao unveiled the ZeeBot at the MODEX 2026 international logistics exhibition in Atlanta, USA, and confirmed that the first climbing robot warehouse had been delivered and put into operation in Guangdong. The initial project, jointly developed by Cainiao and AliExpress in Dongguan, Guangdong, primarily serves cross-border shipping. Test data shows that this technology can double warehouse retrieval efficiency, with the robot capable of climbing to the height of a five-tier shelf in about 10 seconds.
The four large-scale climbing robot warehouses planned for delivery will continue to focus on e-commerce supply chain, cross-border fulfillment, and brand warehousing needs. For e-commerce platforms and brand owners, warehousing operational pressures typically concentrate on peak sales events, cross-border shipping, returns and exchanges processing, and multi-SKU management. If climbing robots can operate stably in high-density warehousing, they will help improve picking, storage, and inbound/outbound efficiency while reducing the warehouse's reliance on horizontal space expansion.
The deployment of European warehouses also reflects the global expansion direction of Cainiao's logistics technology products. The Netherlands and Spain are key nodes in European cross-border e-commerce and regional distribution, and the relevant warehouses can serve local fulfillment, overseas warehouse shipping, and cross-border order processing. As Chinese e-commerce platforms and brands continue to expand into the European market, demand for automated warehousing systems, robotic equipment, and intelligent scheduling platforms is also rising.
For Cainiao, the journey of climbing robots from self-developed launch to multi-location delivery is a crucial step in transitioning its logistics technology business from internal application to productized output. Whether subsequent projects can achieve stable replication will depend on factors such as robot system reliability, warehousing software scheduling capabilities, shelf modification costs, customer order density, and overseas operational support capabilities. After the delivery of the four warehouses in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and Spain, they will serve as important samples for observing the large-scale application effectiveness of Cainiao's climbing robots.
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