Alibaba ingenye yezinkampani ezinkulu zokuthengisa umkhiqizo ezizama ukuqala ukukhipha izinhlelo zazo okulindeleke ukuthi zikwazi ukuletha okuthengiswayo nazo zonke izinhlobo zamaphakeji ngokwenza ukusetshenziswa kwama-drones. Kulesi senzakalo, amazwe angamaShayina akwazi ukwethula ama-oda wokuqala kusetshenziswa lobu buchwepheshe.
Umbono abanawo e-Alibaba ukuqala ukusebenzisa lolu hlelo ukuthumela amaphakheji eziqhingini. Ngale njongo, baqale ukusebenzisa ama-drones amathathu akwazile ukuhambisa amabhokisi ayisithupha wezithelo zothando nge isisindo sokugcina esingu-12 kg. Ama-drones aqala uhambo lwawo esuka edolobheni lasePutian, elisesifundazweni saseFujian, elibheke esiqhingini saseMeizhou.
I-Alibaba isivele isebenzisa ama-drones ukuletha amaphakheji eziqhingini zaseChina
Ngokubheka imininingwane embalwa eseyenzekile mayelana nalokhu kuhlolwa kokuqala kwephrojekthi, onjiniyela be-Alibaba bakwazile ukuletha okuthengiswayo yize ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona umoya onamandla lokho kwenza ukuhamba kwaba nzima. Ama-drones athatha imizuzu eyisishiyagalolunye ukwenza uhambo, sikhuluma ngebanga lamakhilomitha amahlanu.
Ngokuqondene nama-drones asetshenzisiwe, ngokusobala sikhuluma ngesibonelo esisha esenziwe ngokuhlanganyela ngu ICainiao Network, inkampani namuhla ephatha konke ukuthuthwa kwe-Alibaba Group, I-Taobao, ipulatifomu yokuthenga okuthengiswayo kanye ne ifemu yobuchwepheshe basekhaya. Lawa ma-drones agqamile, ngaphezu kokuthi aklanyelwe ngokukhethekile ukubheka izidingo ze-Alibaba, ngokuba namandla okuthutha afinyelela kuma-6 kilograms wezimpahla ngamunye.
Ngokusho kwabokuqala abanenhlanhla abathole inhlanhla yokuba khona ngalezi zithuthi, ngokusobala nangokubonga kwayo izikhathi zokulinda zinganqunywa phakathi.