China Post Deploys Humanoid Sorters at Guangzhou Hub
Interesting Engineering reports, citing Xinhua, that China Post's Jianggao logistics site in Guangzhou has introduced humanoid robotic sorters to identify and sort parcels alongside robotic arms and unmanned forklifts. Xinhua says the humanoid sorters can process up to 1,200 parcels per hour, while the Guangzhou postal center handles 6.5 million mail items daily and peaks above 10 million. For ui44 readers, the deployment matters because humanoids are being tested in high-volume, human-built logistics environments where reliability, throughput, maintenance cost, and simpler fixed automation alternatives will determine whether similar general-purpose robots earn trust before reaching homes.