
China’s JD.com tests drone delivery in Indonesia in first overseas pilot
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/jd-drone-indonesia/
We hear a lot about drones having the potential to revolutionize delivery and logistics. It’s easy to be dismissive — in many cases, a robot may take what would be a human’s job — but there are some examples where drone technology could genuinely be transformative.
One such case is Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest country that houses a population of over 260 million people across some 17,000 islands. The country, which is the world’s largest archipelago, is the location for e-commerce giant JD.com’s first drone trial outside of its native China.