Ex-Cainiao CTO's robot startup worked Double 11 warehouses, claims nearly 5,000 orders

Nov 13, 2026
Quantum Dynamics says its dual-arm robot feeds more than 1,200 parcels an hour into sorting lines with a 99% success rate.

Robots from Quantum Dynamics, a Hangzhou startup founded this year by former Cainiao CTO Li Qiang, worked in Cainiao warehouses during the Double 11 shopping festival, Pandaily reports, citing a company statement.

The company says it has batch orders for nearly 5,000 robots, though these range from signed contracts to early talks and are not a delivered fleet. Its dual-arm robot feeds more than 1,200 parcels an hour into sorting lines with a 99% success rate, according to the company. Its model learns perception and action together from camera, touch and robot-state inputs, so new parcel types need no new programming.

Quantum Dynamics is in pilot talks with SF Express and plans to release a robot built for logistics at the end of December. It has not disclosed other customers or independent throughput figures.

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