Technology company tests robots for home deliveries

BEIJING - Along a quiet residential street on the outer edges of Beijing, a yellow and black cube about the size of a small washing machine trundles to its destination.

This "little yellow horse" is an autonomous delivery robot, ferrying daily essentials such as drinks, fruit and snacks from the local store to the residents of a nearby compound in the capital city.

Equipped with a GPS system, cameras and radar, the robots are seen by their creator as the future of logistics in China, where he says one billion packages will eventually be delivered every day.