A JD.com automatic delivery vehicle waits at a red light alongside a bus in Haidian district, Beijing, during a trial run in this undated photo. [Photo/Xinhua]

Customers will receive an instant message to pick up their delivery. Customers can choose to accept their packages by either facial recognition, passwords or via JD.com's mobile app.

A customer picks up her package from a JD.com automatic delivery vehicle in Haidian district, Beijing, June 18, 2018. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]

JD.com piloted robot deliveries at Renmin University of China in Beijing a year ago. The company is planning to launch its autonomous delivery vehicles in dozens of Chinese cities in the near future.