On June 13th, the two major e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com invested heavily in drones and robotics to upgrade their respective e-commerce empire logistics networks. With the rise of e-commerce, China's express delivery industry is booming – investment in new logistics technologies is designed to further shorten delivery times. What other important things to watch in today's robotics industry?
Let warehouse robots “crawl the shelves†and Exotec wants to build a fully automated warehouse systemAccording to research data from TracTIca, the market size of global warehousing and logistics robots will reach 22.4 billion US dollars by 2021. The overall future development of the industry is broad. Warehousing mobile robots have a significant effect in improving the efficiency of cargo operations and reducing labor costs.
Exotec SoluTIons, a French robotic startup, recently won a B round of $17.7 million in financing, led by Iris Capital and currently involved investors 360 Capital Partners and Breega. This round of financing will be used by Exotec to build and sell 1,000 robots by 2019.
Exotec is committed to creating fully automated warehouse systems for the e-commerce and retail industries through 3D mobile robots and ancillary facilities. The entire system consists of three main modules: the storage robot Skypod, the shelves, and the site.
Ali Jingdong invests in drones and robots to shorten delivery time
Recently, the two major e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com have invested heavily in drones and robotics to upgrade their respective e-commerce empire logistics networks. With the rise of e-commerce, China's express delivery industry is booming – investment in new logistics technologies is designed to further shorten delivery times.
Liugong advances into the robot industryOn June 5th, at the product launch conference of Guangxi Zhituo Technology Co., Ltd., which was invested and built by Liugong Group, the robot system integration products such as welding, assembly, painting and palletizing developed by the company attracted the attention of customer representatives. This marks Liugong's use of its own capital, technology, talents, brands and other advantages to enter the robot industry, taking a critical and solid step.
It is reported that Liugong has formulated a "three-step" strategy for the development of the robot business. The first step is to base on the internal users of Liugong, based on the Liuzhou and Guangxi markets, and fully integrate the mature robot system integration products. The second step is to extend the business to provide customers with comprehensive solutions for robotic applications and intelligent transformation. At the same time, they will independently design and manufacture automated production lines with robot system integration as the core, and become the leader of regional robot industry in Southwest China; The third step is to acquire cutting-edge technologies in robot R&D through cooperation, acquisition, merger, etc., and gradually enter the R&D and manufacturing fields of robot bodies and core components, and become a leader in the domestic robot industry.
At the same time, investing in four intelligent robots, the most intelligent substation of China Southern Power GridIn the early morning of June 12, the first 500 kV full indoor GIS substation of China Southern Power Grid - 500 kV Wenshan Substation successfully connected to multiple 220 kV lines and began to transmit electric energy. This will add a capacity of 150 million kilowatts to Zhongshan City, located in the geometric center of Dawan District, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, which will greatly ease the load pressure during the peak period of Power Supply in Zhongshan City. At the same time, the station will strengthen the connection between Zhongshan Power Grid and the provincial network. It has become an important energy transfer channel in the Pearl River Delta region.
In order to successfully complete the important mission of power supply security, Wenshan Station integrates intelligent technologies in monitoring, patrol, operation, maintenance, overhaul, security, new energy and other fields. At the same time, it has invested in 4 intelligent inspection robots, becoming the first of China Southern Power Grid. An all-indoor GIS500 kV substation that realizes daily patrol automation. Among them, the first relay patrol patrol robot of the Southern Power Grid was officially opened, which greatly improved the efficiency of the patrol inspection.
Citibank will have 10,000 jobs replaced by robots in the next five yearsCitibank president Jamie Forese said that in the next five years, robots could replace up to 10,000 jobs in the bank.
Fries said that the most affected areas are technology and operations – accounting for about 40% of the total number of Citigroup investment banking employees. Fries said that these positions are "the most suitable for replacement by machines."
In addition to Fries, other banking executives have also made similar comments, said Goldman Sachs International CEO Richard Gnodde, who believes there is no reason for the automation trend to continue to grow.
AICRobo robots will respond to 618 big wisdom warehouse will usher in popularizationWith the opening of the Jingdong 618 national online shopping feast, the “peak season†of the express delivery industry was once again launched. “How long does it take to receive a package after buying and buying?†has always been a major concern for online shoppers.
Recently, the self-transporting robot developed by AIC Robo, "Little Red Riding Hood", will join the commodity selection team at Jingdong Chengdu Warehouse. In the warehouse of more than 20,000 square meters, many "Little Red Riding Hood" tirelessly assisted the pickers in transporting goods. The emergence of "Little Red Riding Hood" opened up a new direction for the operation mode of smart warehousing and logistics.
The reporter learned on the spot that the self-transporting robot "Little Red Riding Hood" is mainly used for the picking and transportation of the storage environment. It can interface with the existing WMS/ERP/MES management system in the warehouse, enabling the robot to realize functions such as independent search and delivery.
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