Shulou(Shulou.com)06/02 Report--

2018 was an unusual year for the robotics industry. This year, almost all enterprises are talking about landing, products and technologies are facing the severe test of the market. So, how did it go this year?

At the end of 2018, I have sorted out several incidents of screen brushing in the robot industry, and the following events may become a microcosm of the industry for everyone to chat after dinner. At the same time, the editor will also make some comments.

1. Logistics robots: join the Singles' Day and double Twelve Wars

According to statistics, during the Singles Day holiday this year, express delivery reached 1.825 billion pieces, an increase of 25.68% over the same period last year, which is 3.2 times the daily handling capacity, and once again set a new record for the highest daily handling capacity of express delivery in our country. However, with the addition of logistics robots, the logistics processing speed during Singles Day and double Twelve has been greatly improved, and the state of warehouse explosion has been alleviated.

They can not only take the place of manual pick-up, code scanning, transportation, delivery, etc., but also automatically identify the express delivery information, complete the scanning and weighing of parcels, and complete the delivery with the optimal route in 1 second, realizing rapid deployment and delivery.

The application of intelligence in every industry is in full swing, and the logistics industry is a typical application case. Compared with manual delivery, intelligent warehousing robot emphasizes the autonomy of the system and supports many advanced navigation methods, such as laser navigation, SLAM navigation and so on.

Now, as you can see, the logistics robot industry is growing at an explosive rate. However, behind the rapid growth, there is a need for the intelligent blessing of various technologies to make robots like "people", more suitable to the scene and softer to use, which is something that the industry will need to work hard for a long time in the future.

2. World artificial Intelligence Congress: a new era of intelligence that everyone is paying attention to.

On September 17, a world-class feast of artificial intelligence was held on the west bank of Shanghai, which was attended by more than 200 heavyweight guests and 1000 + innovative enterprises at home and abroad. As one of the important branches, robot attracts countless eyes.

The conference pointed out that with a global and future perspective, Shanghai should seize opportunities, create an environment, and make every effort to create a highland for artificial intelligence innovation, application demonstration, system supply, and talent agglomeration. From the perspective of "nationalization", "high-end", "specialization" and "marketization", the panorama shows the wonderful AI world and talks about the development of Al.

In 2018, in addition to more and more artificial intelligence conferences coming into public view, more and more robot products are seen in major scenes, as if intelligence is everywhere.

Intelligence brings us a new world that is more convenient, broader and more intelligent. At the same time, the strong user base and rich application scenarios also provide a good prerequisite for the development of intelligence. Chinese artificial intelligence companies are also taking a unique "Chinese road" in the market with innovative business models, intelligent commercial products and key innovative technologies.

3. Tangbao robot is caught in the storm of collapse: hematopoiesis is the key.

In July, the news of the collapse of Tangbao Robot dealt a heavy blow to the service robot market.

As the first national certification, serial number 001, Tangbao robot, which plays the role of "consultation and reception, security patrol" in national meetings for many times, is an old gun in the industry.

What caused the "sudden collapse" of this veteran of the industry?

Through access to relevant information and insiders revealed that the main reason for the collapse of Tangbao robot is the complexity of the capital chain behind, capital fault. Without the advantages of connections, channels and market bonuses, it is inevitable to slowly move towards "death".

As an enterprise with an insight into the market demand of service robots and the relevant landing products, Tangbao Robot itself is very remarkable. However, if enterprises want to achieve stable development, they should not only expand at a high speed, but also keep fresh "hematopoietic ability".

What is "hematopoietic ability"? That is, no matter what the innate advantages of funds and channels are, upgrading technical performance, expanding market rigid demand, completing application landing, and constantly accepting market tests are all things that must be done. What a technology company needs to do is to do technology and products in a down-to-earth manner, and not to indulge in capital games too much.

4. Writing Robot: is it a threat or a benefit?

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred in Mianyang, Sichuan at 08:42 on June 29th. Subsequently, an article entitled "an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred in Mianyang, Sichuan Province" quickly spread on the Internet.

Unlike usual, this is an article generated by a writing robot that takes only five seconds. Although it takes a very short time, it accurately describes the time, place and focal range of the earthquake, and the speed and accuracy are far higher than those of manual work.

Although this is not the first time there has been a screen scrubbing incident about "writing robots", it has caused concern among relevant practitioners, fearing that robots will replace humans. Online articles such as "several major occupations most easily replaced by artificial intelligence" have exacerbated this concern.

Whether it is the artificial intelligence benefit theory or the threat theory, first of all, it is very commendable that the introduction of artificial intelligence writing robot has created new value for the media industry and helped human beings abandon some repetitive and mechanical work. Secondly, compared with robot writing, the greatest value of human lies in the judgment of facts and the reasoning of complex logical relations, which is not only the embodiment of human creativity, but also the ability that robots do not have.

5. the first stock listing of service robots: the best time for robots has come.

Kovos, as a leading domestic robot manufacturer, successfully listed as the "first share of service robots" in June this year, which is undoubtedly the best encouragement for enterprises in the robot market, proving that the best time for robots has come.

The best time for robots has come! With the explosive growth of the robot market, and with the help of the east wind of artificial intelligence, many vague application market guesses have been clearly landed.

However, it is important to remember that serving the robot industry is not impetuous! While being encouraged, service robot companies still have to take one step at a time and keep their feet on the ground. In addition to paying attention to the development of product form, the maturity and stability of the supply chain, the iterative speed of product technology and the demand for market segmentation are all important factors that determine the success of an enterprise. Use solid products to conquer the market and meet the needs of users.

6. Cheetah releases 5 robots: All in AI?

In March, Fu Sheng unveiled five Cheetah robots at the Bird's Nest Water Cube, including reception robots, retail robots, child companion robots, AI audio and unmanned vending machines, covering five major applications, All in AI.

At the press conference, Fu Sheng also said: "in the field of robots, there is no real manufacturer of products."... " .

Once the remarks were made, it caused a huge response from the industry. Some people think that this is a kind of blasphemy and vilification of the efforts made by people in the industry, stepping on the bottom line, while others think that this is a rational analysis of the current situation of the robot market.

No matter which point of view it is, the editor always believes that practitioners in the robot industry, whether it is speech recognition layer, intelligent mobile layer, mechanical structure, software service layer, every product and every technology developed is to make the robot industry develop better.

There is still a long way to go for service robots in the future, and it is certainly not plain sailing. But as long as every practitioner in the industry thinks in one place and works hard in the same place, the future is infinitely promising.

7. Boston Power: so powerful that there are so many unreal robots

As long as Boston Dynamics releases a new video, I believe your moments are all in the rhythm of brushing the screen. At the beginning of this year, a video of Spot Mini opening the door and going up and down the stairs surprised the entire "robot circle", and some people even laughed at themselves that "they are not as flexible as Spot Mini." In fact, the performance was amazing and amazing.

First, it was an amazing three consecutive jumps, and now it can go up and down the stairs on its own. This series of evolution is undoubtedly a subversive change again and again. It can be seen from the picture that no matter how "violent" the robot interferes, the robot can "not change its face."

The evolution of Boston powered robots is a trend in the development of AI technology, which means that at some point in the future, humans and robots will achieve perfect "integration", better cooperation and better working relationship. The pace from sci-fi future to reality is approaching step by step, and the future is infinitely possible.

It is worth noting that while the Boston power quadruped dog is "full of gimmicks", the domestic quadruped dog developed by Zhejiang University has also made a breakthrough, and domestic strength is rising.

8. CES: Chinese science and technology enterprises shine brilliantly

Every year in early January, it is CES's Carnival month, which will be staged several times in the future, and 2018 will be a special year. Many Chinese science and technology enterprises have been invited to participate in the exhibition to show China's scientific and technological strength to the world. Of course, there are a variety of technologies related to robots, including autonomous positioning and navigation, speech recognition, semantic understanding.

The emergence of CES Chinese enterprises shows that more and more Chinese science and technology enterprises dare to go abroad to verify the gold content of their products and technologies, which is an important symbol of the value of export, and will also make the world know more about the scientific and technological forces from the mysterious East.

But at the same time, it is also a must to go abroad to understand the development trend and information of the industry. We should actively explore the differences and innovation of developing technology at home and abroad, and apply an old saying-"take its essence and discard its dross" to sublimate a better self and create a better robot industry.

Therefore, for the coming 2019, the robot industry should not only pay attention to practicing internal skills and upgrading technology, but also pay attention to market-oriented layout, broaden the channel of the market, speed up the adjustment of prediction and response, but also pay attention to the mastery of rhythm.

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