Walk into the headquarters of Stand Robotics in the Shanghai Industrial Park of Baoan District. The traditional industrial style office area and the test site are divided into two. Half a year ago, Stand Robot CEO Wang Yongkun took a fancy to this vast R&D test site in the factory, where R&D personnel can realize bursts of inspiration in the site at any time. The research and development site covers an area of ​​thousands of square meters, and dozens of trolleys shuttle between them, simulating material handling and loading and unloading in real industrial scenes. The open test field is not only responsible for the daily research and development functions, but also a product exhibition hall. The visiting guests described a picture of the work of a flexible smart factory. Stand Robot is an intelligent flexible industrial logistics solution provider, focusing on material transportation in the factory environment of 3C, photovoltaic and other industries. It can be integrated with the controller to provide end-to-end solutions. It combines the reliability of the AGV, the efficiency of the conveyor belt and the flexibility of decision-making through the use of advanced sensors and artificial intelligence to achieve autonomous driving and obstacle avoidance in the indoor environment of the robot. It has an open interface and can be flexibly configured according to application scenarios. In addition to providing core technology modules and development support to complete machine manufacturers, it is also involved in complete machine production and secondary development services, providing solutions for the entire industry chain. Intelligent and flexible logistics robots, a few keywords, constitute the characteristics of STAND. These robots, which Stand calls AGV3.0, provide flexible automation, do not require fixed infrastructure (no beacons, tapes or predefined laser paths), can travel more than 7 kilometers per hour, and can be equipped with different Accessories to meet the needs of facilities and payloads. Each vehicle can use automatic charging technology to run 24/7, in order to respond frequently and quickly between tasks. And "flexibility" is an intelligent production method. The future of the manufacturing industry must be in those factories that are smaller, closer to consumers, and more flexible. In order to meet the needs of "small batches, multiple varieties, short cycles, and multiple batches", the production side needs to have short response time and customization. specialty. STAND Robot was established in June 2016. Its early product was the core control module of AGV, which provided the whole machine manufacturer with a core controller combining software and hardware. AGV can be simply divided into three layers: sensing layer, control layer and execution layer. If the AGV is compared to the human body, the sensing layer is equivalent to the eyes, the control layer is equivalent to the brain, and the executive layer is like the hands and feet of a person. The core controller belongs to the second layer-the control layer, which is like the brain of a logistics robot with main functions such as positioning, navigation, and decision-making. "The core controller has become a technical barrier established by STAND in the industry. Although STAND is a rising star, when you master the core controller research and development technology, and then go downstream to do hardware integration and complete machine production, the advantages are obvious." Deutsche Robotics CEO Wang Yongkun said. On top of the core controller, it runs the mobile robot operating system independently developed by STAND and the SLAM algorithm for positioning and navigation functions. In addition, a variety of laser, vision, and ultrasonic sensors continuously transmit data from the bottom layer to the core controller. In terms of positioning and navigation functions, the Stand Robot combines laser SLAM, visual SLAM and inertial navigation components. The SLAM algorithm, also known as synchronous positioning and map construction, enables AGVs to work while forming environmental maps. At present, AGV navigation technology is roughly divided into the following three categories: traditional technology represented by magnetic strips, guide rails and ribbons, Mesozoic technology of inertial navigation combined with two-dimensional codes, and laser vision and other multi-sensor fusion technologies that are more suitable for changing scenes. Laser SLAM and visual SLAM have their own strengths, and the fusion use can make up for each of their shortcomings. The fusion product shows advantages in robot navigation: First, unlike electromagnetic, magnetic tape, and QR code, STAND does not need to lay additional foundations For facilities, such as burying wires, sticking tapes, etc., the robot can generate an electronic map when it walks in an unfamiliar scene, and compare it with the known reference map coordinates during driving; second, the theory of lidar, Technology and products have been stable and mature; third, laser sensors supplement the disadvantages of visual sensors; fourth, visual SLAM supplements richer semantic information. After solving the positioning and navigation problems, path planning can be realized. How to prevent multiple unmanned guided vehicles from colliding with each other or with people in the same space, saving unnecessary travel, transporting and transferring, and improving efficiency while maintaining safety. At this time, the FMS independently developed by STAND Robot (Fleet Management System) The fleet management system plays a role. Wang Yongkun vividly drew an analogy: "You can understand the scheduling system as an online car-hailing platform in a factory, and material transportation can be "express" or "carpool". This scheduling system distributes tasks and issues instructions to multiple robots. , Traffic management." In the early days, the biggest problem encountered by Stand Robots in the development and sales of core modules is that the whole machine manufacturer is familiar with solutions such as magnetic navigation and QR code navigation, but does not understand the operation and maintenance of the core controller under the new technology. When the product was delivered, the customers who paid the bill repeatedly found that the machine was "unsatisfactory" and could not adapt to the actual scene. For the problems raised by the company, the whole machine manufacturer couldn't solve it, so they had to ask for Stander's help. The production efficiency was low, and the customer's training cost was also high. In order to solve this problem, STAND develops from the core controller to the downstream. In addition to outputting the core control module, it also outputs the whole industry chain solutions of the whole machine and service. The advantage of the extension of the industry chain lies in close contact with users. STAND is the first Time knows the needs of users, allowing Stand to firmly grasp the pain points of users in multiple scenarios. In the industry chain, Steinde makes additions. In business, Stander started to do subtraction again. In 2017, Stand Robot focused on the 3C electronic flexible logistics track. Its Oasis series of intelligent flexible mobile platforms can be used with different application mechanisms such as rollers and mobile robotic arms to flexibly adapt to various material carriers. According to Yiou's understanding, flexible logistics robots can be used in different subdivisions of different industries, such as 3C, automobiles, new energy, medicine, and chemical industries in industrial scenarios, and hospitals, banks, and publishing industries in the service industry. "This means that in the face of diverse customer groups, we cannot cover everything. Moreover, the production process of 3C products changes rapidly, enterprises have strong demand for automation transformation, and require more industrial logistics, and there is a lot of market space." Wang Yongkun said. STAND is focusing on the research and development of piggyback handling robots in the 3C industry. In August 2018, Steiner released new products Oasis300 and Oasis600. Compared with Oasis200, these two load-bearing robots have better carrying performance and stronger ability to adapt to the environment. The technical research and development team of STAND Robot mainly comes from Harbin Institute of Technology, Huake, Birmingham and other well-known universities at home and abroad, and its founder team comes from Harbin Institute of Technology, which is ranked first in military industry. At present, Stand Robot’s clients include industry-leading companies such as Huawei and ZTE. Wang Yongkun said that there are still 7 million laborers in the 3C logistics stock market, and 5% of them are engaged in handling work. In other words, there are 350,000 people concentrated in the handling links of warehousing and manufacturing production lines. "The efficiency of the STAND mobile logistics robot can be twice as high as that of humans, which means that two people can be exchanged for one car." It is understood that the application of laser SLAM in commercial service robots is earlier than that of industrial robots. "This is because industrial-grade technology requires a higher level of accuracy and stability of positioning and navigation technology." Wang Yongkun explained. According to Yiou's understanding, the development of mobile handling robots based on laser SLAM technology is gradually increasing in China. Companies such as Siasun Robotics, Nanjiang Robotics, Miklimi, and Suzhou Aijiwei have already participated. STAND will continue to find reproducible and standardized application scenarios to meet customers' flexible and agile production needs, and provide customers with smart products with light assets and quick returns. In the end, STAND will build a data-based and informatized logistics infrastructure. . The market space provides opportunities: In the future, there will be few and expensive industrial production lines, and parallel production lines will be fragmented enough, and the frequency and demand for logistics will be large-even cross-floor, cross-elevator, and short-cycle production flexibility. STAND hopes to realize the true value of logistics by connecting with the MES system. The value of logistics lies in the flow, breaking the information islands between production lines and improving the accuracy of production beats. The market is huge. At present, the unit production capacity of the 3C industry final assembly line (typically series production) is much smaller than the parallel production capacity of the 3C industry. In the future, the unmanned AGV market is vast, and it is not limited to the 3C industry. Cross-industry and cross-scenarios, AGV lays eggs along the way to realize the full line of factory and warehouse distribution and truly unmanned driving. Wang Yongkun revealed that in the second half of the year, in addition to continuing to focus on R&D of technical products, STAND hopes to achieve large-scale application cases for benchmarking customers and build a good reputation in the industry; it will dig deep into talents and organize a professional market sales team. The early stage of industry development is vague, which represents an opportunity to break through. "We want to win the tough battle of 3C." 0.8 Inch Indoor Led Display,Indoor Segment Led Display,Indoor Digit 7 Segment Led Display,0.4 Inch 4 Digit Led Display Wuxi Ark Technology Electronic Co.,Ltd. , https://www.arkledcn.com
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