No two factories have the same logistics automation requirements.
From the perspective of application scenarios,for warehousing logistics,buying and selling are all kinds of goods;For industrial logistics,the goods in circulation include raw materials,products in process,outsourced products,finished products,tools,molds and other categories,with many links and large differences.
From the perspective of industry attributes and plant characteristics,due to the large differences in software systems,automation degree,workshop layout and other aspects of different plants,there are also different requirements.
Therefore,mobile robots face two major challenges in order to obtain large-scale applications in all walks of life:
One is accessibility,that is,how to quickly obtain suitable mobile robots,including how to quickly realize diverse peripheral expansion on AMR,how to build independent brand AMR to obtain high premium,how to meet specific brand AMR specified by customers,how to conduct unified management among AMR of multiple suppliers,how to quickly find suitable suppliers when customers need special function AMR,and so on;
Second,ease of use,that is,how to make good use of mobile robots?For example,customers have their own systems.How can they quickly connect with mobile robots?What you can’t see is what you get is shown to the customer,and the communication between the two parties deviates,and the delivery is different from what you think.What should you do?Can the delivery be completed quickly without the involvement of developers and field engineers?How to uniformly manage on-site materials and materials in the warehouse?
Having insight into the difficulties faced by intelligent manufacturing integrators,Xiangong Intelligent,with core controller products as the anchor point,redefined”supporting non-standard applications with standardized products”in 2022,and released the latest market strategy of”facing intelligent manufacturing integrators,providing product combinations with intelligent controllers and digital software as the core”.
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Xiangong intelligent integrator training site
Benefiting from the increasingly clear market strategy,the official data of Xiangong Intelligence shows that in the first half of 2022,its order volume has increased by more than twice year on year,and the repurchase rate has exceeded 60%.It has successfully helped more than 200 integrators to independently manufacture AMR.Its product applications cover semiconductor,3C,lithium battery,photovoltaic,auto parts,PCB,textile,medical and other industries.
So,deep in the era of uncertainty,how can Xiangong Intelligence achieve countertrend growth?What is the secret that Xiangong Intelligence makes it easier for 200+integrators to build AMR?
1.Continuous iteration of the whole series of intelligent controllers
After the project customization stage,the standard chassis stage and the standard controller stage,Xiangong Intelligent has now entered the standardized product portfolio stage.The core controller of Xiangong Intelligent has formed a mature product line,including the entry-level controller SRC-800,the standard functional controller SRC-2000,and the functional safety controller SRC-3000FS,and continues to iterate on this basis.
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Among them,the standard product SRC-2000 controller is the representative product of Xiangong Intelligent from the initial customization to standardization,and its comprehensive function can meet the needs of most customers on the market at present.
Each module in SRC-2000 supports multiple choices,and customers can match independently according to the factory environment and actual needs.
For example,the SRC-2000 positioning and navigation module supports reflector,natural contour,vision,QR code,2D/3D laser SLAM,and outdoor RTK positioning and navigation technology.It can select separate navigation modes and also support hybrid navigation modes.
In a set of technical frameworks,SRC-2000 supports chassis of various motion models on the market,including single steering wheel,multiple steering wheel,double wheel differential,four wheel differential,McNamm wheel,double differential module,RGV2/RGV4 motion models.
SRC-2000 can also support 2D laser,3D point cloud,2D code,reflector and other identification technologies,among which 3D point cloud recognition is more intelligent and can identify the pallet and detect the status of the pallet goods.
SRC-2000 supports the adaptation of various external mechanisms,such as roller,latent jacking,traction,rotation and other mechanisms,as well as the laser,driver and sensor adaptation list,which is also the most comprehensive controller currently supported by manufacturers,such as SICK,Kinco,MOTEC,etc.At present,Xiangong Intelligent is still expanding a richer list of peripherals to meet the more diverse needs of the integrators.
In addition,SRC-2000 provides API interfaces such as TCP/IP and Modbus as well as a development environment for scripts.Integrators can develop specific functions according to the specific needs of customers.
In general,SRC-2000 includes mapping,positioning,identification,calibration,navigation and path planning,obstacle avoidance,external mechanism script,motion model,peripheral expansion,motor and drive,power supply,interface and other basic functions.Since its launch,SRC-2000 has helped domestic and foreign integrators manufacture more than 1000 different types of AMR.
However,in practical applications,some customers do not have such high requirements for the controller.The use of SRC-2000 can be described as”overqualified”,but also increases the actual cost.
Therefore,Xiangong Intelligent launched the entry-level mobile robot controller SRC-800 with higher cost performance in 2021.Its price is more friendly.It can not only control AMR,but also control automatic charging pile,automatic door,elevator,traffic light,RGV,elevator,stacker,etc.
In addition,in order to meet the high safety requirements of traditional factories for human-machine joint operation and integrators to build vehicles and go to sea,Xiangong Intelligent also launched the safety AMR controller SRC-3000FS in 2021,which can directly integrate the functional safety module into the navigation controller,making the space of the controller more compact and the comprehensive cost of building AMR lower.SRC-3000FS conforms to many CE certifications,and is also the first and only controller in the world that has passed SGS TV SAAR functional safety certification.
It is revealed that in the future,Xiangong Intelligent will not only design controllers”standard products”for mobile robots,but also create intelligent controllers in the field of pan-mobility,that is,SRC series controllers will gradually evolve into controllers for intelligent factory infrastructure,and promote the completion of intelligent transformation and automatic expansion of the whole scene of the factory under a unified scheduling interface framework.
2.”3+2″products and services help integrators expand their territory
For intelligent manufacturing integrators,Xiangong Intelligent has launched”3+2″products and services(i.e.,three types of products,including controllers,robot product portfolio,rapid deployment software tools;two types of services,including open knowledge base,training and certification).In addition to controllers,Xiangong Intelligent also provides a series of unmanned forklift and AMR product portfolio,which is based on a large number of integrators using Xiangong intelligent controllers to manufacture multiple AMRs for different scenarios,It has created a rich model library of Xiangong Intelligence,which on the contrary meets the needs of more integrators.
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As a display platform,Xiangong Intelligent can not only present AMR created by many integrators,but also provide other integrators with AMR purchase channels.Based on the manufacturing of Xiangong intelligent controller,various types of AMR can easily achieve overall scheduling,helping the integrator solve the problem that multiple types of robots in the factory cannot be uniformly scheduled.Through the optimization algorithm,Xiangong Intelligent can make the autonomous mobile robots in the whole plant achieve high consistency,with a repetition accuracy of±1mm(the current industry level is±5mm,±10mm),and a docking accuracy of±2mm.
In addition,Xiangong Intelligent has also developed various digital software systems,covering the whole process of factory intelligent upgrading.
First of all,based on the one-stop implementation tool Roboshop Pro,all intelligent devices with built-in Xiangong intelligent SRC series controller are managed and configured in a unified way to realize the rapid deployment of AMR on site.
Secondly,through the low code business process engine and online script of the RDS robot and automation equipment unified resource scheduling system,the collaborative planning and intelligent scheduling of all intelligent equipment in the factory are realized.
In addition,RDS can further connect with the data visualization system Meta-V to realize the 3D digital twinning of the whole plant,restore the real scene to the maximum extent in the virtual world,and provide high-quality solutions for the digital transformation of enterprises and the construction of unmanned factories.
In addition to intelligent logistics,Xiangong Intelligent can also provide intelligent warehousing solutions.Based on the warehousing and distribution integration idea of the warehouse and distribution integration system MWMS,the on-site warehousing logistics can be more efficiently managed and transferred.
It can be said that from the first step of vehicle building to on-site deployment and later operation,Xiangong intelligent system software can intelligently and cooperatively deploy all intelligent devices configured with SRC.It not only makes it easier to build AMR through SRC series core controller,but also solves the problem of AMR unified scheduling and system docking through product portfolio,helping integrators build efficient intelligent logistics systems for customers.
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Taking the semiconductor industry as an example,Xiangong Intelligent has formed an intelligent logistics solution covering the whole process and the whole scene of the semiconductor industry.It has launched a special composite robot for the semiconductor industry,which can provide customers with complete software and hardware products and efficient and complete service system in the three links of wafer manufacturing,sealing and testing,and finished product storage,and can solve the logistics needs of semiconductor users in the factory in a one-stop manner.
Xiangong Intelligent Application is equipped with a 3D vision composite robot to identify and grasp CST,FOUP and Magazine.At the same time,it gives full play to the intelligent scheduling function of the RDS core to realize multi-waybill combined transportation,multi-task collaborative execution,avoid AMR idling,improve the comprehensive utilization rate of AMR,shorten the transportation rhythm of the production line,and realize the intelligent and non-stop production line without artificial factory;At the same time,a certain number of intelligent”micro warehouses”are set up near the process production line.These intelligent”micro warehouses”are managed by the MWMS warehouse logistics management system,and the intelligent planning of orders and the intelligent warning of order quantity are realized according to the customer scheduling plan.
Xiangong intelligent composite robot can not only be customized in modules,but also achieve integrated control of the robot through built-in SRC series core controller.The one-stop implementation tool Roboshop Pro is used for on-site debugging and deployment to increase the ease of use of the product,reduce the maintenance costs of customers in the later stage,and easily create a complex robot with accurate identification and efficient operation.
3.Accelerate running on the way out of the sea
Under the unstable global macro environment in 2022,although the growth rate of the mobile robot market has slowed down,the market demand toughness still exists.The Institute of Advanced Robotics Industry(GGII)predicts that the global mobile robot market size will reach 28.68 billion yuan in 2022,with a year-on-year growth rate of 33.09%;By 2026,the market size will exceed 100 billion yuan and the compound growth rate will exceed 36%.
From the demand side,the cost of overseas labor is high.Under the influence of the epidemic,the demand for intelligent manufacturing and intelligent storage of enterprises has increased sharply,and the demand for mobile robots has increased significantly.GGII predicts that from 2022 to 2026,the compound growth rate of global AMR shipments will reach more than 35%.
From the supply side,mobile robot technology and global industrial chain have been relatively mature,while more and more domestic AMR manufacturers are going abroad and actively layout the international market.On the other hand,the domestic AMR industry chain has gradually improved,but some core components,such as visual cameras,3D laser radar and other sensors,still rely heavily on foreign brands.
It is understood that Xiangong Intelligent,as a core component supplier,will also develop laser radar-related products after achieving a point-by-point breakthrough in the field of”controller”,aiming to break the bottleneck of the mobile robot supply chain and further promote the great strides of China’s mobile robot industry.
At the same time,after the tempering of the domestic market,Xiangong Intelligence has also begun to practice to the sea.
In 2022,Xiangong Intelligent has cultivated many excellent integrators in Europe,Southeast Asia,East Asia,North America,South America and other countries and regions.Now its service outlets have spread to more than 20 countries and regions around the world,and it has appeared in global exhibitions and offline activities in South Korea,Germany,Japan,Vietnam and other places for many times.
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While deepening the global layout,Xiangong Intelligence is also focusing on improving its ability to serve local customers.
At the end of September this year,Xiangong Intelligent released its overseas integrator strategy,aiming to enhance its regional influence and give play to the advantages of standardized product portfolio by recruiting more overseas integrator partners.
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In the future,Xiangong Intelligent will continue to practice bringing standardized products to all parts of the world,serving more regional customers,and finally jointly promote the process of global industrial intelligent logistics with many integrator partners to build a vigorous,harmonious and win-win ecosystem.