The next 3 years, we fly service students will have about 37, each training about 40 people.
This car, Liu Qiang East just held in Beijing the first JDD (JD Discovery) General Assembly, the speech around the strategic layout of Jingdong AI, Imagine the results of the X Division can enhance the industry efficiency, user experience, reduce costs, the future vision of the other side taking advantage of Jingdong Flight service center started, I went there to visit, near experience the recent developments in the Beijing-Beijing UAV.
Following Jingdong's move to Suqian, home of Liu Qiangdong in July, in preparation for the establishment of the 'Whampoa Military Academy' in the UAV industry, Jingdong selected the second reserve hinterland for the transfusion of the front logistics system in Xi'an and attempted to use its industrial and technological research and development , Aviation talent based on research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles, and hopes to drive radiation through the Xi'an Northwest logistics UAV operations.
Jingdong UAV Flight Service Center under the Jingdong X Division, similar to Suqian Flight Center, Xi'an Center also has the UAV R & D testing, operation scheduling, maintenance, personnel training, logistics and distribution and many other functions. Or intend to engage in the drone industry registration, the flight center by such as undergraduate qualifications and other conditions screening, after 2-3 months of training, covering the UAV dismantling, assembly, maintenance, and then to the flight control, and the actual Application scenario, the output of the Civil Aviation Authority authorized AOPA civil pilotless aircraft system pilots pilots.
Despite the UAV's concept of a freshman, UAVs have the potential to be explored regardless of their applications such as aerial photography, logistics, inspection and surveying and mapping, etc. However, UAV Northwest R & D Center Cuizheng told 36 krypton, last year, UAV applications about 40,000 employees, holding all kinds of certificates was close to 20000. Jingdong training flight attendants , Some suitable person will enter the Jingdong logistics system, in addition to outward output, such as surveying and mapping and other vertical field flight attendants.
'In the next three years, we will probably have 37 flight attendants, each training 40 or so.'
A student shows the UAV flight
A student shows the UAV flight
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In fact, as the online shopping market in cities matures, giants target their targets in rural areas in an attempt to tap into new growth points and UAVs carry the task of alleviating the burden of rural distribution. In the machine industry, the first unmanned aircraft logistics was delivered during 618 in 2016, and the operation has now been normalized in Suqian and Xi'an.
Rural users in the past to order goods online, logistics is often delivered to the township, users need to take 3-5 kilometers from the transport costs, the same high cost. With the UAV blessing, you can achieve the end of delivery. According to Cui Zheng introduction , Jingdong UAV is not in direct contact with end users, but with such as supermarkets and other cooperation, by the supermarket manager is responsible for receiving and temporary storage, delivery.Unmanned opportunity to land to a special venue, such as the yard or the roof is relatively closed Place, an area of about 25 square meters, the surrounding airspace environment is good, less obstacles can be.
At present, there are two UAVs taking off and landings around the Xi'an Aerospace Base (taking the point of departure and arrival at the middle of the villages in need), covering about 20 villages. Since its normal operation in June, Flight over 2000 sorties.
We saw the terminal in the exhibition room to transport goods 'protagonist' - Jingdong Y-3 multi-rotor UAV, carrying 10Kg-15Kg, covering a radius of 10-15 km, battery life more than 40 minutes.
Although at this stage regardless of load or battery life, is still the drones facing challenges, but the end of the market demand in terms of Jingdong, Y-3 can basically meet.Cui Zheng told 36 krypton, Jingdong market research done in the early data show that according to Jingdong current order delivery, Y-3's operating data can cover 80% of Jingdong small and medium-sized pieces of these products are generally high value fresh, high value-added products, smaller.
Jingdong also want to let the UAV fly farther, carrying a great lift 36 krypton had interviewed Jing Jun, president of the X Division Xiaojun, he had disclosed that Beijing is developing several regional aircraft , Load 200 kg to two tons, to support the delivery of goods from the logistics center to the neighboring provinces and cities in the sorting center.At yesterday (November 6) JDD General Assembly, Liu Qudong announced the latest progress of the UAV, the flight mileage of 240 km, After the Spring Festival, it will test the first heavy-duty UAV flying in Jingdong. It will fly 500 to 1,000 kilometers within the next three years and will carry 1-2 tons of cargo.
V2 maximum load of 10 kg, 100 km from the round, enabling full-automatic take-off and landing, cruise, unloading, return, and visual identification of active obstacle avoidance and other functions
From the end of the distribution to the branch and then to the main line, Jingdong hopes to build three-tier smart logistics network, matching each stage of the corresponding unmanned aerial vehicles, according to Cui Zheng introduced at this stage on the one hand with the Eastern Beijing Dong Jing Airlines and other airlines, the use of passenger cabin with cargo, On the other hand, it is waiting for the policy to be liberalized and the R & D reserve such as trunk unmanned aircraft ahead of schedule and the direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for logistics applications, which is different from man-machine modification, According to Jingdong's imagination, the whole set of self-study drone system is tailor-made for its own logistics process. In the future, such as Cui Zheng referred to the goods batch loading and unloading , Automatic access, the whole process of unmanned and can be regulated.
UAV warehouse inspection, life time of more than 30 minutes, cruising speed of 15-22 meters per second; can automatically set the route to monitor the heat source, the warehouse has been put into practical use in Shanghai Asia
This is a great way into the pre-investment, but the twilight of the twinkling of the end of the journey has made heart want to go.Qiu Qiang East recently interviewed by foreign media mentioned using a drone to replace the truck to carry packages from the city to the countryside Shipping, logistics costs can be reduced at least 70%.
'Jingdong all the costs are not on the logistics system, but the cost of warehousing,' Cui Zheng to 36 krypton specifically explained that the longer the depreciation of storage time of warehousing goods, the maximum value of UAV is to speed up liquidity; In addition, no Man-machine coverage radius, the basic branch to cover 500-1000 km, but the original Jinguang Jiancang layout of 150 km to build a warehouse using unmanned aerial vehicles as the main means of transport, the warehouse density can be reduced accordingly, to build a 300 km , Which means that investment in warehousing can be significantly reduced.Overall, UAV costs will be amortized into the entire system.
Unmanned robot
In addition to the drones, JDO's unmanned delivery robot also undertakes similar 'last mile' delivery tasks.36 Krypton's previous analysis suggested that delivering unmanned vehicles may be faster to enter reality than unmanned drones application.
Put into practice, Jingdong unmanned distribution robot and UAV positioning differences, the former more commitment to a fixed area similar to the campus, the park or a piece of urban distribution, and people much more slow .In Cui Zheng It seems that the two are complementary, and the future delivery is a combination of unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles. The unmanned aerial vehicle is the unmanned aerial platform. As the unmanned vehicle moves, no one can fly away , And then fly back to send the goods back to pick up, the equivalent of a mobile intelligent terminal, which is our future prospects.
In the domestic market, unmanned delivery has been more giants admission, Jingdong rivals Ali as early as February 2015 in the test drones delivery service, express players SF, tact, etc. are in the layout. Foreign, Amazon , Google is a real shot in the logistics industry want to open up the unmanned world, but at this stage, the UAV in addition to its own battery life, loading and other breakthroughs need to be made, the policy of regulation, right of way is still difficult to cross the difficulties. Stand from the user point of view, consider more or something safe or not, whether there is a potential risk of falling objects at high altitudes.
The long road ahead, the logistics industry has been with the advance of the retail revolution to reach a new inflection point, the giants have re-stressed in order to make a breakthrough in the future, delivery of drone may be commonplace.