On March 6, on the eve of AWE, Haier held the Haier Smart Home-Service Robot Strategy Conference with the theme of 'Make Home Better' in Shanghai. The Haier Smart Home-Service Robot Strategy 1.0 was officially released, and the first service robot was proposed Single function, a single scene to the scene of the upgrade, officially entered the field of service robots.
At this press conference, Haier has also entered into a strategic partnership with Softbank Robotics. Both companies will join hands from 'Pepper', a humanoid robot from Softbank Robotics, and take the lead in landing smart food stores and smart homes to continuously expand the service robot market in China. The service robot industry will comb out a unique development path.
Haier into the field of service robots will be the industry to achieve two major compartments and upgrades: First, Haier open resources and industry, industry chain and all resources and links synergies to jointly promote the service robotics industry to accelerate the development; Second, Haier Service robot strategy is a natural extension of Haier smart home strategy and an effective complement, marking the re-upgrade of Haier's smart home strategy, consolidate the wisdom of the first platform brand.
It is reported that the scene of the service robots released typical application scenarios will be on March 8 appeared AWE Haier Pavilion to meet with the audience.
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China's robot industry has enjoyed rapid development in recent years and has become the world's largest market for robotic applications for many years in a row. Robotic companies have also developed from dozens to hundreds in just a few years. Relevant statistics show that from 2013 to 2019, The robotics industry will grow by over 30% .Although China has occupied one-third of the global robotics market, robot penetration is still low, lacking a "leader." In this case, Haier and The cooperation of Softbank robots will inevitably lead to industry demonstration and eco-driven effects, and accelerate the rapid development of the service robot industry.
Softbank robots are becoming leaders in humanoid robotics through technological innovation and their robots, Pepper and NAO, have been used in more than 70 countries around the world to provide innovative services related to retail, finance, healthcare, travel and services. As a leader in the Internet of Things era, Haier has made pioneering efforts in the smart home sector. It will not only reach out to millions of households through customized and customized methods, but also differentiate itself from the industry with differentiated smart trends.
It is reported that the two sides will jointly develop based on Haier stroll platform and U + platform for smart retail and smart home. Complete solutions, continue to open up smart retail and smart home service robot market.
From a single scene to a full scene Achieve deep integration with life scenes and business scenes
At present, the service robot industry is in a period of rapid development in technology and market, and new technologies and new products are emerging.But in addition to mass production of a very small number of single-function service robot products such as sweeping machines and unmanned aerial vehicles, many other small- There are still some problems in the field of service robot product innovation and user pain point mismatch between the requirements of the single functional service robot in the crowd, the implementation of task complexity, product versatility and environmental adaptability and far from the imagination of people in this Under such circumstances, the cooperation between Haier and Softbank robots took the lead in starting with smart households and tapping into peppers. They were arranged from the three areas of interoperability, operability, and mobility of service robots, allowing them to integrate into smart homes, smart stores, and other ecosystems. , providing a full-scale smart experience.
At the conference, a warm video showed us the role of Pepper, the new member of Haier's smart family, in the family life: In the video, Pepper can not only interact with various smart home appliances and smart devices, but also Some active and emotional interactions bring about the improvement of the human-machine interaction experience of smart homes. For example, in a smart bathroom, the robot can link water heaters to prepare hot water in advance; in the smart living room, it can detect temperature, humidity, and air quality in the home. Help the host to turn on the home mode; in the smart bedroom, you can turn on the air conditioner according to the air condition in the home; in the smart kitchen, it can 'link' the oven, the range hood, etc. and help you make a sumptuous dinner...can see Outgoing, through integration with smart families, service robots will break the 'fault' interaction of traditional single information and scenes, realize the connection of scenes and scenes, scenes and spaces, and provide users with a one-stop full-scene life.
Another video shows us the work scene of Pepper in Haier’s smart store: As an intimate “talker” for customers, it can patiently introduce products such as refrigerators, air conditioners and other products to customers, and it can also be used in conjunction with Haier. The U+ system shows customers the status and mode of operation of various home appliances. It can also collect customer feedback, conduct product research, and help operators count the sales of stores, feedback on customer needs, etc... In summary, regardless of life The scene is still a commercial application. Compared to service robots applied in other single-function and special environments, the goal of Haier service robot is to achieve a deep integration with life scenes and commercial scenes.
Open and win-win to establish a big ecosystem of service robots to create an industry benchmark within 5 years
Haier intelligent family continues to lead the strategy of natural extension and effective supplement, is an important manifestation of Haier smart home strategic upgrade.Haier service robot can not only further enrich the ecology of Haier smart home, bringing different physical space and static scenes , At the same time, it can further iterate the smart home experience and enhance the experience of human-computer interaction so as to provide users with a more convenient, healthy, safe and comfortable life experience, and become the strategy to undertake the Haier smart home strategy and consolidate the first platform brand of smart home Floor support.
In addition to the strategic cooperation with Softbank robots, the conference called "AI Alliance" launched by Haier was also announced at the press conference under the concept of "opening up a win-win cooperation and a win-win ecosystem." With the help of 10 global R & D centers and lines On the HOPE platform, Haier open resources and industries, all sectors of the industry chain of resources and links of synergic development, allowing users to participate in the whole process of experience and jointly promote the service robot industry accelerated development.I believe in an open and win-win environment, the future There will be more like Softbank robots such enterprises and resources continue to come together.
Wang Ye, vice president of Haier Home Appliances Industry Group, advanced research and development general manager Wang Ye said, 'service robot is a natural extension of Haier smart home strategy and an effective complement, Haier will long-term, continuous improvement around smart home service robot industry layout, promote service robotics industry The accelerated development.
In 2016, the state released the robot industry development plan (2016-2020), formally promoted the robot industry to a national strategy, and opened the first year of "robotics." As the first white giant, Haier's high-profile 'incoming' service robots will inevitably Will lead to industry demonstration and ecological driving effect in the March 8 opening of the AWE, Haier will also build different simulated smart life scenarios, allowing participants in different scenarios, experience the characteristics of the service robot function, then let us wait and see!