One is a giant in the field of household appliances, and the other is the vanguard of the robotics industry. There is a common starting point behind strong alliances.
On March 6th, Haier officially released the "Haier Smart Home - Service Robot Strategy 1.0" at the smart family-service robot strategy conference. It was the first to propose a service robot from a single function, a single scene to a full-scale upgrade, and officially entered the service. Robot field.
In addition, Haier announced that it has reached a strategic partnership with Softbank Robots. The two parties will join hands in the humanoid robot 'Pepper' from Softbank Robots, taking the lead in smart stores and smart homes, and continuing to develop the Chinese service robot market.
China Household Electrical Network learned 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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'Over 30% of our refrigerators and washing machines have completed the shift from appliances to nets, and the conversion rate of TV and air conditioners has reached nearly 100%.' 'Wang Ha, vice president of Haier's home appliance industry group and general manager of advanced research and development, said Haier's transformation Path is from appliances to netters, netters to ecology, and gradually developed into a smart home ecosystem.In fact, the service robot is a natural extension of the Haier smart home strategy and an effective complement.
According to Wang Jingyang, director of the ZhongGuanChuang Double-Generation Service Robot Industry Alliance, Haier Smart Home Ecosystem is not just a service robot. In fact, the service robot industry also needs Haier's strength to accelerate the pace of development.
In 2016, the state released the robot industry development plan (2016-2010), which will increase the robot industry to a national strategy. Related data shows that from 2013 to 2019, the Chinese robotics industry will develop at a speed of over 30%. Although China has One third of the global robotics market, but the robot penetration rate is still relatively low.
Wang Jingyang said that although the service robot market prospects are broad, but the entire industry is still in the incubation period before breaking the window, and Haier has accumulated a comprehensive advantage , Can help solve the urgent problem of "doing wrong, doing poorly, selling unsmooth and running unpleasantly" in the early development of the service robot industry and speeding up the service robot industry through investment in ecological chain, integration of user needs and innovation in incubation Development pace.
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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 is still a problem of mismatch between service robot product innovation and user pain point requirements in the sub-area.Single-functional service robots have a far cry from people's imaginations in the application of crowd, task complexity, product versatility and environmental adaptability.
'About Haier's service robots, our vision is high-intelligence and full-scene. It will be difficult to do in the short term, and it needs a process. ' Wang Hao said that the future will be based on two dimensions. The strategic direction is a single function. , Single-plan, full-scene, technology layout, respectively, from the service robot interactive, operational and mobility layout, let it integrate into the wisdom of the family, smart stores and other ecological, to provide a full range of smart experience.
China National Grid learned that Haier and Softbank robots will jointly develop complete solutions for smart retail and smart homes based on Haier's mobile platform and U+ platform, and continue to open up the service robot market in the field of smart retail and smart homes.
In the smart home scenario, Pepper can not only interact with a variety of smart home appliances and smart devices. Its unique active and emotional interactions also lead to the enhancement of the smart home human-computer interaction experience. Through the integration of smart homes, 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.
Pepper can be used as a "guide" for customers to introduce refrigerators, air conditioners and other products to customers in smart stores. Users can also demonstrate the operating status and modes of various appliances through the Haier U + system. You can also collect customer feedback, conduct product research, and help operators statistics store sales, feedback customer needs, etc. Compared to other single-function and application-specific service robot, Haier service robot goal is to achieve and life Deep integration of scenes and business scenarios.
In addition to the strategic cooperation with Softbank Robotics, the "AI Alliance" launched by Haier was also announced at the press conference under the concept of "Opening up a Win-Win Cooperation Ecology." With the help of 10 global R & D centers and online HOPE platform, Haier will open resources and industry, industry chain and all resources and links synergistic development, allowing users to participate in the whole process of experience to jointly promote the service robotics industry to accelerate the development.