'New Generation of Man-Machine' - On the eve of the opening of AWE2018 on March 7, the U.S. group threw a huge amount of money at the 1,000-person conference including investors, suppliers, foreign partners such as KUKA, and the media. With a new concept of sci-fi. 'User-centric', this is also the core of Midea Group's thinking transformation. Today's conference, what the United States wants to provide to the outside world is: How human-computer interaction embodies the user-centered core.
'Human and Machine Dance' Opens the Strategic Core of the United States in 2018
In the new human-machine generation described by Midea, there are these scenarios: smart manufacturing, smart home, smart supply chain, smart new retail smart logistics, rehabilitation and medical treatment.
Taking smart manufacturing as an example, smart manufacturing is not just the introduction of robots and the creation of unmanned factories. In the past, in the manufacturing sector, most of the processes, such as R&D, supply chain, production, logistics, sales and after-sales, have been separated from consumers. In fact, intelligent manufacturing is essentially changing this state, based on the analysis and communication of big data, so that all businesses can communicate with each other. This is a user-centric embodiment.
In smart new retail, scenarios can include smart shopping guides, smart experiences, and smart purchases. In these links, people and machines (or devices) are a direct interactive relationship, and do not need intermediate redundant carriers such as APPs and speakers. These concepts are not complicated to understand. In fact, what the United States wants to tell us is: The highest realm of human-computer interaction is 'zero interaction'.
Including smart family, Xu Chengmao, vice president of the Central Research Institute of Midea Group, a master of digitalization, joined the US group in July last year. He took a bath as an example. 'When you stand under a water heater, you should automatically drain water and match the most. Comfortable bath mode, the machine knows you, not to pick up the APP in the phone to set in advance ', this is the smart direction of the post-APP's era.
In the field of rehabilitation and medical care, for example, Midea will transplant mature robots and automation technologies into the home sector: Intelligent wheelchair robots sharing the same technology platform as logistics robots will soon be introduced into homes to address the growing problem of aging. The future of robots will be Logistics transportation, medical rehabilitation, and even an important member of the smart family.
Undoubtedly, these are the new thinking of “user-centered” proposed by Fang Hongbo, Chairman of Midea Group. Xu Chengmao believes that human-computer interaction and user-centeredness are complementary, and intelligence should be in this direction. Go, human-computer interaction includes five dimensions: human-machine intelligence, interaction intelligence, scene intelligence, ecological intelligence, service intelligence, and the current US is advancing in tandem.
Xu Chengmao, vice president of the Central Research Institute of Midea, said that the highest level of human-computer interaction is zero interaction.
Well, in order to support human-computer interaction, Midea is still embarking on what kind of layout construction? These include:
Midea is cooperating with the Kuka Group to deeply develop the R&D and innovation of big data and AI technology, and gradually form automation and commercial solutions that can adapt to various complex production application scenarios.
Midea Group established an independent company, Miyun Zhizhi, which is dedicated to digital solutions and software solutions for enterprises. Meiyun Zhiji has exported mature products and solutions to other industries and companies, serving the sales volume of Chinese domestic brands. 1. Chang'an Automobile, Bao Shide, China's largest power tool maker, and Yonghui Supermarket in the retail sector.
Xu Chengmao also revealed the cutting-edge layout of AI in the United States. According to its introduction, Midea established future technology centers and artificial intelligence institutes in Silicon Valley and Shenzhen respectively, and organized a 30-person professional team to do research on artificial intelligence. In addition, the Central Committee of the United States The Institute also established the Institute of Internet of Things, which incorporates the original Smart Home platform.
'Artificial intelligence will step up efforts', Xu Chengmao told reporters in this regard, in his view, more than 90% of artificial intelligence in this field will be shot dead on the beach.
And the most important point is that Midea has fully laid out its layout to the industrial Internet. This is also the direction of the digital path at the present stage of the United States. The group's CIO Zhang Xiaoxuan mentioned at the press conference: 'The real industrial Internet must open up the R&D side. , Production equipment end, supply chain end, business end, logistics end and customer end, can truly achieve 'zero' inventory production, 100% logistics tracking management and 'single' customized C2M customization, the US industrial Internet already has Based on this foundation, 'At present, through the cooperation of software and hardware, China Unicom's seven major links, Midea's existing cloud platform solutions have been able to support the production and operation of more than 10,000 products at more than 40 sites around the world, enabling multi-layer processing. , Complex processing provides flexible solutions.
On the same day, Haier and Sharp also made new progress on the topic of wisdom. New results:
Haier's smart home business has started to be customized this year to meet the individual needs of users. It has formed four spaces covering the living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, including the whole house's air, water, toiletries, security, entertainment, health, and information. Solution, and custom mode of '4+7+N' for N scenes.
After Sharp was awarded by Foxconn, Sharp released the “Structure Matrices Matrix”. Sharp will use a full range of products to attack and reconstruct the category, focusing on clean air, clean water and clean food. A 'new mental block' helps people escape the need for and experience of the basic functions of home appliances, achieve industrial upgrading and product change. This is also a people-oriented user thinking.
The future is coming. Who will be the Champion player on the track of wisdom? Really looking forward to it.