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Container lifting robots have been shipped more than 5,000 units worldwide

2022-01-21

According to the data of China Mobile Robot (AGV/AMR) Industry Alliance and the statistics of the New Strategic Mobile Robot Industry Research Institute, by the end of 2021, the cumulative global shipment of bin robots has exceeded 5,000. Among them, the overseas market accounts for 55% and the domestic market 45%.


As one of the mobile robot categories for industrial applications, the development of box-type storage robots stems from the continuous innovation of Chinese mobile robot manufacturers, and its official landing was in 2017.
At the beginning of 2017, Guozi Robot built a multi-layer bin picking robot Picking for the needs of Staples' warehouse. Multiple SKU boxes can be carried at one time.
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On the basis of PICKING, Guozi subsequently launched PICKING Plus, which has a lifting height of more than 4m and can achieve synchronous operation of 5 to 8 bins at a time. A series of PICKING robot products with various heights and picking mechanism functions.
Also in 2017, in order to improve the stability and efficiency of the robot, Hairou, who started to develop a box-type warehouse robot as early as 2015, proposed to replace the lift-type operation with a clamping operation, and stabilize the movement of the material box by clamping two actions. As a result, Hairou launched the A2 single-box robot. Through the system adjustment, the collaborative operation of 8 Cooper robots was realized, and the new pick system was officially launched.
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In 2017 also launched related "cargo box-to-person" products. Since then, it has been iteratively upgraded, and has developed a variety of actuator types for container handling.

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In 2020, Kuaicang Smart launched two box-type storage solutions: collaborative and integrated storage. The collaborative picking solution gives full play to the respective advantages of robots: the box-type storage robot flexibly picks and unloads the material box, and does not leave the shelf area, and has high efficiency; Handling efficiency and picking efficiency, while using traditional shelf shelves, low cost. The access-integrated box handling solution has its own storage function, which can solve the problem of handling multiple material boxes at one time, which greatly improves the average access efficiency of a single material box.
In the same year, a double-extension, multi-cargo box-type cargo-to-person robot was launched. It adopts a double-extension design and supports a 1-meter narrow roadway, which can cover an ultra-wide three-dimensional storage from 0.215 meters to 5 meters on the ground.

In 2021, the intelligent width-adjustable version of the container robot and the container robot with a maximum lifting height of 8145mm will be launched, which will be combined with the container lifting robot P40 as a new generation RoboShuttle solution.
In addition to the single box storage robot, Chinese mobile robot companies are also innovating in terms of solutions.
In 2020, the automatic loading and unloading machine was released, which can be adapted to a full range of robots, and can be directly connected with the robots to realize the instant loading and unloading of multiple cargo boxes.
On the basis of the bin robot, Kuaicang has launched an intelligent robot solution, which further improves the efficiency through the combination mode of "bin robot + one-layer cache + vehicle handling robot". In 2021, the Quick Warehouse program will be iteratively upgraded, further improving the picking efficiency.
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At present, the series of box-type storage robots in the entire market has been relatively rich, and there have been certain breakthroughs in "depth" and "height". Improvements, continuous optimization of software, and iterative upgrades of solutions. The landing speed is accelerating, and the application is gradually deepening. After the market cultivation in recent years, the technology and application of box-type storage robots are also deepening.

At the beginning of 2017, the first batch of more than 30 Picking robots from China went to the other side of the ocean and successfully completed the demonstration at the demonstration site built by Staples. And in the same year, more than 100 robots were put into operation. In the following five years, Guozi has provided more than 2,000 bin robots for Staples.
In August 2021, with the signing of a new round of "Robot Service Agreement", Guozi Robot and Staples Corporation of the United States started a new five-year strategic cooperation. This is the second strategic cooperation between Guozi and Staples after 2017. In the next 5 years, as the only supplier, we will continue to provide intelligent warehouse robot systems for Staples warehouses.
Since the development of box-type storage robots in 2015, Hairou Innovation has now launched 300+ projects around the world, with a cumulative shipment of over 2,000 robots. Hairou's innovative Kubao system is widely used in third-party logistics, shoes and clothing, medicine, retail, e-commerce, electricity, 3C manufacturing and other industries, helping SF DHL, Best Logistics, Guodian, Philips, Li & Fung Supply Chain, Xinning Logistics Many domestic and foreign customers, including Wanyitong, Booktopia, etc., have achieved warehousing automation upgrades.



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At the same time, Jizhijia, which officially launched its first product in 2019, has also launched its series of bin robot products in footwear and apparel, retail, medicine, equipment manufacturing and other industries, realizing cluster scheduling and application of 80 bin robots in a single warehouse. At the same time, it has achieved a capacity of 800 boxes/hour in terms of station efficiency; Kuaicang has officially launched an intelligent robot solution in Hongdi Technology, etc.


It can be seen that the current application of bin robots is accelerating, the technology maturity is improving, and the industries and scenarios used are constantly expanding, which makes the market's awareness of products continue to improve, and gradually enters the application explosion period.

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