In March this year, Minao Mobile Robot launched the MiR1200 pallet forklift autonomous mobile robot, which uses Nvidia GPU and multiple processors to process massive data from numerous cameras and lidar in real time, and can adjust the path in real time and avoid obstacles in time. 3D vision technology accurately identifies pallets for ultra-precise operation of picking and delivering pallets. The built-in artificial intelligence detection system is superior to the traditional detection technology in terms of performance, shortening the time of sorting and placing, and improving the sorting accuracy. “Imagine if a robot needs to perform 1,000 grasping tasks per day, and we set it to work for four hours. Then the 10 seconds saved per grab, multiplied by 1,000 times, adds up to a very significant number.” Said Chen Peidong, vice president of MiR Autonomous mobile robots Asia Pacific.

KIS-2-20KN On MiR’s autonomous mobile robots, users can create apps, much like iOS does on iphones. “We were able to quickly introduce many AI-based solutions thanks to the power of an open platform and a strong ecosystem. Robotics is an area where any company that wants to achieve long-term success cannot develop all the technologies on its own.” Trying to go it alone, says Ujjwal Kumar, is not only slow, it is also failing to take full advantage of the collective wisdom of all humanity. “Robotics itself is a global collaboration that combines the latest sensor technology, drive technology and motor technology from Germany with advanced software technology from Silicon Valley. This cross-cultural, cross-border collaboration is the source of our ability to innovate and achieve technological breakthroughs.”

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In the Chinese market, Ujjwal Kumar said Teredad needs to operate like a “Chinese company”, investing deeply in the value chain, products, ecosystems and services, and identifying its core competencies. The KIS-2-20KN Chinese team is good at application, efficiency and cost reduction, although Ujjwal Kumar also sees local Chinese companies strengthening their robotics competitiveness, “especially in reverse engineering and innovation at the application level.” But in terms of the quality of innovation, we are still ahead of our competitors.” This, he said, is partly due to close collaboration with top universities and research institutions in the US and Denmark, which provide innovation impetus and high-quality research results. To succeed in the Chinese market, Ujjwal Kumar says localizing products is crucial. “While we are not quite there yet, we are firmly on track to get there.”