In the process of intelligent transformation of manufacturing industry, advanced automation technology is the key path to achieve industrial upgrading. In fact, as early as 2015, Sichuan took the lead in releasing the “Made in China 2025 Sichuan Action Plan”, which clearly listed intelligent manufacturing engineering as the key goal, and strive to reach 10 billion yuan of added value of robot industry by 2025. Promote the trend of “machine for man”, and enhance the competitiveness of products in all fields of manufacturing through advanced intelligent manufacturing technology. As industry competition intensifies, more and more Sichuan-Chongqing manufacturing enterprises will upgrade the next target to production line logistics automation. Global market leader in Mobile Robots – Mobile Industrial Robots (hereinafter referred to as: As a leading provider of intelligent logistics solutions, MiR has accumulated rich experience in large-scale deployment of its Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) in Sichuan and Chongqing. MiR believes that intelligent production line logistics technology can further promote the transformation of industrial manufacturing industry and realize industrial upgrading from four aspects.

one Production line intelligent logistics technology to respond to the pressure of human resources, to promote the upgrading of manufacturing talent skills

Human resource pressure has always been one of the important challenges facing the manufacturing industry in Sichuan and Chongqing. According to the data from the existing employment quality report of college graduates, the loss of college graduates is serious. In 2018, the ratio of the loss of college graduates reached 24.6% in Sichuan and 34.8% in Chongqing. Under the economic demand of four industries, compound talents are relatively short. The city managers in Sichuan and Chongqing area realize that only by attracting talents and retaining them can they stimulate the vitality of talent development. Therefore, the first Joint Conference on the coordinated development of Chengdu-Chongqing Dual-core Human Resource Societies in 2023 has made a series of important measures aimed at the retention and re-education of local talents, optimizing the soft environment of Sichuan and Chongqing, and improving the competitiveness of talents. All along, MiR has rich experience in cooperation with colleges and universities. It is committed to starting from the source of talent cultivation, providing advanced automation technology and auxiliary teaching to help cultivate technical talents urgently in need of enterprises under the upgrading of intelligent manufacturing. Wuhan Polytechnic College is one of the successful cases.

Wuhan Shipbuilding introduced MiR250 AMR as a key part of its smart Marine parts Automation demonstration production line to help upgrade local manufacturing talent to upgrade their skills. By simulating the real ship manufacturing environment, the composite robot composed of MiR250 AMR and FANUC cooperative robots can complete the intelligent logistics docking of the key production links of the whole link on the production line, helping students master the design, deployment and operation ability of the automatic intelligent production line, making students become important members of the future manufacturing production. At the same time, intelligent production line logistics has also become the direction of secondary development experiment for school teachers, passing the opportunity to refine skills to local ship practitioners, helping the government to stabilize local talents. From the example of Wuhan Ship, talents are willing to participate in more value-added work locally, which not only promotes the upgrading of talents’ skills, but also helps Sichuan-Chongqing enterprises to realize more intelligent and efficient production mode and complete the continuous upgrading of the industry.

two Intelligent processes such as efficient and accurate material transportation/finished product recovery in the production line shorten the production cycle and improve the flexibility of the production line

According to the information released by Sichuan Daily, the manufacturing market in Sichuan and Chongqing region is constantly expanding, and a number of advantageous industries are showing bright performance. Sichuan and Chongqing play a game of chess with one heart. The cooperation in the manufacturing sector has formed a good synergy effect, and the steady development of industrial economy. Therefore, the overall order demand has become refined and diversified. More and more Sichuan-Chongqing manufacturing enterprises need to improve the production flexibility and agility to meet the high requirements of users on the delivery cycle. DENSO, a leading supplier of mobile devices, is a good example of how flexible production can be replicated, as the environment of the factory often changes, requiring robots to re-route on a regular basis. In the face of the fast pace of flexible production, MiR AMR’s flexibility, security, and ease of use have significant advantages, making it the preferred robot for DENSO to deploy.

MiR AMR’s intelligent production line logistics can safely navigate around pedestrians and obstacles independently, and can plan and adjust routes in real time, thus flexibly responding to site changes and task changes, stably shuttling between different production lines, units, warehouses, floors, and efficiently and flexibly performing tasks such as pickup and handling, helping enterprises maintain accurate and efficient transportation. Equipped with dual laser scanners and a 360-degree field of view, the MiR AMR is always able to sense its surroundings in advance and replan its route at any time. In addition, the sensing vision of MiR AMR is not affected by light and dust, and the scanning accuracy is high. The overall safety has been certified by high level, ensuring the safety in noisy and human-machine intensive dynamic environment, maximizing the production safety of employees, and realizing accurate and safe delivery in the factory.