"There is an old saying in China, "Look at the halls and the rich look at the kitchen." Many times, people pay attention to the decoration of the living room facade, but we see that some people who understand life will invest more budgets in the kitchen. The kitchen is a place closely related to life. What kind of intelligent results will be there in this place? This is the core content I will share with you today." On July 27, at the "2021 International AIoT Ecological Development Conference" hosted by ASPENCORE, Mr. Qu Bo, Director of Shenzhen Discovery Technology Strategy Development, shared his exploration and thinking on the subdivided scenario of smart kitchens.
The future development direction of smart kitchen
"Smart family" is a particularly popular word at present. It is a relatively general concept and can be roughly divided into several scenarios, such as the living room and bedroom, master bedroom, secondary bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, garage and other subdivided scenarios. Various small intelligent scenarios together form a comprehensive smart home scenario. Qu Bo expressed his understanding of the subdivided scene of smart kitchens.
Why is it said that the kitchen is more special? It has the following characteristics:
1. It has many external correlations. In the entire family scene, the kitchen is a relatively unique scene. Its core function is cooking (cooking). Cooking is an ancient craft labor. Relying on human science and technology, cooking technology is constantly evolving. Smart kitchens play a great role in the evolution of this craft. Specifically, there are many external correlations in cooking, such as buying dishes, and after buying, you also need to wash, cut and other preparation processes. After preparing dishes, you also need to cook, place and serve. After using the meal, you also need to wash, disinfect and other aspects. All the above links are crossed in a long range for a simple family space. From buying groceries to cleaning tableware, the whole process is completed in the kitchen, so the kitchen is both horizontal and vertical.
Second, smart kitchens are used frequently. Some people need to use the utensils in the kitchen for three meals a day, even afternoon tea and late-night snacks. There is a lot of market space for the intelligence of kitchen scenes.
Third, there are many brands, and kitchen appliances include large range hoods, stoves, refrigerators, small yogurt machines, soy milk machines, etc. The kitchen is a place where various categories such as home appliances, small appliances, and kitchen appliances gather, creating an environment that both benefits and disadvantages for the complexity of the kitchen.
Of course, smart kitchens also have an evolutionary process. From these evolutionary processes, the core logic of the kitchen can be discovered. The earliest kitchen scene was very simple, with only cooking, and the kitchen was equipped with a stove, kitchen utensils and pots. The second generation of kitchens is mainly for nutrition. In addition to iron pots, pressure cookers, and steamers, they must also be equipped with induction cookers and microwave ovens. The home appliances in the scene are constantly improving, which improves the quality of the kitchen and the hygiene level. Now some families have adopted smart kitchen solutions, which are characterized by oil conversion to electricity, and electrical appliances are a relatively large change. The frequency of using induction cookers, microwave ovens, and electric ovens is getting higher and higher.
Intelligence is not only a stand-alone intelligence, it also creates interconnection. Now many home appliance manufacturers are developing some concepts, such as hood interconnection, which can be reflected in the fact that the range hood starts with the start of the gas furnace, and the power of the hood can be automatically adjusted according to the firepower of the gas furnace. Qu Bo believes that this is the more mainstream kitchen model in the next five years.
After this, what direction will the kitchen develop? Qu Bo admitted: "We don't know the specific direction, but there is a general direction: the kitchen scene will integrate all current technologies, such as artificial intelligence. At present, the kitchen appliances are just simple intelligence. When connecting with the network, there must be a cloud backend to support the calculation of big data to analyze the next behavior, and give some constructive opinions, and even help customers complete certain basic operations."
In his opinion, the future artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will be grafted with big data and even AR and VR. For example, when cooking, you can use VR and AR technologies to virtually come out to teach you how to cook. Of course, this is a scenario that will be realized in the future. Based on the complexity of various emerging technologies, everyone can open up their imagination space, such as in social scenarios, interacting and chatting with relatives and friends through AR technology while cooking, which may be possible in the future.
is health and nutrition. During the order or stir-frying process, you can rely on machines to judge the nutrition index and calories, and give better suggestions for the next dish. The above can be achieved through emerging technologies. The fourth generation kitchen will definitely move in this direction, and of course its implementation forms and paths will show a trend of diversification.
How to solve user pain points in smart kitchens?
Smart kitchen has several subdivided steps, which can be simply defined as "a clamp for smart kitchen appliances". What is the development process of these single-unit smart kitchen appliances? The earliest was when making an appointment, which was popularized ten years ago. When using rice cookers, you can preset what time to start cooking in advance. This is a very simple function; the second step is remote control, which can achieve remote control through a smartphone; the third step is refined control, which is a more popular practice three or five years ago. For example, when making a dish with an induction cooker, the induction cooker will tell you the steps of cooking, what to put first and then put after the dish is washed, and when it can be released from the pot; the fourth step is to complete it automatically, which is still a relatively distant concept. The cooking robot can help stir-fry and stir-fry the spoon, but it will be a long process for truly popularizing it to the public's homes, but this is an inevitable trend.
What is the scene in the future that the kitchen should have? First of all, various equipment and kitchen appliances are intelligent and diversified. The second is the minimalist hype process. Any kitchen appliance is best operated with one-click or even voice control. If the technology is more mature, some artificial intelligence can even be realized. In the future, the kitchen can also be interconnected with multiple equipment, among which the hood is a relatively mature interconnection method. Can the cooking pot and the range hood be connected in the future? This is all a space to explore in the future.
As we all know, the core purpose of entering the kitchen is to make a meal for yourself and your family, and this core purpose can be achieved in a smart way.
How to solve users’ pain points in smart kitchens? A consulting company conducted a survey on users and found that everyone faced the following pain points in the process of cooking: the first is washing and cutting vegetables when powered on; the second is the cumbersome cooking process. For most people, cooking is a relatively tedious job. Repeating and repeating this action every day is actually very boring and boring. In addition, oil smoke is not good for health, so many people don’t really want to go into the kitchen. The third pain point is washing dishes. After eating, you have to wash dishes. Washing dishes is often a housework that people don’t like to do.
Qu Bo said that the above three pain points are problems that intelligent and smart kitchens must be accurately solved. Any intelligent methods and methods must take these three as the starting point, otherwise the intelligence will become pseudo-intelligence and will not truly solve the needs of users.
targets the two pain points of cooking and washing dishes. Users hope that intelligence will be higher, which is also reflected in the sales of rice cookers and dishwashers. Judging from the real market reaction, rice cookers and dishwashers are indeed very popular among users. The low-ranking disinfection and range hoods are not intelligent, and gas does not have that high requirements for intelligence, so in terms of intelligence, there is relatively little market feedback demand.
According to statistics on domestic kitchen appliances and intelligent kitchen appliances, kitchen appliances have the highest sales volume, but it maintains a stable or even slightly downward trend. Some experts believe that it has entered the era of stock real estate, and users' demand for kitchen appliances remains stable, but smart kitchen appliances are on the rise. Specifically, it is from 15.4 billion to nearly 30 billion in 2020, which is a gradual increase process. At the same time, the market share is gradually increasing. In 2017, smart products were only 5%-16%, and exceeded 30% by 2020.
Where does the intelligence of kitchen belong? We believe that the core of smart kitchens is the first to be delicious. If the equipment is made very unpalatable, consumers will not spend extra money on smart kitchens; the second is to be healthy, with less oil smoke, and calories and vitamin indicators. This process does not need to be heavy or complicated; the third is to have social needs. In the future, the kitchen can interact with relatives, friends, and even robots. The kitchen will be a semi-entertainment scene; the fourth is to have a sense of happiness, which may come from food, labor, or this process.
will open upstream of smart cooking machine
In the end of the speech, Qu Bo introduced the smart cooking machine solution to discover technology. The company provides modules inside the smart cooking machine. This module can form an intelligent cooking machine by adding a screen and a complete set of contents. The content side can realize OTA, remote upgrades can be achieved through APP, and then third-party content and services are bound to the upstream. This is what discovery technology is exploring to open upstream, which will usher in a revolutionary breakthrough in the product.
He also said that the smart cooking machine based on the company's solution is quite popular in the European market, and this cooking machine basically meets everyone's needs for three meals a day. It is a product that is more complex than a general cooking machine. The built-in blade can rotate in a variety of ways and can be controlled by intelligent tools. This machine can make staple food, fast food, stir-fry, etc.
returns to thinking about the essence of wisdom. Content and service are our ultimate goal of wisdom. We are also doing the same thing on the smart cooking machine and expanding to the content side. According to feedback from overseas users, the machine supports about tens of thousands of recipes, including American cuisine, Italian cuisine, etc.
In addition, Disao Technology is currently trying to extend to the content and server side, providing cooking tutorials and holding community events. In addition, the company is also cooperating with upstream supply chains. For example, MissFresh can provide its customers with washed and cut dishes. Users only need to place an order online to purchase and can directly cook after receiving the goods. Qu Bo believes that this will be a relatively large category in the future. Young people choose more Kuaishou dishes and connect the upstream and downstream through one-click order delivery.
According to Qu Bo, Disao Technology currently provides intelligent modules for kitchen appliance products and can provide a complete set of software services. This is the company's general technical framework. "How can traditional home appliances become intelligent home appliances? It requires supporting software, and it is best to bring content to form a set of intelligent products that are loved by users." He emphasized.
In the actual inspection process, smart home and smart kitchen appliances are generally divided into two types: one is strong interaction and the other is weak interaction. Strong interaction is fully interactive with intelligent kitchen appliances, such as the recipes, guided tutorials, and manual voice prompts. Weak interaction is a relatively simple switch, including remote control switches, large or small. In the future, smart homes will surely move towards a strong interaction era.
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