On October 15th, Megvii held a smart logistics strategy and "AI + logistics industry alliance" press conference at Beijing Jinyu Intelligent Manufacturing Factory. At the meeting, Megvii explained its smart logistics strategy to the outside world for the first time, launched Hetu 2.0 version and 7 new smart logistics hardware products, and initiated the establishment of an artificial intelligence logistics industry alliance.
Maybe, many people will have questions. As a technology company known for its AI vision technology, why did Megvii choose to enter the logistics scene, and why does it build hardware products? Behind this series of operations, what kind of deep thinking is behind it. At the press conference, Megvii's co-founder and CTO Tang Wenbin described the "heart journey" of Megvii's deep cultivation of smart logistics.
is committed to long-term investment and deep cultivation of smart logistics
In recent years, the scale of my country's logistics industry has continued to expand and its development potential is strong, providing the soil for demand for AI technology and products. By contacting the logistics industry and implementing specific projects, Megvii has gained recognition from customers. "Every time we deliver, we deeply feel the value of our work." Tang Wenbin said. While gaining a sense of accomplishment, Megvii also realized that the combination of AI and the logistics industry is the future trend, and the two are two-way choices. Therefore, starting from 2017, Megvii has entered the field of supply chain Internet of Things and embarked on deepening the logistics scene. Tang Wenbin, co-founder and CTO of
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"The technological development route of Megvii is called CV+", Tang Wenbin said, "We started with computer vision and relied on deep learning, but the technology we are doing now is actually in computer Before and after vision, the two ends have evolved.” He said that on the one hand, Megvii allows computer vision to obtain better images and videos by studying computational photography; Intelligent scheduling capability allows it to create value in specific scenarios.
Tang Wenbin's interpretation clarified the development context of contempt. It is true that the development of the logistics industry requires artificial intelligence to provide new vitality, and artificial intelligence also requires a wide range of logistics scenarios to display its strengths. The two promote each other and complement each other. However, for a technology-based company like Megvii, how to deeply understand the logistics scene has become a must-answer question before it.
"We need industry experience, but despising the earliest group of people is stronger in algorithms and software." Tang Wenbin said that only by combining technology and experience can we go further. Therefore, Megvii has introduced industry talents with rich experience, hoping to use the "technology + experience" two-wheel drive to move quickly on the road of smart logistics.
At present, relying on the new generation of AI productivity platform Brain++, Megvii continues to promote the commercialization of AI technology in the three areas of personal Internet of Things, urban Internet of Things, and supply chain Internet of Things, forming a unique "1+3" strategy. "The Internet of Things in the supply chain is an important pillar of Megvii's '1+3' strategy and a key engine that supports Megvii's sustained growth. Megvii will firmly invest in the long-term and deepen the field of smart logistics." Tang Wenbin said.
launches Megvii River Map 2.0
In the opinion of Xu Qingcai, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Logistics Business Division of Megvii, the future development of the logistics industry will face three major propositions. The first is how to formulate a highly reliable plan to ensure reasonable and stable program planning and design; the second is how to accurately control, precise and punctual control equipment coordinated operation; the third is how to build high-performance equipment to ensure efficient and safe storage, picking and distribution. Faced with this series of questions, Xu Qingcai already had the answer in his mind. He believes that artificial intelligence will become the new engine of smart logistics.
Despise Xu Qingcai, senior vice president and general manager of the logistics business division
"It is foreseeable that in the next 5-10 years, AI technology will develop rapidly in the logistics industry and be widely used." Xu Qingcai pointed out that AI can empower the logistics industry. Brings two key values. The first is to realize the full perception of equipment, that is, the use of visual computing technology to achieve efficient operations; the second is to achieve system collaboration and autonomy, that is, the implementation of adaptive scheduling based on algorithm strategies.
At the press conference, Xu Qingcai formally explained Megvii's strategic positioning in the field of smart logistics. "Megvii has determination and confidence. After continuous development, it has gradually become the world's leading provider of smart logistics products and solutions with AI technology as its core." At the same time, he also emphasized that the underlying AI algorithm is what Megvii entered the logistics industry.For its core competitiveness, Megvii will continue to increase the construction of the underlying AI infrastructure, grow from the lowest algorithm layer, realize the innovation of software and hardware, and promote the maximum efficiency of business scenarios. At the
meeting, Xu Qingcai announced the 2.0 version of Megvii River Map. It is understood that continuing the architectural design of Megvii Map 1.0, Megvii Map 2.0 enriches key features such as business control, equipment scheduling, and architecture high availability, and can provide high efficiency, stability and intelligence for large unmanned warehouses of various categories and complex equipment. The overall intelligent storage solution for scheduling and ecological connection. Xu Qingcai said: "Megvii River Map 2.0 is already being used in some of the latest projects of Megvii. Megvii River Map 2.0 can not only dispatch Megvii's own equipment, but also other enterprises' equipment." In addition, he also said , Megvii River Map 2.0 realizes the visualization of the entire production process, early decision-making, adaptive dynamic tuning and other functions, which can help companies better reduce costs and increase efficiency.
7 hardware products all appeared
"Megvii found in practice that without a high-quality hardware foundation, it is impossible to accelerate the commercial implementation of AI. Therefore, Megvii promotes the innovation of differentiated intelligent hardware." Xu Qingcai said frankly. At
, Wang Hongyu, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Robot Product Department of Megvii, showed 7 robots and intelligent logistics equipment in 4 categories. Including Megvii's new generation of material handling AMR "MegBot-T800" and "MegBot-T1000", Megvii laser SLAM navigation AMR "MegBot-S800" and visual SLAM navigation AMR "MegBot-S800V", Megvii SLAM navigation stacking intelligent Human forklift "MegBot-F1600", Megvii SLAM navigation intelligent unmanned forklift "MegBot-L2000", and Megvii artificial intelligence stacker.
, Senior Vice President of Megvii, General Manager of Robot Products Department Wang Hongyu
MegBot-T800 has a body height of 245mm and a maximum operating speed of 2.1m/s, which can realize sensorless intelligent weighing. MegBot-T1000 is an all-metal shell, with a 250mm thin and light body, and a dead weight of 220kg. It is industrial-grade durable and can work continuously for 12 hours.
MegBot-S800 adopts the navigation system of Megvii self-developed algorithm, which has dynamic robust characteristics, stable operation of dynamic scenes with 50% change rate, single feature environment without getting lost, and supports flexible deployment, high-precision navigation, and safety and intelligence. MegBot-S800V uses pure visual navigation, has deep intelligent environment perception and recognition capabilities, three-dimensional obstacle avoidance, and can intelligently distinguish people and objects.
MegBot-F1600 is based on natural contour feature navigation, which can deal with high dynamic environment more calmly. The positioning accuracy is less than ±10mm/±1°, no need to modify the environment, easy to deploy, 10 minutes to build a map of 10,000 square meters, and 15 minutes to automatically and accurately run. MegBot-L2000 has the ability of fast plane handling, can seamlessly connect with Megvii River Map, more stable, reliable, and durable. Z1z
Megvii artificial intelligence stacker can realize safety management in roadways, visual inspection of foreign objects in tracks, visual inventory of goods, visual inspection of stack shape and storage location, making management more intelligent, safer in operation, more efficient in operation, and escorting human and machine safety .
At the press conference, Megvii invited partners to share cases and experiences about smart logistics. In addition, more than 30 organizations and enterprises, including Megvii, jointly announced the establishment of an artificial intelligence logistics industry alliance.
