With the development of artificial intelligence technology, my country's service robot market has also ushered in explosive growth. According to the "China Service Robot Industry Development Prospects and Investment Strategic Planning Analysis Report" released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, statistics show that the overall period from 2013 to 2018 In a stage of rapid growth, China's service robot market is expected to reach US$1.84 billion in 2018, a year-on-year increase of about 45.3%, which is higher than the growth rate of the global service robot market.
The growth rate of the service robot market will inevitably drive the growth of its related core technologies. As the basis for the movement of service robots, the mobile robot chassis has played an important role in helping the robot achieve autonomous walking.
What is a mobile robot chassis and what are its main functions?
Speaking of mobile robot chassis, we have to mention the ZEUS series of general-purpose service robot chassis led by Silan Technology. ZEUS adopts the leading domestic SLAM navigation technology, which can recognize the surrounding environment and know its own location, and also integrates lidar. , Depth camera, ultrasonic, anti-drop and other sensors, combined with navigation algorithms, can help the robot achieve rapid perception, precise positioning, real-time mapping, intelligent navigation and path planning, allowing the robot to perform independent calculation and reasoning in unknown environments , Motion planning and real-time control.
At the same time, it supports scheduled charging that can be externally scheduled. When the battery power of the robot is low, it will automatically return to the charging dock for charging, without human guards, saving time and worry. In addition, the integrated autonomous elevator dispatching and control function can realize autonomously getting on and off the elevator, reaching the designated location, monitoring its own floor at any time, and independently constructing multi-floor maps that end users can view at any time.
The importance of mobile robot chassis highlights the market's attention
As a combination of various technologies and functions, robots are not only part of the software function, but also other important parts are on the hardware module of the robot chassis. The mobile robot chassis is not only the integration point of various sensors, motors and other equipment, but also carries The basic functions of the robot itself, such as positioning, navigation, and obstacle avoidance, are very important for service robots. The quality of the mobile robot chassis is directly related to the manifestation of the value of the service robot, thus affecting the commercial development of the service robot. In view of this, many robot companies Began to focus on the development and production of robot chassis.
At the time when service robots are becoming increasingly hot, the emergence of professional robot chassis research and development companies not only lowers the threshold for other companies to enter the service robot industry, but also makes breakthroughs in functions and costs, paving the way for the large-scale development of service robots .
The development prospects of mobile robot chassis are promising
With the increase in demand for service robots, more companies have entered the robot chassis. Many people in the industry are optimistic about the development prospects of mobile robot chassis. On the one hand, the increase in companies will bring greater competitive pressure and contribute to rapid technological progress. On the other hand, the technological development of robot chassis can give birth to the emergence of mobile robots such as competitions, and open up a larger application market for the development of the industry.
At present, there are nearly 20 companies entering the field of robot chassis. They all want to come in and get a share, but the market favors Silan Technology. The main reason is that Silan Technology itself is an enterprise focusing on robot positioning and navigation technology. It has more advantages in helping robots achieve positioning, navigation, obstacle avoidance and other functions.
Judging from the companies currently entering this field, although there are chassis that serve industrial and special service robots, most of them are based on service robot chassis. The fierce development of service robots has driven the outbreak of downstream demand.