There are about 7.5 million manufacturing enterprises in China. According to the yearbook of the National Bureau of Statistics in 2018, there are 3 million factories in China with an annual income of more than 20 million. The logistics of line-side warehouses are generally non-standardized, and intelligent warehousing and handling are the development trend.
According to the statistics of the cloud warehouse of the Internet of Things:
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As of the end of 2019, the total area of ​​general warehouses in China exceeded 300 million square meters. Due to its strong adaptability and high utilization rate, the scale of general warehouses in China is also expanding.
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As of the end of November 2020, the total area of ​​national general warehouses exceeds 321 million square meters, an increase of 21 million square meters from the end of 2019, and the warehouse resources cover 32 provinces, 227 cities, and 7,407 parks.
Analysis of
Market Demand Trend
THE PREDICAMENTS WHAT WE ARE FACING
Receiving Area
Manual Forklifts
Storage Area
Trolleys
Tallying Area
Trolleys
Shipping Area
Disadvantage
Traditional warehouses are mainly manpower, and the tools used are mostly manual forklifts and trolleys, which are inefficient, error-prone and labor-intensive.
Receiving Area
Smart Forklifts
Storage Area
Goods to Person ARMs
Tallying Area
Handling ARMs
Shipping Area
Disadvantage
It requires people to be highly adaptable to the machine and has poor flexibility; When the warehouse is depleted, the automation equipment cannot cope with it; The investment is large, and the maintenance is overly dependent on the supplier; Docking with WMS increases costs and involves network security issues.
Storage Area
Manual Forklifts
Material Area
Trolleys
Shipping Staging Area
Trolleys
Shipping Area
Disadvantage
Most of the line-side warehouses, due to the large amount of bulk materials and strong non-standard nature, still use trolleys for transportation in most factories, which is inefficient and labor intensive.
YOUR BEST SOLUTION
iAttendant i2
iAttendant i2, another member of iAttendant series, using UWB positioning technology, integrates infrared, and ultrasonic to achieve obstacle avoidance solutions. It offers stable following-up under situations like acceleration, deceleration, and turning etc. It automatically adjusts its speed and pace in tune with the guiding person. Each i2 can automatically follow people, and can also follow with multiple other robots. It promotes human-machine collaboration with our hands freed and efficiency multiplied. With labor shortage, it fulfills enterprises’demands for efficiently processing and accomplishing jobs like items picking and replenishment, warehouse-to-production-line transportation, warehouse circulation and other operations. It saves man-power and “labour” as well.
i2 follows human intelligently, it moves as the human walks, and stops as he/ she ceases his/ her footsteps.
Following Mode
Eliminating concerns on zero power, i2 saves efforts while be pushed manually.
Push Mode
Operated by a manual electric joystick, which assists i2’s motion in a simple and convenient manner, the machine passes smoothly through narrow paths.
Electric Assistance Mode
Obstacle avoidance
Quick Power Change
Turnkey
Indoor & Outdoor
Machine following huma
Multi-Machine Following