The world's largest robot parking lot begins construction in Hong Kong

The increasing scarcity and tension of urban land has made the problem of parking difficult to exist for a long time. How to solve the problem and save land has become a breakthrough direction for technology companies.

On September 6, the Hong Kong Port Smart Parking Lot A (Phase 1) project of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge at Hong Kong International Airport was launched in Hong Kong. The project was undertaken by CIMC IoT, a subsidiary of CIMC. Upon completion, it will become the world's largest robot parking lot, providing 1,550 parking spaces, all of which use AGV parking robots for automatic parking. This project has opened up a broader market imagination space for the AGV robot parking lot product.

The AGV industry raised nearly 2 billion yuan in the first half of the year

In recent years, as the demand for intelligent upgrading of the manufacturing industry continues to heat up, the AGV industry has also ushered in a development trend. In terms of capital investment, there were 11 financing events in the AGV industry in the first half of 2022, with a total financing amount of nearly 2 billion yuan. Most companies raised more than 100 million yuan. Among them, Hai Robotics and Future Robotics received the most financing in the industry in the first half of the year.

According to research, the average annual compound growth rate of China's industrial mobile robot market size will exceed 45% from 2021 to 2025, and the market size of China's industrial mobile robots is expected to exceed 25 billion yuan by 2025.

In addition, policy support is also a reason for the development of the AGV industry. The China Mobile Robot (AGV/AMR) Industry Alliance's "2021-2022 China Industrial Application Mobile Robot (AGV/AMR) Industry Development Research Report" pointed out that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, key support will be given to industrial robots , and integrated applications in the industrial manufacturing field will be deepened and expanded. Facing the actual needs of intelligent transformation and upgrading of various industries, robot companies continue to innovate products and solutions, and industry applications are gradually extending to traditional industries such as furniture and physical entities.

Is it worthwhile to continue investing in and expanding the AGV robot parking lot?

In the field of smart warehousing, AGV robots have already set off a round of explosive momentum. Although the technical details are different from those of warehousing handling robots , and the current market situation cannot be compared, for AGV manufacturers, if the parking robot market can continue to expand with the popularization of smart parking garages, it will also be a huge blue ocean.

At the city level, AGV robot parking means that less land is needed to build parking lots, and the vacancy rate is expected to be reduced, which solves a headache for decision makers and planners in cities, especially large cities.

The land saved by building AGV robot parking lots is a huge amount of money, which is of great significance to local governments and can effectively alleviate the problems of insufficient land reserves and insufficient infrastructure funds in some cities.

On the one hand, there is market demand, and on the other hand, there is a national call. AGV robot parking lots can make up for the shortcomings of insufficient new energy charging equipment during the construction process. It is a win-win direction for all parties. AGV robot parking lots are an industry trend, especially for companies that already have industry experience and technology. It is necessary to go with the flow.

Some industry insiders believe that "parking lot renewal" can be seen as a sub-concept of urban renewal. This is a direction that the industry should vigorously promote and should be emphasized on different occasions. Enterprise groups like CIMC have brands and technologies. As the contractor of China's first intelligent three-dimensional parking garage, they have independent intellectual property rights and the largest number of approved technical invention patents. They have every opportunity to integrate their technologies and markets to the greatest extent.

From this point of view, CIMC's construction of the world's largest robot parking lot not only demonstrates its own technological strength, but also actually accelerates the advancement of large enterprises in the AGV track and digital infrastructure. In the future, more and more companies and funds will pour into this track, but the advantages of large enterprises will become more and more prominent due to their technological accumulation, funds and brands.