Creating hour-level delivery! Why does Aegisway's "digital cloud-based small machine" win repeated purchases?

2022 is the 11th year since the establishment of Ajiwe and also the year of its soaring.

In the process of rapidly entering the digital age, the Aegisway team has a deeper understanding of its product concept and started a "self-revolution" starting with the underlying technology.

One year from now, in 2023, we can see more clearly the specific connotation of Aegisway’s “underlying technology”.

On March 17, AGV held the "Small AGV National Channel Dealer Signing Conference (East China Station)" in Suzhou. Founder Dr. Si Xiufen said that AGV will build a batch of small AGV delivery model projects, accelerate the construction of distribution channels, and make good use of the huge demand released in the digital economy era to create fast-delivery, highly stable digital cloud AGV products.

It can be seen from this conference that Aijwi is using its Xiaoqianjin series of products as a breakthrough point to accelerate the construction of a market-oriented green technology innovation system and implement an open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial market cooperation strategy.

After the "self-revolution", Liu Shengming, president of AGV, also stated at the signing ceremony: 2023 will be the year of ecological win-win, and it will also be the year of explosion of small-sized AGVs.

Product upgrades and iterations often start with discovering market pain points.

In more than ten years since its establishment, Ajiwe has grown from a small startup company into a diversified high-tech enterprise with mobile robot business as its main business, covering unmanned driving, artificial intelligence, digital twins, industrial Internet of Things, etc., and has implemented more than 500 smart logistics projects.

During its ongoing exploration, Ajiwe Robotics learned that many companies face many difficulties in digital transformation.

Take the textile industry as an example. Its industrial chain is long and scattered, the market concentration is low, and as a labor-intensive enterprise, the management methods of textile enterprises are primitive and the application of intelligent equipment is low. If full automation is chosen, it will have to face problems such as high logistics costs, long delivery cycles, and high operation and maintenance costs.

In the 3C industry, many companies also require the coexistence of "human and machine" without changing the original production layout, while meeting the needs of real-time collection of production data and transparent and visible data.

High logistics costs, high production flexibility, and the need to flexibly implement "human-machine coexistence"...these are often common problems for companies in their transition from "manual" to "data".

“It is not realistic to completely replace humans in the express logistics industry.” The person in charge of the warehousing department of a leading express delivery company in South China said that due to standardization and differences between peak and off-peak seasons, human participation is necessary in the production process.

Therefore, compared with fully automatic logistics with high costs, long delivery cycles and complex maintenance, the semi-automatic mode is more suitable for companies with "human-machine coexistence" needs.

When the market pain points are felt, companies that have been working in this area for a long time and have deep technical accumulation are often the first to make changes.

The "Little Qianjin" series of AGVs, which are ready for use, is an important attempt made by AGV.

"Xiao Qianjin" means "I will carry the heavy burden". This vehicle uses laser slam navigation and is equipped with 3D stereoscopic vision obstacle avoidance. It adopts a horizontal steering wheel drive system in the body structure to achieve lightweight and miniaturized drive components. It weighs 400kg and can carry 1500kg. The vehicle is small in size and highly flexible.

In addition, Xiao Qianjin also has other outstanding advantages:

① Xiaoqianjin digital cloud AGV+AIDT digital platform.

Xiao Qianjin is equipped with a remote operation and maintenance system that can collect information such as vehicle mileage, support remote access, status monitoring/warning, remote diagnosis, and maintenance reminders, helping customers save maintenance costs and improve user operation and maintenance experience. In addition, Xiao Qianjin's additional digital factory AIDT platform will reduce the difficulty of personnel operation and maintenance management and improve the digitization and efficiency of the workshop.

② According to the task scenario and requirements, the AGV mode/manual mode can be flexibly switched.

The small crane is suitable for handling and traction needs in multiple scenarios, and can flexibly switch between AGV mode and manual mode . When faced with other complex forking actions such as the mixing of multiple types of pallets, irregular shapes of goods, inconsistent placement and handling rhythm, and a "surge" in the number of incoming goods, the manual mode of the small crane can be used, and the AGV mode can be switched when the materials are transferred. When the company's pallets, materials, and placement positions are standardized, the use of the AGV mode can reduce the intensity of manual work, collect real-time logistics data information, and improve the level of intelligence.

③High-precision navigation + automatic obstacle avoidance ensures smooth travel.

The Xiao Qianjin is equipped with a self-developed laser mirrorless SLAM navigation algorithm, with a positioning accuracy of ±5mm and a navigation accuracy of ±10mm, which can meet most high-precision operation requirements. At the same time, the Xiao Qianjin can independently plan the path, perceive the operating environment in real time, and change the route and operating rhythm in time; it is equipped with 3D stereoscopic vision obstacle avoidance, laser obstacle avoidance and safety touch edge at the bottom, and ultrasonic sensors on the side, which can automatically bypass obstacles.

④Easy to operate and compatible with multiple terminals.

Xiaoqianjin operating system is compatible with multiple terminals such as mobile phones, tablets, and laptops. It has a simple functional interface and fool-proof operation logic, and supports full-staff operation. After purchasing the product, you can start operating it without modification and quickly integrate it into the production process.

⑤ Extremely cost-effective, with short investment return period, fast production cycle and short delivery cycle.

More importantly, the small AGV has achieved "stock-based" production . Its compact structure, high degree of integration, mature structural design and large-scale core component stocking make the small AGV production cycle fast, highly integrated functions and systems, and greatly shorten the delivery time. At the same time, the simplicity makes the small AGV very cost-effective and has a good return on investment.

Relying on many high-tech capabilities, the "Little Thousand Jin" AGV can be applied to multi-scenario handling requirements, such as material distribution from the preparation warehouse to the production line, semi-finished product transfer between production lines, finished product entry and exit, and outdoor long-distance material transfer scenarios.

Through the combination of Xiao Qianjin and software systems such as AIDT, many problems can be easily solved.

In response to the "pain points" of the textile industry mentioned earlier, Ajiwe proposed a solution that runs through the textile industry chain: "cost-effective mobile robots integrated with AIDT digital twin technology."

For example, in a glass fiber production enterprise in North China, the warp beams used are large in size and heavy in weight. When the full warp beams are placed on the loom, the docking accuracy requirement is very high, and the accuracy must reach the requirement of ±2mm. In addition, the warp beams and the grey cloth shafts on the A-frame share the same AGV model, but the picking strokes are inconsistent, and the AGV picking forks need to be adjustable stroke forks.

Ajiwe Robotics uses multiple customized warp beam handling AGVs and small-lift AGVs, and through the AGVS multi-vehicle scheduling system, it plans the optimal handling route in real time to complete logistics automation between multiple workshops.

A smart high-end electrical appliance company has a fast production pace and a narrow space. The distribution materials are numerous and in different shapes. The AGV needs to pull a 7-meter-long material cart to operate. In addition, there are many high-dynamic and fully blocked scenes in the workshop, and there is very little effective laser data. And unlike traditional production sites, this customer has a highly flexible production model, which changes irregularly due to different production plans, and the change rate of most scenes exceeds 90%. This adds a lot of difficulty to the company's intelligent upgrade.