Midea's "holding hands" Haikang, why did the two strange monsters come together?

Midea's "holding hands" Haikang, why did the two strange monsters come together?
Date: 2018-06-15 14:50

Recently, the security giant Hikvision has joined hands with the leading appliance group Midea. The two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation in smart home, smart retail, smart manufacturing, industrial Internet of Things, robot automation, artificial intelligence and other aspects.

The cooperation was also highly valued by the senior executives of both parties. Midea Group Chairman and CEO Fang Hongbo, Vice President Gu Yanmin, Hikvision President Hu Yangzhong, and Senior Vice President Jia Yonghua all attended the signing of the contract.

It is reported that through cooperation, the two parties will work together to continuously improve the technological content of products, promote smart home + smart manufacturing upgrades, push manufacturing and life practices to a new height, achieve in-depth cross-industry cooperation, and bring a better life to users Experience.

This cooperation is a powerful alliance. At present, the two are the top three in the market value of Shenzhen. Midea Group is not only a famous household appliance leader, but also a company involved in smart machines, or an international company that has begun to lay out a globalization. In the field of smart home appliances, smart home appliances, robotics and industrial automation, There are hunting in smart logistics and industrial digital applications;

Hikvision has also occupied the global security throne for many years, and has rich experience in video applications, visual analysis, intelligent security, intelligent manufacturing, and smart parks.

What is quite doubtful is that when the two tigers meet, why should they shake hands together? Perhaps a strong alliance will also be needed for each.

For a long time, Midea wants to drag off the inherent image of its traditional home appliance manufacturer. Based on this, previously at the Shunde Global Innovation Center, they also released an unmanned van, which refers to the unmanned warehousing business.

This can be seen as a microcosm of Midea who wants to vigorously develop smart logistics. As a latecomer to the market, Midea is very optimistic about the market potential of handling robots, and wants to share a slice of the AGV (automatic guided vehicle) market. In the future, the competition of automated warehouses is speed and efficiency. More use of robots instead of people to carry goods can play a better effect.

Taking a closer look at the competitive landscape of the AGV market, Amazon ’s KIVA handling robots have now been used in Amazon ’s warehouses, with a total usage of more than 30,000 units, in the first camp; Hikvision, geek +, fast warehouse and other handling robots are second The camp has begun small-scale trials in warehouses such as JD.com, Tmall, Cainiao, and Shentong; the remaining multiple brands are all in the third camp.

As a beauty that has entered the AGV market and is in small demand, the object it can see is sufficient strength and easier to cooperate with is Hikvision.

According to Fu Gaoxiang, director of the advanced manufacturing industry group of Hikvision mobile robots, the Hikvision intelligent storage robot system is composed of three major parts: AGV (intelligent storage robot), RCS (robot scheduling system), and iWMS (intelligent warehouse management system). . At present, there are more than 800 AGVs used online, scattered in 4 raw material warehouses, 1 semi-finished product warehouse, 2 finished product warehouses and 6 factory workshops in Haikang production base, covering AGV needs of warehouses, warehouses and production lines. . While meeting the needs of warehousing and internal logistics with a daily output value of nearly 100 million yuan, it has effectively saved 58% of manpower and improved work efficiency by 84%.

In general, one of the major indicators of AGV brain intelligence is the maximum number of AGVs that can be dispatched by a system in a single warehouse. According to Fu Gaoxiang, the current maximum number of single warehouse AGVs at Tonglu base has reached 160 units. In the express delivery industry, Hikvision also launched the Hikvision intelligent sorting robot. In the projects that have already landed, the maximum number of sorting robots in a single warehouse has reached more than 330, and even more than 600 in the simulation environment. Fu Gaoxiang said that warehousing robots and sorting robots are the same in traffic management and scheduling.

It can be said that in terms of smart logistics, the strength of Hikvision ’s AGV technology has far exceeded the expectations of the United States, and the two parties should be able to collide with more sparks in the field in the future. In addition, the areas where both parties can cooperate include smart home and smart retail.

In March 2014, Midea and Alibaba Group signed a cloud strategic cooperation agreement, Midea officially entered the smart home industry, and then launched the first smart product IoT smart air conditioner, which can realize the interconnection and remote control of home appliances. In the same year, Midea officially released the M-Smart strategy to achieve intelligent coverage of the whole product.

Under Midea's smart home strategy, there are many opportunities for cooperation between the two parties. In the future, Midea ’s air conditioners, refrigerators, and ovens can be equipped with Hikvision ’s AI cameras to achieve real-time perception.

Previously, Xiaohongbo, CEO of Touchless Unlimited, once said that taking the smart home industry as an example, most manufacturers in the industry are currently focusing on general control to do intelligence, but in his eyes, this is not a smart home appliance in the strict sense: only Only by providing home appliances with the ability to perceive can the innovation of this technology have real value.

For example, air conditioning, it does not automatically adjust the air supply mode according to the outdoor temperature. But like the latest Hitachi air conditioner in Japan, you can use the two cameras on the front to know the size of the room, the number of people, whether these people are moving or still, the temperature status, and whether the room is exposed to direct sunlight. Then through the perception of these external environments, change its air supply mode and temperature;

Another example is the oven, which can judge the type and state of food according to the smart camera, automatically select the time and the heat, and then roast the most delicious food.

It can be reasonably guessed that in the future, beautiful smart products will be equipped with an Hikvision AI camera, which will make home life smarter and more humanized.

From the perspective of Conway, it is not difficult to understand the choice of beauty. From the position of fluorite in its group, it can be seen that the entire Haikang leadership attaches great importance to the development of the civilian market.

But for a long time, when the security giant with the advantages of the G / B end has faced the C-end users, the lack of Internet genes in the bones will make them difficult to act. Choosing to cooperate with the household appliance industry leader can squeeze into the civilian trillion market with the fastest speed.

The latest data shows that the current US products cover more than 30 categories, the annual number of shipments exceeds 200 million, the world's largest shipments, each Chinese household has an average of 2.5 US products, the huge number of users and product ownership is beautiful Advantage.

This cooperation will undoubtedly ensure that Midea has sufficient resources and content to do scene construction and demand design; it can ensure that Hikvision's video products can be useful in the field of home appliances. For both parties, it is indeed a win-win move.

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