On the afternoon of March 24, commercial robot manufacturer Purdue Technology held a spring new product conference in Shenzhen and launched four commercial robots at the same time, giving new solutions to the three major pain points of "peak passability problems", "full-process automation problems" and "ground passability problems" in the commercial delivery robot industry.
Zhang Tao, founder and CEO of Purdue Technology, said in his speech: "In the past year, Purdue Technology has adhered to its mission and continuously refreshed its achievements. With the sincere unity of all Purdue comrades and the strong support of partners from all walks of life, the company has achieved milestone development. ”
During the peak period of lunch or dinner in the catering industry, we sometimes see the phenomenon that the delivery robot blocks the waiter and the customer, resulting in the adverse consequences of the low work efficiency and poor experience of the delivery robot, which triggers the public's questioning of the delivery robot. In response to this pain point, Purdue Technology launched a new product "Qiaole Delivery" food delivery robot to redefine the rules of human-machine passage.
According to reports, Purdue Technology has configured the walking intention visualization ability and backward perception ability for "Qiaole Send", which solves the problem of right-of-way coordination between humans and robots. Relying on strong perception ability and computing power support, "Qiaole Delivery" can also move forward and backward freely in complex environments, thus effectively improving the traffic efficiency during peak periods and the dining experience of customers.
At present, in the catering industry, many enterprises have adopted the human-machine cooperation delivery mode, that is, the waiter will put the dishes from the outlet on the robot, the robot transports the dishes to the target table, and then the waiter or customer takes the meal from the robot plate, this mode is only in the middle of the delivery process to achieve semi-automated distribution, has not yet reached the degree of automated distribution of the whole process. In response to this problem, Purdue Technology launched a new "A1" composite robot to truly realize the whole process of automated food delivery.
The A1 is equipped with highly adaptable flexible grippers specially designed for food and beverage distribution, and uses PUDU's self-developed dish recognition technology and visual positioning grasping technology to achieve accurate identification and accurate grasping of dishes. After picking up the dish from the outlet, the A1 automatically drives to the target table, and the docking accuracy can reach the millimeter level. A1 can identify and perceive the complex table environment, identify the effective placement of dishes on the table, and independently plan the optimal path of the robotic arm to complete the final process of the dishes on the table.
It is worth mentioning that today's mainstream commercial robots mostly use wheel structures, and their passability is seriously tested when encountering complex terrain such as slopes and steps. Zhang Tao said that Purdue Technology's new D1 four-legged delivery robot can perfectly solve this problem.
D1 uses almost all self-developed core components, including high-performance joint modules, high-cost control boards and so on. The quadruped robot is also equipped with a comprehensive control scheme of soft force control, which can adapt to different terrains and ensure the balance of the fuselage at all times during movement, even under the disturbance of external forces. In addition, the D1 is also equipped with a gimbal distribution box that can automatically adjust the pitching posture and maintain horizontal balance, which can be used for restaurants with unique decoration styles such as uneven ground, steps, slopes, and small bridges, and can also be applied to office buildings, parks, and residential quarters to complete the "last three kilometers" of distribution.
At the end of the press conference, Zhang Tao released a professional-grade miniature digital scrubber SH1. This professional miniature digital scrubber offers a flexible cleaning solution when encountering irregular, uneven floors, equipped with high-speed self-driving dual-disc brushes with strong ground pressure and suction for quick cleaning of different types of stains. In addition, sh1 adopts modular design, easy loading and unloading, flexible storage, one-handed control, can enter the 40cm narrow lane and 10cm below the low space to complete the cleaning work.
Zhang Tao finally concluded: "Since then, the Purdue robot family has added four powerful new members, and Purdue Technology has embarked on a new journey. Digging deep into the pain points of the industry, meeting the needs of users, and using the achievements of robot technology to benefit all mankind is the original intention of Purdue Technology. In the future, Purdue Technology will adhere to innovation, bring more useful robot products to everyone, and at the same time base on the height of the industry, promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry. ”