April 13, the fourteenth day of home isolation.
There are too many magical things in Shanghai in the past two days, and we can't press the table for the time being. Let's talk about something that's not human. Don't get me wrong, I said it was an unmanned delivery truck.
Like shared bicycles, unmanned delivery vehicles also have to solve the "last mile" problem. With the vigorous development of the e-commerce industry, coupled with the tight capacity caused by this round of epidemic, the enterprises of unmanned delivery vehicles have undoubtedly received a rare practical exercise while supporting Shanghai. In this article, we have selected information about three unmanned delivery vehicles as a showcase to see how they differ.
After reading the picture, say the summary
Adaptability is key
First of all, it should be pointed out that the overall structure of the three unmanned vehicles is similar, nothing more than the use of different manufacturers of lidar and automatic driving technology, in the current actual use, the three will not have much gap. There are many differences between the current unmanned vehicle delivery and the past form, mainly in three points.
PART.1
Centralized delivery scenarios
Taking the Meituan unmanned delivery vehicle as an example, the past operation process was to first place an order on the platform, assign the order to the unmanned delivery vehicle through the background distribution scheduling system, and then the unmanned delivery vehicle picks up the goods at the station, and finally automatically drives to the fixed contactless distribution point selected by the user. Now, due to the impact of the epidemic, this fixed distribution point has changed from the entrance of the community to the downstairs of each residential building, focusing on the "last hundred meters" inside the community.
PART.2
Simplified delivery routes
Due to the epidemic situation, unmanned delivery vehicles are facing the concentration of distribution scenarios, so the delivery routes are relatively simplified. Compared with manual labor, it is possible to design an optimal distribution route and carry more goods. Theoretically, with the automatic driving technology equipped with the unmanned delivery vehicle itself, coupled with multiple lidar and ultrasonic radar and millimeter wave radar, the traffic hazards of distribution in closed communities can even be negligible.
PART.3
Shipment of goods is single
Due to the epidemic, the unmanned delivery vehicles supported by various enterprises in Shanghai this time are mainly to reduce the workload of communities and volunteers and ensure the basic livelihood of residents. Therefore, the materials distributed are normal living materials, and the volume and weight are within the transportable range of unmanned delivery vehicles, which also effectively reduces cross-infection at this distance from the entrance of the community to the residential building.
If you only look at the above three points, it seems that the challenges faced by unmanned delivery vehicles this time seem to be much less. But the reality is that they have to take on higher transportation frequencies, more distribution nodes, as well as equipment debugging, route design and so on. Most importantly, it will directly affect whether the residents in the community can get supplies more conveniently and safely, so adaptability is the key.
At the national level, the "14th Five-Year Plan" urban and rural community service system construction plan issued by the State Council clearly proposes to explore and promote unmanned logistics distribution into the community in the construction of a new scenario of beautiful digital services, which effectively promotes the rapid development of the entire industry.
At the enterprise level, the entrants behind the unmanned delivery vehicle are mainly divided into two types, one is the enterprise with its own logistics system, such as JD.com, Meituan, etc., and the other is the automatic driving technology technology company, such as The End of Wisdom, Xingshen Intelligence, etc. Both are using their own advantages, integrating resources to quickly implement and seize opportunities. This is also why, first, we should thank them for supporting Shanghai, and second, we have given them a rare practical exercise and accumulated a lot of experience.
Finally, at the user level, in the current environment, we hope that such technology can adapt to more complex road environments, such as old and broken communities with narrow roads, carrying more kinds of materials, such as drugs that need to be refrigerated.
In the days of isolation, we felt the importance of the "regiment leader", but the manpower was limited. For us, an unmanned delivery vehicle may be the last regiment leader under the epidemic.