Source: People's Daily News
On April 16, at the mouth of the Pearl River, the sea breeze of Xiangshan Marine Science and Technology Port in Zhuhai High-tech Zone was gentle and full of vitality. Four unmanned boats of Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. are going to sea for testing, and the trees on Qi'ao Island can be seen.
"In 2010, I started research and development of unmanned boats with a few entrepreneurial partners." Zhang Yunfei said. The research and development of unmanned yacht technology focuses on repeated testing, and the requirements for sea conditions, talents and funds are high. After comprehensively inspecting multiple regions, they finally chose Zhuhai. "Last April, we moved into Xiangshan Marine Science and Technology Port, and the efficiency of R&D and testing increased by more than 5 times."
Zhang Yunfei is the founder and chairman of Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. The company is the first high-tech enterprise in China focusing on the research and development, production and sales of unmanned boat technology, and is also the only unmanned boat supplier in China that realizes mass production and wide sales at home and abroad.
On April 16, Zhang Yunfei introduced the research and development process of Yunzhou intelligent unmanned boat to reporters. People's Daily Photo by Li Shen
"Unmanned boats walk on 'two legs', one leg is intelligent control technology, requiring unmanned ships to sail independently and perform tasks on the water; the other leg is equipped with overall control technology, marine high temperature, high salt, high humidity environment, the reliability and stability of the boat have high requirements." Therefore, we must carry out a comprehensive design for shock absorption, noise reduction, stealth, etc. ”
Zhang Yunfei and his team started from "zero" and delved deeply in various directions such as intelligent control and modular distribution. Through more than ten years of independent research and development, the company has overcome a number of key technologies of unmanned boats, opened up the technical map from new materials, independent control, remote communication, system integration to multi-boat collaboration, not only won the first place in the 2013 Second China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Enterprise Start-up Group Competition, the 2016 Marine Science and Technology Award Special Prize and other awards, but also participated in the formulation of all 9 existing unmanned boat industry standards in China.
"According to statistics, our company has accepted 395 patents, including 143 invention patents and 18 international patents, of which core technologies such as autonomous navigation, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and collaborative control are at the world's leading level." At present, about half of the company's more than 400 employees are R&D personnel, and have R&D centers in Zhuhai, Xi'an, Singapore and other domestic and foreign cities. ”
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At present, the company has set up headquarters bases in Zhuhai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the unmanned boats developed and put into production are sold to more than 30 countries and regions around the world, and yunzhou intelligent unmanned boats have also been put into Zhuhai maritime security rescue, vigilance patrol and other fields.
As a pole with unique location advantages in the Greater Bay Area, Zhuhai is adjacent to Hong Kong in the east, Macao in the south, surrounded by mountains and seas, and facing each other on land and islands, and is the only bay area city connected to Hong Kong and Macao by land. In addition to its strategic location, Zhuhai is also working the development of the day after tomorrow. Zhuhai adheres to innovation-driven development, accelerates the construction of the Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, and creates a new engine for high-quality development in the new era, with 246 high-tech enterprises in the field of equipment manufacturing in the city.
The future has come, riding on the east wind of the Greater Bay Area, Yunzhou Intelligent is full of confidence. "For marine technology enterprises, the Greater Bay Area has unique and unique marine natural endowments, has an international scientific research foundation and talents, and is full of development backbone." Zhang Yunfei said, "In the future, we hope to deepen cooperation with universities, scientific research institutions and other units, do a good job in the industrialization of unmanned boats, accelerate the pace of marine science and technology innovation, and practice the dream of a strong country in marine science and technology." ”