"The two most important qualities of entrepreneurship, one is persistence and accumulation, and the second, I think the more important thing is integrity, we put forward the slogan of the enterprise, called '100% delivery, 100% peace of mind', this is our commitment to customers", along the way, Liu Shaowei, the co-founder of Zhishi Robot, felt a lot.
Since 2013, the core team of Zhishi Robotics has started the research and development of intelligent warehousing equipment, and participated in the release of the first intelligent four-way shuttle in China in 2015, which has a deeper understanding of the development prospects and core pain points of the intelligent warehousing industry. In 2019, Zhishi Robot Co., Ltd. was officially established in Shanghai, Cui Lei and Liu Shaowei worked together, one is responsible for product technology research and development and project delivery, the other is responsible for company operation and marketing, and leads the start-up team to devote themselves to the development and application of warehousing robots.
Zhishi Robotics is a warehouse robot company that provides customers with dense storage solutions for palletized goods, including four-way shuttles, high-precision hoists, conveyor systems, and a complete set of solutions and products for the ZSmart smart platform. Based on the shortcomings of traditional four-way robots and the delivery difficulties caused by some transitional solutions in the industry, the Zhishi team hopes to create a higher-standard, more stable, more durable and more adaptable four-way shuttle robot and its supporting products and software systems for customers with a deep understanding of the hydraulic and mechanical structure of the car body, as well as the ultimate pursuit of products, through the industry cognition and scenario understanding accumulated in the past, so as to effectively empower application scenarios and develop truly efficient, easy-to-use and deliverable warehousing products.
From 2019 to 2022, the company's financial pressure was very high, and its marketization was hindered. It is also in these three years that Zhishi has been concentrating on polishing its products, which has become a key three years for landing benchmark projects, and has devoted more resources to R&D investment and improved customer delivery experience in many aspects.
In May this year, Zhishi Robotics moved its headquarters to Minhang Maqiao Artificial Intelligence Innovation Pilot Zone, and received the support of the Minhang District Government in terms of venues, industrial policies, upstream and downstream resources, as well as the angel round financing of tens of millions of yuan from Lianchuang Yongxuan, and various businesses such as product research and development, market expansion, and team expansion were carried out smoothly, and the company's development was booming. At present, Zhishi Robot is divided into a headquarters company, Shanghai Zhishi, which consists of 4 departments: technology research and development center, delivery center, marketing center, and comprehensive department, and a wholly-owned subsidiary, Suzhou Zhishi, whose main business is supply chain and factory production, with more than 60 employees.
In the future, Zhishi Robot will focus on product development and marketing, continue to insist on enriching the product matrix inward, continuously improve the stability and safety of products, accelerate market expansion and global layout, participate in relevant domestic and foreign exhibitions, industry activities, etc., and enhance the brand awareness of Zhishi Robot.
"The pursuit of the best solution and the pursuit of the ultimate product requires the entrepreneurial team to have the determination to never be satisfied with the status quo and not be satisfied with mediocrity, the keen perception of details and the diligent pursuit of perfection, and the patience to always pursue perfection in continuous improvement", sharing the secret of success, Liu Shaowei said bluntly, in addition to ambition, the unremitting pursuit of details is the eternal law.
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Source: Minhang Today