On June 20, China Coal Science and Technology Robot Co., Ltd. held the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Embodied Intelligent Robot Pilot Base" Activation and Industrial Ecological Construction Conference in Shenzhen - and the second "Special Robot Industry Chain" list main work promotion meeting - and the "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" revision topic "Overall Technical Plan for Gas Inspectors Optimized Equipped with Overall Technical Solutions Based on Inspection Robot Conditions" was a complete success. The morning schedule is mainly the unveiling ceremony and the promotion of the main work of the robot and the list, and the afternoon is the demonstration meeting of the "overall technical scheme for the optimization of gas inspectors based on the conditions of inspection robots".
The leaders participating in the meeting include Zhou Dechang, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, Zhao Yongfeng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of China Coal Science and Industry Group, Ge Shirong, former President of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Lin Yi, Deputy Director of Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Liu Feng, Vice President of China Coal Industry Association, Feng Guoxiang, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Guangdong Bureau of the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, Zhang Wenjie, Inspector of the Department of Policies, Regulations and Scientific and Technological Equipment of the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau. Tang Jihua, member of the party group and deputy director of the Guangdong Bureau of the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, Hu Qianting, professor of Chongqing University, Yu Feng, deputy head of Futian District, Shenzhen, Yu Jie, deputy director of the Shenzhen Park Development Bureau of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone in Hetao, Shenzhen, Wang Wenhua, director of the Equipment Industry Division of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Chen Wenfeng, vice president of the Mining Corps of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Yang Daming, former deputy director of the National Safety Standards Center, etc. At the meeting, Zhou Dechang, Zhao Yongfeng and Lin Yi delivered speeches respectively.
At the same time, the meeting also held the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Embodied Intelligent Robot Pilot Base", the Hetao Embodied Intelligent Robot Pilot Platform, Tsinghua University jointly built a postgraduate professional practice base, the National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center (Chongqing) jointly built a joint research center for mine robot standards and testing technology, CLP Haikang Group Small and Micro Special Robot Alliance-Special Robot Joint Laboratory, Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Industry Association jointly built a mine artificial intelligence industrial base and other unveiling ceremonies.
▍Thematic report session
Researcher Wang Lei shared "Coal Mine Robot 2.0 Path Thinking". Wang Lei proposed that the development process of coal mine robots should be discussed in stages, and for the first time put forward the concept of coal mine robots entering the 2.0 stage, and analyzed the 1.0 stage of coal mine robots, and elaborated on the development path of the 2.0 stage, and introduced the specific research progress of the robot company in the 2.0 stage, and put forward the plan and prospect in the development of the industry and the coordination and co-construction of the central and local governments.
Wang Lei pointed out that in the 1.0 stage of coal mine robots, there has been progress in products, technologies, key units and industrial chains, which are manifested as: inspection robots have autonomous movement, autonomous perception, and partial autonomous decision-making; Auxiliary operation robots are built from scratch, and some of them are used in underground, but their practicability is not high; Rescue robots: key technologies and complete machines have not been overcome; The technical system is still immature, the development is chaotic, and there is no general product platform; Technologies such as robot chassis and fixed place navigation are relatively mature, while technologies such as AI visual recognition, operation control, and long-distance navigation have not yet been overcome; The management and control platform can only realize cluster management and control such as task scheduling and operation and maintenance management of a small number of homogeneous and heterogeneous robots. Sort out the upstream and downstream industrial chains, form an industrial chain map, a supply chain map, and a list of core technologies; Lack of published national standards and industry standards, lack of testing and inspection capabilities; Some high-level scientific researchers have been absorbed into the coal industry, and there are about 115 coal mine robot practitioners. Since then, the coal mine robot has completed the 1.0 stage, the industry has been initially born, and most of the products have been realized from scratch, and the number of manufacturers has gradually increased.
Summary of the basic characteristics of the 1.0 stage
The robot company in the 1.0 phase also addressed the question "What is a coal mine robot?" What's wrong with coal mining robots? How to go on the path of coal mine robot? The first "robot +" industry organization was established, the first coal mine robot classification system was released, a number of leading cognitions of coal mine robots were formed, and a large number of rich achievements were rapidly accumulated in technology, products, and talents. In view of the reliability and environmental adaptability of the ontology, ten common technologies of coal mine robots were proposed. In terms of core components, software technology, robotized application technology, etc., the common blocking points and stuck points were analyzed. It has developed 7 kinds and 22 types of inspection robots, 6 kinds and 12 auxiliary operation robots, which have been applied in more than 100 coal mine sites.
Summarizing the core problems of the industry in the 1.0 stage, it is found that although some applications have been made, the products are messy, the technology is scattered, the industrial chain is not perfect, the testing and inspection capabilities need to be improved urgently, and there is a lack of talents. The intelligent level, long-term reliability and quality of inspection robots need to be improved urgently, and technologies such as AI and large models have not been fully applied in coal mine scenarios. The design concept and technical context of auxiliary operation robots are not yet clear, and the basic theory and key technological technologies have not yet been broken through. The intelligent path of coal machine robot is not clear, limited by the slow progress of traditional thinking, and has not been effectively combined with artificial intelligence enterprises and robot enterprises; The supply chain is weak, the industrial chain is not perfect, there is a lack of standards and inspection and testing specifications, the lack of testing bases and pilot test bases, and the supply of medium and high-end R&D talents who understand both coal mines and robots is seriously insufficient.
Wang Lei pointed out that the mechanism and function of the moving mechanism (foot), actuator (hand) and perception system (eye, ear, mouth and nose) of the coal mine robot have been completed in the 1.0 stage, and the focus of the 2.0 stage is to solve the problems of motion control, hand and foot coordination, autonomous operation, perception accuracy, information call and intelligent decision-making, therefore, the embodied intelligent coal mine robot is proposed.
In the 2.0 stage, coal mine robots should refer to regulations, environment, technology and other elements to accelerate the development of decision-making systems (brains) and task strategies (cerebellum), and realize intelligence in multiple dimensions such as perception, decision-making, operation, and movement. "Offline autonomy, online intelligence, data integration, and behavior management" are important features of the coal mine robot system in the 2.0 stage, after the robot realizes autonomous perception decision-making and operation, it is embedded in the mine production system, safety management system, and information management system, and can form a linkage with other intelligent equipment and robots of other manufacturers, so as to truly open up the whole mine data information and accurate management.
Wang Lei summarized the characteristics that should be possessed when the 2.0 stage is completed: the embodied intelligent mining robot is basically formed, the stability and intelligence level is higher, the operation performance is stronger and the ability to integrate into the system, the industrial chain and supply chain are beginning to take shape, the products are accepted by most customers, and the number of users is growing rapidly. Among them, the characteristics of inspection robots and auxiliary operation robots entering the 2.0 stage are analyzed. The characteristics of the inspection category are mainly reflected in the coverage of more scenarios, more complete perception elements, greatly improved cruising range and reliability, robotization of AI technology to realize scene application, reasoning and decision-making capabilities, more convenient task deployment, configurable tasks, continuous integration of traditional coal mine laws and regulations, and stronger human-computer interaction. The characteristics of auxiliary operations are mainly reflected in the stronger ontology ability and reliability, the completion of the embodied intelligent system, the stronger ability of multi-arm collaboration, vehicle-arm collaboration, and human-computer interaction, the ability of operation effect evaluation and self-learning training, and the improvement of the ability to configure upstream and downstream tasks in the process.
2.0 Phase Completion feature
The specific research progress of the 2.0 stage of the robot company is mainly reflected in the products, technologies and components of the two types of robots of inspection and auxiliary operations. In terms of inspection robots, it mainly solves the problem of "why do you think that inspection robots are useless", and the key achievements include the redefinition of gas inspection robots, high-precision real-time dynamic roadway three-dimensional modeling technology, robotized inspection model research, robot self-diagnosis and task editable technology research, lightweight non-metallic tracks, inspection and fire robot research and development, etc. Wang Lei pointed out that with the acceleration of the intelligent process of coal mines, there will inevitably be more and more intelligent equipment underground, which requires a large number of personnel to carry out inspections, and also requires a large number of inspection robots to replace people; The robot can achieve flexible approaching observation, detection accuracy, cognitive understanding, analysis and decision-making ability is more intelligent, and inspection robots should flourish in the future! In terms of auxiliary operation robots, it mainly solves the problem of "everyone thinks it is useful, but why is it not easy to use now", and gradually overcomes the problems in the process of on-site use such as spraying robots and water silo dredging robots by decoupling the process of process into robot technology, and proposes corresponding solutions; Based on the key project of the National Key R&D Program "Intelligent Robot" - the key technology and application demonstration project of large-scale coal mine underground roadway auxiliary operation robot, 6 parametric process models of 4 kinds of robots for drilling, pipe grabbing, dust flushing and cleaning have been constructed and completed.
In the 2.0 stage, the robot company released the general technical architecture of coal mine robots for the first time, and set up 17 technical lines such as navigation, vision, audio, and 3D reconstruction in four technical fields: ontology, AI, perception technology operation unit, task strategy and simulation. Ten directions of coal mine robot process technology with the blessing of artificial intelligence are proposed; Declare three national standard projects, including general safety requirements, general technical conditions and experimental methods for underground mining robots; Cooperate with the National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center (Chongqing) to establish a joint research center; Based on the national key R&D plan "Intelligent Robot Special Project", the test standards for auxiliary operation robots are formulated, and the coal mine safety standards of the coal mine robot industry and the formal inspection standards of the robot industry are truly promoted. The construction of pilot bases has been carried out in Shenzhen and Shenyang to build the foundation of the coal mine robot industry.
List of achievements of the 2.0 stage system
At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government jointly held the second special robot industry chain "unveiling" activity - the main work promotion meeting of the mining robot list, and Zhu Yuqin, director of the Science and Technology Innovation Center of China Coal Robot Company, made a theme report. From the background of the activity, the unveiling of the list, the progress of the work of the list owner and the next step plan, etc., the work of the list owner undertaken by the robot company was explained, and the map of the mine robot industry chain was released.
▍ "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" revision topic "based on the inspection robot conditions of the gas inspector optimization of the special work plan" demonstration meeting
The robot company carried out a lot of work in the early stage, investigated 64 coal mining enterprises, conducted systematic demonstrations, and proposed an alternative to the whole system of gas inspection robots for the first time in the industry. The meeting invited leaders of relevant ministries and commissions and top experts in the industry to conduct demonstrations, and arrange the next step to further consolidate the foundation for the revision of the "Coal Mine Safety Regulations".
In September 2023, entrusted by the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, China Coal Science and Technology Robot Co., Ltd. took the lead in demonstrating the part of the revised "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" plan about the replacement of tile inspectors by inspection robots; In October 2023, China Coal Science and Technology Robot Co., Ltd. received the "Letter on Carrying out Research on the Revision of Coal Mine Safety Regulations" issued by the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau; In February 2024, the State Mine Safety Supervision Bureau issued a "Letter on Carrying out the Pilot Work of Replacing Part of the Work of Inspection Robots with Inspection Robots", agreeing that China Coal Science and Technology Robot Company will carry out a pilot project of replacing part of the work of inspection robots with inspection robots in three coal mines in Shaanxi and Shanxi.
As the officially designated lead unit, the robot company attaches great importance to the revision of the regulations, formulates a detailed special work plan, sets up a special work leading group, and sets up a program preparation team and three application pilot project teams under the leading group to ensure that the project is carried out in accordance with the established goals, strategies and plans. At the same time, based on the survey and investigation, the whole system of gas inspection robots was systematically sorted out, and the overall workflow from demand interpretation to the redefinition of tile inspection robots, from the implementation plan of the pilot coal mine to the test and application evaluation, and finally the revision of the regulations was proposed.
As the first unit to start planning the replacement work of tile inspectors, the robot company has carried out a lot of survey and research work since July 2023. The project team went to a total of 64 coal mines in Anhui, Shandong, Xinjiang, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other regions to conduct field research and in-depth research, and conducted field key research on 13 coal mines in Yulin, Shaanxi, Ordos, Inner Mongolia and other places where various inspection robots are widely used.
For the first time in the industry, the robot company proposed a full-range gas inspection robot solution, combined with the actual scenario and management status of the pilot coal mine, and formulated a detailed on-site implementation plan for the pilot coal mine according to the specific requirements of "one mine and one policy".
At the same time, in terms of ensuring the accuracy of testing and evaluation in the process of factory testing and product application of inspection robots, we have cooperated with the National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center (Chongqing) to establish a joint research center to formulate testing standards for gas inspection robots, verify the function, performance and stability of robots, and verify the transmission analysis and management of data timeliness, accuracy and completeness, as well as test and verify all alarm mechanisms and risk identification.
After listening to the special report, the leaders and the expert group agreed to adopt the work plan after questioning and discussion. Director Zhou Dechang and Secretary Zhao Yongfeng made a concluding speech, providing strong data and technical support for the revision of the relevant provisions of the "Coal Mine Safety Regulations" for the work done by the robot company, affirming the historical contribution of the robot company, and giving instructions for the next step.
China Coal Science and Technology Robot Co., Ltd. will speed up the implementation of the special project, put forward suggestions for the revision of the relevant provisions of the regulations as soon as possible, continue to lead the transformation of the mining robot industry, and contribute to the safety of the lives and property of millions of miners underground.