1. Project Introduction

Based on the technical needs of robots and intelligent manufacturing equipment, the project team deeply integrates the team's advantages in advanced materials, advanced drive control and advanced robot technology, and deploys motors, drivers, and decoupled active universal around the omni-directional mobile robot R & D and industrialization plans for key core technologies such as casters, modular omni-directional mobile platform design and control technology, and omni-directional mobile platform positioning and navigation. Create a business model with active universal caster modules, omnidirectional mobile robots (standard products + user customization), and overall intelligent logistics solutions in the workshop as core products; and integrated intelligent manufacturing automation systems as engineering services. In the future, the company will use universal caster modules and omnidirectional mobile robots as its core products, use intelligent logistics in the workshop as the first application export, and expand the application scope with the social service industry; make every effort to serve regional intelligent manufacturing and build a leading domestic mobile robot brand. Improve my country's brand effect and international competitiveness in mobile robots.

2. Cooperation content

(1) Brief introduction of the main relevant technologies involved

Advanced technology and high cost performance. The team designed and developed to understand coupled active universal casters, direct-drive universal casters and omni-directional mobile platforms based on universal casters. The decoupled active universal casters are an international innovative product that can achieve 0-360° omnidirectional motion under pure rolling conditions. In addition, the team combines its own advantages in motor design and drive control, and can provide technical solutions and services from materials to motors to drive control for the entire chain and source. It can take advantage of the source to reduce product production costs and be cost-effective.

Strong ability to design, innovate and customize on demand. The R & D team is a scientific research team with more than 30 people, with more than 70% doctoral degrees or deputy senior titles. Taking advantage of the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences in materials research and development, it has opened up the complete technical chain of material-motor design-motor manufacturing-drive design and manufacturing-motion control system research and development-robot system integration and application, which facilitates optimization design and research from all dimensions of materials, devices, systems, etc. Gather the strengths of everyone to improve product performance and quality. The product has complete independent intellectual property rights and can be transformed and demonstrated from the source technology to tailor it to customers, which will help customers obtain the final cost performance ratio.

High technical maturity. The team's direct-drive motor products have achieved continuous and stable operation on a variety of equipment for many years. The designed direct-drive decoupled active universal casters have been applied to independently produced omnidirectional mobile platforms and omnidirectional high-throughput platforms. The team has produced 6 omnidirectional mobile platforms, 2 of which have been applied to the intelligent logistics system of the engine production workshop of a large domestic automobile company, helping to complete the conclusion of the national intelligent manufacturing equipment project. The modular design and manufacturing concept proposed by the team can help products achieve rapid manufacturing cycles.

(2) Proposed cooperation areas and partners

Intelligent workshop logistics in the production/processing/manufacturing industry, e-commerce logistics industry, medical industry, guided shopping guides, and service robot industries such as home mobile care.

At present, the market demand for mobile robots (with AGVs as the main body) continues to expand, mainly in emerging industries such as workshop logistics, e-commerce logistics, and social services. According to authoritative data in 2016, the global mobile robot market is US$1.9 billion, and the domestic mobile robot market is US$150 million. It is estimated that by 2021, the global mobile robot market will reach US$22.4 billion, while China's mobile robot market will also exceed US$1.8 billion, with a huge increase in the market. Judging from the growth rate of mobile robots, their market potential is amazing, with an average annual growth rate of around 50%. In the future, it is bound to become a battleground for major robot companies around the world. From the perspective of the domestic market, domestic-funded enterprises have a market share of about 80%, which plays a leading role. Functionally, they can meet current market demand. However, their performance aspects, such as drive control, management systems, sensor technology and navigation, are far from foreign countries. There is still a big gap in the level, which leads to a serious compression of the profit margin of mobile robot products.

(3) Proposed cooperation model

Technical services, technology commissioning, technology development, technology transfer, industrialization