Market Insights: Project Background: China’s small-scale manufacturing market has an increasing demand for automation, and considering the current state of the production line, the customer wanted to create a collaborative robot that could meet more use cases. User requirements: HIT Robot Group and LKK Design have in-depth cooperation to strive to define intelligent …
China’s small-scale manufacturing market has an increasing demand for automation, and considering the current state of the production line, the customer wanted to create a collaborative robot that could meet more use cases.
User requirements:
HIT Robot Group and LKK Design have in-depth cooperation to strive to define intelligent collaborative robots from many aspects such as visual innovation, user needs, human-machine experience, and user interaction.
Product Strategy:
Through the investigation of actual use scenarios and in-depth experience of products, LKK Design has redefined the overall design language of HIT Robot Group, making it stand out among many collaborative robots that emphasize equipment and industrialization
Optimize the experience:
In the overall process, LKK designers go deep into every detail of the product, from the definition of appearance style to the optimization of details, to the structural design of functional hardware such as how to hide screw holes and flanges, and the final production, LKK has provided high-quality services with professional quality.
solution
At the beginning of the design of this collaborative robot, LKK Design defined the style tone of lightweight, intelligence and dexterity. Its intelligent and affinity shape has changed the cold and device-oriented image of traditional industrial robots. The seemingly integrated appearance is actually a common piece for each joint, which not only ensures the high efficiency of production, but also reduces the workload of assembly.
The two big arms clamp each joint like pliers, giving the product a sense of strength. At the same time, through simple styling elements and material and color contrasts, we want it to have more modern, professional and intelligent product attributes.
We provide one-stop product development services:industrial design, mechanical design, rapid prototyping,small batch production,DFM,Mold design and manufacturing, Validation&Certification, mass production, etc
Market insight: At present, the logistics industry is still in a labor-intensive industry. In recent years, the rising labor cost has caused the rising cost of the industry. Therefore, the unmanned logistics system is designed. Optimization and upgrading: Science and technology modeling, modular design, can be customized according to customer needs. Market research Through the …
Market insight:
At present, the logistics industry is still in a labor-intensive industry. In recent years, the rising labor cost has caused the rising cost of the industry. Therefore, the unmanned logistics system is designed.
Optimization and upgrading:
Science and technology modeling, modular design, can be customized according to customer needs.
Market research
Through the analysis of the existing international unmanned logistics vehicles, combined with the design language of logistics vehicles, to create a new unmanned logistics vehicle design style; Product strategy:
For a number of design scheme analysis, in the balance of product appearance, function, human-machine interaction, experience, actual production landing and other aspects, comprehensive consideration of advantages and disadvantages, and then targeted innovation; User insight:
Through the investigation of user acceptance, combined with customer needs, to create a new intelligent vehicle that can automatically separate and replace cargo boxes. Optimize the experience:
The introduction of touch screen operation, more intelligent user flow experience. solution
1. The new automated cargo handling box makes the driverless logistics vehicle more intelligent.
2. Adapt to different scenarios, automatic loading and unloading box.
3. Oversized cargo box is equipped to maximize practical space. Separate grid design, more secure.
We provide one-stop product development services:industrial design, mechanical design, rapid prototyping,small batch production, etc
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Project Background
Our customer set out to develop a programmable control robot designed for classroom education. The customer has completed its industrial design and needs a development and manufacturing partner to realize product function, qualify the product as childsafe, and produce the product in a short lead time.
LKKER SCM Service Content
Mechanical Design
After the customer finishes the industrial design, LKKER SCM takes charge of the mechanical design. One of the design requirements is to make the product drop-proof. Therefore, the casing of the robot shall have a reasonable casing thickness, material choice as well as strong design to avoid deformation. In addition, as the robot is a complex product, production technical difficulty, as well as assembly efficiency, are also critical when carrying out the mechanical design.
Electronics Engineering And Prototype Verification
The robot needs to carry out various actions per program input. Each program may drive a system motion of the motor, sensors, lights, gyroscope etc. LKKER SCM helps the client select component to match the target cost, carry out schematic design and hardware layout, embedded software development, hardware, and software integration. After experiencing several rounds of prototype verification, the product function is proved to be reliable and moved forward to production.
Tooling & Certification Production & Supply One-stop
The tooling of the robot takes 60 days to deliver a golden sample to our customer for review. As LKKER SCM has carefully looked into the design manufacturability before tooling, the tooling process is fast and smooth. As a oneStop supplier of the classroom programmable control robot, LKKER SCM works hard to do material sourcing advanced planning in order to shorten lead time and participate in the trial production to find out all production issues to ensure assembly efficiency and final product quality. LKKER SCM helps our client complete 12 certifications in 1 month and keep up with the tight shipping schedule.
The Result
The product gained positive distribution partner feedback and the pre-sale order unexpectedly increased. LKKER SCM increases production capacity to fulfill customers’ increasing orders. Besides, to enrich the product portfolio, LKKER SCM also partners again with the customer to work on several robot accessories projects.
We provide one-stop product development services:industrial design, mechanical design,Electronic Design(Hardware), firmware design,rapid prototyping,small batch production,DFM,Mold design and manufacturing, Validation&Certification, mass production, etc
Co-developed by Alibaba Group Cainiao Network ET Logistics Lab and LKKER SCM Robot Team
“Last Mile Delivery” Is Costly And Inefficient – Before Alibaba Artificial Intelligence Delivery Robot Product Development
“Last Mile Delivery” is the most costly and least efficient part of the entire logistics system. There are more than 20 billion express packages every year in China. With the demand for logistics exploding rapidly, how to improve the “Last Mile Delivery” in the current logistic infrastructure has become the key to success in the eCommerce industry.
Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Driving Technology Research And Development by Alibaba
By leveraging the computing capabilities of Alibaba Cloud, and promoting the artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technology research at Alibaba DAMO Academy, Alibaba has developed solutions that address specific driving scenarios. Besides Alibaba built a platform with a refined scenarios database that offers a high level of data granularity.
Challenges Involved in the Collaborative Design of Hardware and Software
As autonomous driving algorithms improved, the collaborative design of hardware and software received more attention within Alibaba. The product development of an artificial intelligent autonomous delivery robot, named Little G, came to the realization.
Robot Product Development From Design To Manufacturing By LKKER SCM
The product development of artificial intelligent autonomous delivery robots started with systematic research and analysis of the scenarios, users, environments, and goods in the delivery process.
In the process of product design, LKKER SCM held user-centered principles in the product design and optimized the product design for manufacturing with a balanced consideration of the Alibaba brand attributes, industry attributes, product future maintenance and upgrade.
In the process of product development, how to find the best balance between product design and hardware stacking is the key. The selection of sensors and the development of hardware are determined to enable the robot to carry out efficient route planning and avoid complex obstacles during the travel process, while also ensuring a compact and simple appearance.
An integrated autonomic, accurate, and secure robot created by LKKER SCM for Alibaba Cainiao Networks came out in Apr 2017 with all sensors and hardware parts working together with Alibaba autonomous driving algorithms.
Highlight Features of The Finished Artificial Intelligent Autonomous Delivery Robot
First, the user only needs to make an appointment for express delivery on the APP. Little G can obtain the address information of the user’s express package through the RFID system. Then automatically plan the route, transfer the elevator to the user’s office.
Second, compared with similar AGV robots, Cainiao Little G realizes true autonomous work through multi-sensor fusion positioning, SLAM/environment reconstruction, pedestrian-vehicle recognition and dynamic obstacle avoidance, dynamic motion planning, and other technologies;
Third, the product design is more affinity. And the integration of design and functional modules enhances the user experience.
Robot Served in Alibaba Hangzhou Headquarter And lead the logistic industry
The finished Artificial Intelligent Autonomous Delivery Robot has been put on the market and unveiled at various intelligent exhibitions. It has received great attention from domestic and foreign media. Currently, the Cainiao Little G robot has been running in the Alibaba Hangzhou headquarter and delivering packages to Alibaba employees. It has also become the first fully autonomous delivery robot in the logistics industry and a benchmark in the industry.
Background Leju has possessed strong technical core in companion and educational robot. Its robot not only can communicate with people through speech but also interact with people through physical control via total joint activity or imitate the movements of people. The problem now lies in how to reflect the unique identification features while meeting the …
Leju has possessed strong technical core in companion and educational robot. Its robot not only can communicate with people through speech but also interact with people through physical control via total joint activity or imitate the movements of people. The problem now lies in how to reflect the unique identification features while meeting the freedom of structural joint activity.
Solutions & Goal
1.The sharp contrast between the dominant color of simple white and the matching color of black; the sense of high-tech highlighted through the embellishment of blue light; the soundness of the product underlined by the overall lines, all of which fully express the characteristics of the product.
2.We conducted in-depth analysis of the range of motion of each joint and checked whether there is interference between the joints to calculate the area that should be wrapped by the shell. We gave external interpretation with aesthetic design so that the product conveys a refreshing product expression while meeting the user interaction experience.
Achievements
The first generation of humanoid robot intelligent robots built by LKKER SCM team for Leju has been put on the market and unveiled in major intelligent exhibitions. It has raised funds up to 1 million in two days in the crowdfunding platform and 10 million in angel round financing. It also advances the intelligence of companion and educational robots.
Background With advanced reserves of artificial intelligence technologies and a large number of experts in the field of service robots, ROBOT4U TECHNOLOGY has been dedicated to building the world’s most advanced service robot. However, with the rapid development of the robot industry, the “homogeneous” phenomenon of robots are present, especially for the public service robots. …
With advanced reserves of artificial intelligence technologies and a large number of experts in the field of service robots, ROBOT4U TECHNOLOGY has been dedicated to building the world’s most advanced service robot. However, with the rapid development of the robot industry, the “homogeneous” phenomenon of robots are present, especially for the public service robots. The differences between products of different companies are hard to tell. These robots are quite similar in appearance. Worse still, their functions are also quite similar and most of them are used in the bank lobby or other service scenarios. Therefore, the robot experience innovation has become a breakthrough point in the robot industry.
LKKER SCM team took up the challenge of service robot design and went deep into the first line of the service industry to do on-site research rather than directly worked at the appearance design. We combed out the entire user experience process and contact points, made user needs and pain points research for on-site users and concluded the core design concept of the service robots – Cute Technology – through detailed user and strategy analysis.
Solutions & Goal
1. We define the style of the service robot as Cute Technology. The term “Cute Technology” is also LKK Design’s original style for robots. We successfully delivered a super intelligent robot through in-depth analysis of service process and the relationship between robots and users.
2. In the service scenarios of robots, the character experience that the service robot brings to the user is the most important. LKKER SCM team believes that the most important element of service robot is the elegant service posture, which gives rise to the A4 waist.
3. The concept of A4 waist poses great challenges to the engineering implementation and structural design. How to make the robot chassis more stable and easier to pass through? How to ensure the overall stability of the product? How to make the rotating mechanism more smooth? LKKER SCM has succeeded to come up with the best implementation plans for all such challenges.
Achievements
ROBOT4U TECHNOLOGY service robot products have been put on the market and providing services in several high-end restaurants. So far, tens of millions worth of products have been sold and the market is in short supply! It has been unveiled at the Milan Expo and the World Robot Conference representing China’s advanced robot technology.
Background As smart products become a worldwide hit, smart children’s products quickly come into sights with children’s health, education, and learning-related products emerging one after another. The healthy and happy growth of children is the dedicated goal of parents who want to pay more attention to and take good care of their only child. In …
As smart products become a worldwide hit, smart children’s products quickly come into sights with children’s health, education, and learning-related products emerging one after another. The healthy and happy growth of children is the dedicated goal of parents who want to pay more attention to and take good care of their only child. In view of this, the customer expected to develop a companion robot worth below 1,000 yuan and surpassing the existing similar robot products.
As a children’s intelligent companion robot, ZIB robot acts as a bridge between children and knowledge and provides rich online resources and interactive functions to enlighten the children and allow the parents to talk to their children remotely. The best gift the
Solutions & Goal
1.The design of this Elf robot product reminds us of the aircraft in Oblivion and conveys a sense of the future. When interacting with people, the robot can tilt and make eye contact, which seems to be very lively and playful. The favorable operating experience increases the emotional care of the little baby.
2. The cool strip-shaped sunglasses eye mask part at the front panel uses a black glossy plastic panel as the eye part with narrow decorative strips on the side and thin ring light-emitting bars on both sides, creating a mysterious sense of technology. The eye part is designed with dot matrix screen to present a three-dimensional and surround visual image.
3.The head of the robot adopts touch voice control and are able to make various expressions during voice dialogues. The silicon bar at the top of the head can emit light like breathing light, which can generate an emotional interaction with the child, make it more interesting and dynamic. It is made of food grade silicone and is safe and reliable.
Achievements
The ZIB robot designed by the LKKER SCM team for ZIB solves the problem of child autism due to lack of companionship and provides more attention, care, fun, novelty, education and efficient learning environment, making the children feel the emotional care of their parents everywhere. After released in Silicon Valley, USA, it became the No. 1 brand in sales in the industry.
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