Shenzhen ZhongLing Technology Co., Ltd. (ZLTECH) is a professional supplier of in-wheel motors for robots. Today, I will analyze the current catering robot industry.
The digital and intelligent transformation of the catering industry is entering the second stage, that is, the combined service model of AI robots and human workers continues to stimulate cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
A few days ago, the smart restaurant of the Winter Olympics swiped the screen, and the robot catering and food delivery scenes caused public heated discussions and a good vision for the future of catering. But it can be seen that this kind of comprehensive scenario can only be done with a complete set of very complete and user-friendly solutions.
The threshold is not low, but the rigid demand of catering businesses for robots has almost become clear. One reason is the pressure of increasingly expensive labor costs, and the other reason is that in some scenarios, the work efficiency is much higher than that of human labor. In recent years, well-known catering brands such as Haidilao, Quanjude, and Grandma’s Home have applied the scale of meal-making robots to actual service scenarios.
On the track of meal catering robots, or service robots, veteran robot players represented by Pangolin-Robot and KEENON Intelligence and new AI players represented by Orion Star and Pudu Technology are fighting more and more fiercely and eyeing the ever-growing “super cake”.
An imaginative track will inevitably attract a large number of players. As the application of meal matching robots matures, there are more and more players in the track, which has turned into a big melee.
One faction is AI startups represented by Pudu Technology, Orion Star, Udi Technology, etc. Their advantages lie in algorithms and software. For example, the core technology of Pudu Technology is low-speed automatic driving, and the core technology of Orion Star is voice. Full-chain AI technology including interaction, image recognition, etc.
The second faction is traditional manufacturing players represented by Pangolin-Robots. Their advantages lie in industrial manufacturing capabilities and large-scale mass production capabilities. For example, Pangolin-Robots first started from hydraulic equipment, and then transformed into service robot manufacturing.
The third faction is emerging industrial players represented by No. 9 Robot and KEENON Intelligence. Their advantages are mainly software and hardware solutions. For example, KEENON Intelligence, which was established in 2010, actually focused on educational robots at the earliest. Released the first generation of orbital meal distribution robot products, while the No. 9 robot first focused on balance car products as a Xiaomi ecological chain enterprise, and its recently frequently unveiled sugar cube distribution robot was released in 2019.
The fourth camp is the logistics platform players represented by Meituan and Ele.me. Their advantages are the technical teams of large factories, rich supply chain resources and application scenarios.
In addition, there are real estate players like Country Garden. Its Qianxi Robot was established in 2019, but it already has a very rich service robot product matrix.
Judging from the establishment time of each company and the frequency of product releases, the meal catering robot track has entered a period of rapid R&D transformation, and more products have entered the actual application scenarios under the preliminary R&D investment and trial production of players, and began to produce commercial benefit.
At present, this big melee may intensify. First, because more AI algorithm players have a strategy of deploying terminals, they are no longer satisfied with providing only software services, but should do comprehensive services integrating software and hardware. The second is that because many head robot companies focusing on the consumer-grade field have a large amount of related technologies, it may only be a matter of time before they enter the catering robot track.
ZLTECH is a company specializing in the production, manufacture and research and development of in-wheel motors that provide in-wheel motor products and other accessories for robots for a long time. in a leading position. And has always adhered to the concept of continuous innovation to bring customers the best products, a complete sales research and development system, to provide customers with the best buying experience. I hope we can accompany the rapid development of the robot industry.
Post time: Jan-10-2023