Double eleven in 2016 is coming. Summarizing the logistics and transportation of 11.11 commodities in previous years, this is a difficult problem faced by the logistics industry and will also affect the shopping experience of consumers. So this year there will be a new breakthrough, Jingdong 11.11 intelligent logistics amplification recruit unmanned storage system debut.

Jingdong released logistics "black technology"

The Smart Logistics Laboratory of Jingdong X Division unveiled the mysterious veil for the first time on October 26, showing a fully automatic storage scene created by robots, artificial intelligence algorithms and data-aware networks. Some of the technologies have been applied to Jingdong's logistics system in this double 11, and the complete "unmanned warehouse" depicts the blueprint of a logistics center that will operate in an orderly manner in the promotion of e-commerce three years later. At the same time, there are also Jingdong's new unmanned aerial vehicle, which will deliver goods in rural areas in many places in double 11, and Jingdong's unmanned distribution vehicle, which will be put into trial operation for the first time.

Jingdong distribution UAV

Jingdong unmanned delivery car

Full of wisdom of the third generation of logistics technology

Looking at the current situation of China's e-commerce logistics industry, it is still based on the first generation of manual handling. The Jingdong Asia No. 1 Automated Logistics Center, which was completed in 2014, has used automated logistics technology in many links to improve the operational efficiency of the warehousing link, and has also upgraded China's e-commerce logistics level to the second-generation logistics technology stage. The "unmanned warehouse" unveiled this time represents a new third-generation logistics system technology, achieving a revolutionary breakthrough from automation to intelligence. The emergence of Jingdong's "unmanned warehouse" has become the turning point of Jingdong's technology logistics, realizing the complete scene of intelligent logistics for the first time, surpassing Amazon in an all-round way and becoming the most advanced logistics technology application in the world. The technological breakthrough and landing of "unmanned warehouse" will provide strong guarantee and support for the future double eleven and 618 logistics.

Jingdong "unmanned warehouse" is a customized and systematic overall logistics solution developed independently. It has mastered the core intelligent logistics equipment and artificial intelligence algorithm, and has complete independent intellectual property rights. Xiao Jun, president of Jingdong X Division, revealed that Jingdong Unmanned Warehouse has made a large number of technological breakthroughs and innovations in control algorithms, industrial design, mechanical structure, electrical design, application scenarios, etc., with a total of more than 100 patent applications.

Talking about the characteristics of Jingdong's "unmanned warehouse", Xiao Jun said that Jingdong uses a large number of intelligent logistics robots to cooperate and cooperate. Through many advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, image intelligent recognition, big data application, etc., Jingdong endows traditional industrial robots with wisdom, allowing them to have independent judgment and behavior, adapt to different application scenarios, commodity types and forms, and complete various complex tasks.

Jingdong Intelligent Logistics Robot Corps with Various Shentong

Jingdong has changed the pattern of the entire logistics storage production mode through the integration of robots. A series of logistics robots such as handling robots, shelf shuttle cars, sorting robots, stacking robots, six-axis robots, unmanned forklifts, etc. work hard in unmanned warehouses, forming a complete intelligent logistics scene of medium and small commodities. The interlocking robots cooperate with the operation, so that the whole process can be carried out in an orderly manner. The artificial intelligence algorithm in the background guides the production, which greatly improves the efficiency of storage operation. At present, the storage efficiency of Jingdong's "unmanned warehouse" is more than 10 times that of the traditional beam shelf, and the picking speed of parallel robot can reach 3600 times/hour, which is equivalent to 5-6 times that of traditional labor. The following are several robot protagonists in the unmanned warehouse:

SHUTTLE shelf shuttle: responsible for moving goods on the three-dimensional shelf, can achieve high-speed walking of 6 m/s, and has a huge throughput of 1600 boxes per hour.

Intelligent handling robot AGV: This automatic guided vehicle, which looks like a sweeping robot, can carry more than 300kg of goods and can carry goods in the warehouse. Through the dispatching system and artificial intelligence, the path can be flexibly changed to realize automatic obstacle avoidance and autonomous path planning.

DELTA Sorting Robot: The actions of this picking robot are dazzling. It adopts a 3D vision system, which can realize dynamic picking, automatic replacement of pickups and 155ppm of operation beat. It has a three-axis parallel mechanical structure and the characteristics of adapting to the auxiliary axis of cargo angle deviation.

Six-axis robot 6-AXIS, which is almost everyone's classic manipulator, is composed of control, drive, mechanical body and other units. It is a diligent porter, responsible for dismantling and palletizing and other work. It has the characteristics of 165kg large load and ± 0.05mm high precision.

The complete layout of Jingdong Smart Logistics covering the industrial chain

By setting up a robot expert group, Jingdong carries out rapid iteration of products and continuous investment of resources with a global vision and a group-level strategic height. Jingdong continues to innovate and explore technology and achieve multiple breakthroughs in the field of smart logistics. Jun Xiao said that in this double 11, Jingdong has fully enabled intelligent equipment from the storage and allocation of the entire logistics line to the final distribution, from unmanned warehouses, unmanned aerial vehicles to unmanned vehicles, to jointly provide users with a more efficient and smooth shopping experience. Unmanned warehouses solve the problems of complicated procedures and large manpower occupation in the storage process, while unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned vehicles will aim at the terminal distribution problem in the last kilometer of rural and urban areas.

In recent years, Jingdong has been making continuous efforts in intelligent logistics. The importance of unmanned warehouse as the storage and management of commodities is self-evident. The application of logistics black technology such as drones and unmanned vehicles also plays a great role in promoting the intelligent process of commodity transportation and distribution. Xiao Jun revealed that after the trial operation of Jingdong UAV in rural areas in 618, double 11 unveiled not only a new UAV model developed independently, which can better adapt to the load and range requirements of rural e-commerce delivery, but also deliver goods in different environments and landforms, accumulating experience for comprehensive promotion. Jingdong unmanned delivery vehicle, which started road testing in September, will start trial operation in double 11, bringing surprises to some users in Beijing.

It can be said that the huge logistics pressure caused by double 11 has enabled Jingdong to fully develop and apply intelligent logistics technology. Its comprehensive mastery of the logistics industry chain has also enabled Jingdong to intelligentize the entire industry chain, realizing the construction and coordination of the overall intelligent logistics system, forming a complete layout suitable for many operation scenarios, and thus pushing the entire logistics industry chain into a new era of intelligent development. With the continuous deepening of JD's unmanned technology strategy, JD Smart Logistics will be able to meet or even create richer application scenarios, meet complex and changeable user needs, and achieve the improvement of operational efficiency and user experience. it has become an important part of JD's intelligent business.

"Like Jingdong's consistent style of doing things, we will not be obsessed with showing off our achievements in technology, and Jingdong has mastered the complete industry chain of smart logistics applications, and will pay more attention to the practicality of technology and its applicability to application scenarios. Jingdong's smart logistics system is rapidly landing, and will be the first to provide users with more intelligent services and promote the intelligent pace of the logistics industry in China and even the world." Xiao Jun said.