【Anhui daily】Service robot industry innovation strategic alliance is unveiled

In the restaurant, natural lovely "Hot Wheels" can send tableware and dishes for you; at home, friendly and cute "Dabai" is able to accompany children to play chess and have a chat with the elderly...On January 26, the opening ceremony of Hefei service robot industry innovation strategic alliance was held at the Institute of Advanced Technology of USTC, it is refreshing to see the "Hot Wheels", "Dabai" and other intelligent service robots appearing at the scene. Wu Cunrong, standing committee of Provincial Committee and Hefei municipal party secretary attended the ceremony and unveiled the nameplate of the alliance.

Hefei service robot industry innovation strategic alliance has collected the technology research and development resources of Institute of Advanced Technology of USTC, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, IFLYTEK, Anhui Goocoo Robot Industry Holdings Co., Ltd and other domestic first-class scientific research institutions and enterprises; it aims at breaking through the current key technical problems that restrict the development of service robot industry, accelerating the sharing and transformation of research results as well as improving the competitiveness and market share of Hefei service robot industry at home and abroad.

Affected by the simple labor shortage, aging of the population and other factors, the future development of service robots is promising. Enjoying the good reputation of “City of Science and Education”, Hefei has a unique advantage in the development of service robot industry, and the service robot industry has become an important sector of strategic emerging industries in Hefei. The person in charge of Anhui Goocoo Robot Industry Holdings Co., Ltd. introduced that their self-developed second-generation meal delivering robot has been officially launched with a planned capacity of 200 this year, and more smart restaurants will be equipped, besides, the nationwide first real unmanned intelligent restaurant will be opened in the middle of the year.