Chapter 288: Unmanned delivery progress

Since the courier brother and the takeaway brother spit the most on the Internet at the moment, the first thing Liu Fan thought of naturally was the unmanned delivery.
Unmanned delivery, such as Cainiao, JD.com, Meituan, and Hungry, have been done a few years ago and have already been made, but they are all used as an auxiliary to manual delivery, such as unmanned delivery vehicles in the express delivery industry, just Help the courier deliver the things to the community, but after arriving at the community, they still have to deliver or place them at the designated collection point.
So far, there is no delivery machine that can go to the elevator by itself and climb the stairs and find the corresponding thing to the customer, and there are many interaction problems during the distribution process. If you need to call and communicate, you need to inspect the goods in person. It is difficult.
Takeaway delivery may be slightly better in terms of interaction. After all, takeaway delivery is generally not very valuable, and there is no need to communicate, but first of all, delivery delivery trucks cannot go upstairs. Furthermore, takeaway delivery trucks cannot do one-time delivery like express delivery trucks. Goods and goods, and the unmanned vehicles for express delivery are pulled out from similar sorting stations, which is very convenient and the customer does not need to rush. It can be delivered in the morning to the city in the afternoon.
But takeaways are not the same. Takeaways are time-effective. Customers order food, no matter how you blot, you have to deliver it within an hour. You have to plan the appropriate route. Your delivery car may only be able to Sending a meal, if it is really used on a large scale, how many unmanned delivery trucks will have to be built, will there be problems on the road, these are unresolved problems.
Some people may say that it is not convenient to use a drone. There is no traffic jam and no need to go upstairs and send it directly from the window. However, Huaxia ’s airspace control problem could not be breached, and Liu Fan also passed through Guanfugou. Large-scale UAV use in urban areas is impossible to achieve.
Liu Fan thought for a while and thought it was very reasonable. Think about the express delivery and ordering amount of Huaxia people. When everyone goes out, when they look up, they will be a drone with a deep pressure, and they will ask you to panic. Someone just happens to order. After a soup, all the people below drank the soup for free.
And this will also cause hidden dangers, because it will be used by criminals, so in the view of Liu Fan, drone distribution is basically impossible, small areas are okay, large areas are impossible, truly large-scale People can only deliver by walking, and think about how to solve the above problems.
Ride a small electric donkey to the Mulong Lab. At this time, the Mulong Lab is brightly lit. Liu Fan can feel his conscience and say that he has never promoted overtime culture in the company, but the staff of Mulong Technology, especially the R & D Personnel, they really didn't rush them home. Maybe this is nonsense to many people, but this is the reality.
Especially those who are not married and have no object, it is very common to sleep in the laboratory for a few days and several nights. You should know that the scientific research project carried out at Mulong Science and Technology is just to take out at least a great innovation as long as it is successful. This is a place where people can achieve success. Moreover, the scientific research personnel recruited by Mulong Technology have the most emphasis on his research attitude.
In addition, there is really no worries about conducting scientific research in Mulong Technology. As long as you have enough strength to enter Mulong Technology, the wages will definitely not be low. There is a subsidy for buying a house. The renting company provides free dormitory. Dividends, Mulong Technology's dividends are incredible, but that's really taking out the company's profits.
It is not an exaggeration to say that as long as you are not a person pursuing extravagance, as long as your target is not abnormally prosperous, as long as your parents do not owe more than one million debts, as long as your children are not pit fathers, you can work normally at Mulong Technology, and your wages will never be spent .
So to sum up, Mulong Technology has provided everyone with money and dreams. Voluntary overtime is really normal, and this boss has to pay overtime.
At the third floor unmanned distribution research department, Liu Fan knocked on the door and walked in.
"Mr. Liu."
Liu Fan nodded and motioned, "How is the progress now?"
Xiao Ke, the person in charge of the entire project, replied, "Unmanned delivery in the express delivery industry has done many offline experiments and online simulations. It can be said that it is very mature. The main problem is still in the takeaway industry. The timeliness of the takeaway industry is one of the biggest difficulties in the entire distribution plan. "
Xiao Ke said to signal Liu Fan to go forward. Before walking to the big screen, Liu Fanduo glanced at the several delivery robots on the side. These delivery robots do not have humanoid shapes. After all, they are just for fast delivery and delivery. It's too extravagant to have an adult-shaped robot. It is probably equipped with a robot arm and a mechanical foot on a square cart, can go up and down stairs, can press the elevator, and can take out courier or take-out from the "belly".
According to the size of the goods, there are now a total of 12 models of distribution robots.
"Look at Mr. Liu." When he came to the computer, Xiao Ke interrupted Liu Fan's attention to the delivery robot. "This is the result of a simulation experiment conducted by big data provided by the takeaway industry. Look, we must make small takeaway delivery vehicles definitely belong to non-motorized vehicles, that is, to take non-motorized lanes, but as more and more vehicles are now available, the non-motorized lanes in various cities are getting narrower. The daily takeaway delivery volume, once all takeaway delivery vehicles are used, how to drive normally on non-motorized vehicles is a difficult problem.
If you want to reduce the number of delivery vehicles, the design of the delivery vehicle will need to be changed, and you must start from a height. If it is too high, it will not meet the requirements, and there are hidden safety risks. At the same time, one delivery vehicle will send multiple takeaways. It will also affect the delivery time.
For this reason, we came up with a solution that is a combination of a small delivery vehicle + a large delivery vehicle, which is similar to the idea of ​​express delivery. There are a sufficient number of delivery robots in the dining area, community, and office area, and then the food is delivered by mobility. The cart carries out regional take-out collection and take-out unloading.
We have done many experiments, relying on the optimal route planning by our artificial intelligence algorithm, this method can be as flat as possible with the current manual food delivery speed. However, this method also has a disadvantage. The problem of traffic jams cannot be avoided. Once a traffic jam occurs, regional delivery delays will occur.
In general, our idea is to deliver directly by small delivery vehicles for short distances, and use a combination of small delivery vehicles + large delivery vehicles for long distances, which can reach the current food delivery speed in 80% of the cases. But this is already the most effective distribution plan we can find.
Unfortunately, there is still a problem with this solution. The investment will be very large. This is not like the express delivery industry. There are only a few warehouses at EbookFREE.me. There are too many takeaway stores. We have to invest a lot of delivery vehicles in each area. It is a one-time investment, but this investment is still difficult to accept for the platform.
One way we think of now is to open up advertising space on the delivery car, which can slightly balance the investment. However, it seems that it is difficult for the platform side to accept this investment. "
Liu Fan glanced quickly at the experimental data on the computer. "If I have to further speed up the delivery of existing solutions, what support do you think may be realized?"
Xiao Ke answered quickly, "Either open up the take-away and use it. We have mentioned this with the government before, and I feel there is hope for further discussion, or we will optimize it in the design of the equipment. This may require some other project teams. Colleagues helped, or, to further improve our level of artificial intelligence.
In fact, driving on non-motorized lanes is more troublesome than driving on motorized lanes. Although our driverless cars can be very mature, the same level of artificial intelligence is still a lot worse for electric delivery vehicles. And if the overall level of artificial intelligence can be improved, the distribution route planning, meal plan planning, and the connection between small delivery vehicles and large delivery vehicles can be optimized, which will definitely improve the overall delivery efficiency. "
Liu Fan nodded his head, facing the humanity, "Now the unmanned online car rental is coming out, and the unmanned industry needs to be further optimized in the future. In addition to the current external situation, it is time to throw another bomb down. . "
Xiao Ke understood Liu Fan's meaning, and his face immediately became shocked. "General Manager Liu, our artificial intelligence, is there really room for optimization?"
Fan Fan smiled and patted Xiao Ke's shoulder. "Uncle Xiao, you old rivers and lakes don't understand technology reserves, right?"
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