Low-speed unmanned vehicles collectively fight against the epidemic! Sweeping the floor, killing viruses, taking body temperature, delivering medicine and food, it’s so heart-warming

Chexi Dongxi

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At the beginning of 2020, a new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic caused by a new type of coronavirus spread throughout the country.

In order to win this war without gunpowder, all kinds of automobile and travel-related industries, including OEMs and parts companies, are donating money and materials to show love, and at the same time, they are working hard to produce negative pressure ambulances, Practical products such as unmanned delivery vehicles are put on the front line of the fight against the epidemic.

Among them, in the face of emergency orders for negative pressure ambulances issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, traditional domestic car companies including Jiangling Ford, Chery River, and Fujian Benz started work early and started working overtime during the Chinese New Year period. , compressing the production cycle of a negative pressure ambulance from 20 to 30 days to about 10 days, thus providing a strong guarantee to avoid secondary virus infection.

At the same time, during the epidemic, we can also see a line of defense composed of low-speed unmanned vehicles (various types of autonomous robots equipped with driverless technology).

The new coronavirus mainly relies on respiratory droplets and contact to spread. Therefore, how to reduce contact between people and disinfect public spaces also requires careful planning.

Fortunately, unmanned food delivery vehicles, unmanned delivery vehicles, and unmanned disinfection vehicles empowered by driverless technology have become important forces on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, serving as disinfection vehicles and indoor delivery vehicles. It has four major roles: vehicle, outdoor logistics vehicle, and public patrol vehicle.

More than a dozen low-speed unmanned vehicle companies, including Baidu, JD.com, Gaoxian Robot, Kuwa Robot, Zhixingzhi, and Uisee Technology, have participated in the fight against the epidemic. In Wuhan, Beijing, In Shanghai, Shenzhen, Qingdao, and other cities in Hubei, at least hundreds of low-speed unmanned vehicles of various types can be seen participating in the fight against the epidemic.

To a certain extent, it can be said that almost all employees of low-speed unmanned vehicle companies participated in the fight against the epidemic. While they contributed their own efforts to the fight against the epidemic, they also provided assistance to the outside world and People demonstrated the development results and application scenarios of autonomous driving technology, which played a good role in promoting the subsequent deployment of low-speed autonomous vehicles.

▲Low-speed unmanned vehicles used in epidemic prevention and control

1. Facing the difficulties? Traditional car companies expedited the production of negative pressure ambulances

negative Pressure ambulances are also called "mobile N95 masks". Like medical protective clothing, N95 masks, and medical goggles, they are an important line of defense against the spread of the new coronavirus.

▲Negative pressure ambulances are key medical emergency prevention and control supplies

Compared with ordinary ambulances, the biggest feature of negative pressure ambulances is the word "negative pressure".

The negative pressure ambulance is equipped with a negative pressure device. Based on the principle that air can only flow from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area, the air can only flow from outside the vehicle to the inside of the vehicle. When the air in the vehicle is discharged, it is necessary to It has been harmlessly treated in advance to avoid secondary infection.

At the same time, the isolation medical cabin in the car can form a fixed air flow field in the cabin, which helps to avoid cross-infection between doctors and patients and provides better protection for medical staff. .

▲The interior of Fujian Benz’s Vito negative pressure ambulance

▲The interior of Fujian Benz’s Vito negative pressure ambulance

It is worth noting that due to the negative pressure The production process of a negative pressure ambulance includes manufacturing the base vehicle and modification. At the same time, the equipment on the vehicle involves the supply of a variety of parts. Therefore, the production cycle of a negative pressure ambulance is also relatively long. Under normal circumstances, it costs 20 to about 30 days.

However, with the current epidemic, the need for patient rescue and transportation is urgent. On January 24, when the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued an emergency production task for the first batch of 200 negative pressure ambulances nationwide, it did not prepare sufficient production time. Beiqi Foton received a production task of 25 negative pressure ambulances, and the production time was from January 24 to February 5, a total of 13 days.

▲The "Letter Regarding the Assignment of Negative Pressure Ambulance Production Tasks" received by Beiqi Foton (Source Network)

In this case, including Jiangling Ford, Chery River Traditional car companies, including Fujian Benz, Beiqi Foton, etc., chose to start work early and work overtime to produce negative pressure ambulances. The original construction period of 20 to 30 days was also compressed to about 10 days.

▲JMC Ford Transit Negative Pressure Ambulance

On February 1, two Transit Negative Pressure Ambulances urgently produced by JMC Ford rushed to the front line of Wuhan’s fight against the epidemic. Two days later, the second batch of 18 negative pressure ambulances departed from Nanchang and were put into patient transfer work at Huoshenshan Hospital that evening.

After that, Jiangling Ford delivered 67 negative pressure ambulances on February 12. These negative pressure ambulances were transported to Wuhan by special trains and began to transport and transfer COVID-19 patients in key epidemic areas in Hubei on February 13.

▲JMC Ford Transit Negative Pressure Ambulance

At the same time, on February 5, after more than 10 days of work, 20 negative pressure ambulances produced by Chery River were also Go offline and complete the delivery.

According to Ke Chuandeng, general manager of Chery River, the company made emergency arrangements and notified employees on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chery River's ambulance production line and parts production line were officially started.

▲Cheryriver’s negative pressure ambulance

▲Cheryriver’s staff are producing negative pressure ambulances

February 6, based on Foton The negative pressure ambulance modified by Tuano model rushed to Leishenshan Hospital. It is reported that so far, Beiqi Foton has delivered more than 100 negative pressure ambulances to areas hardest hit by the epidemic. In addition, two Vito negative pressure ambulances produced by Fujian Benz have been urgently transported to the anti-epidemic front line and donated to Wuhan Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals respectively.

▲Foton Tuano negative pressure ambulance

▲Fujian Mercedes-Benz Vito negative pressure ambulance

2. On-site anti-virus? Deployment in hospitals and isolation points Get on the unmanned disinfection vehicle

Although the new coronavirus is extremely infectious, according to the "New Coronavirus Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (Trial Fifth Edition? Revised Edition)", this virus is still preventable Controllable.

The new coronavirus is sensitive to ultraviolet light and heat. At the same time, it can be effectively inactivated by 56°C for 30 minutes, aliphatic solvents such as ether, 75 ethanol, chlorine-containing disinfectants, peracetic acid and chloroform.

In other words, disinfection in hospitals, hotel isolation points and other public spaces is very important to cut off air and contact, the two routes of virus transmission.

In this case, unmanned disinfection vehicles produced by technology companies including Gaoxian Robot and Shanghai Titanium Robot also have a place to play.

1. Gaoxian Robot helps Beijing Hospital fight the epidemic

In January 2020, Gaoxian commercial cleaning robot Ecobot? Scrubber? 75/50 joined Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Fang affectionately calls these two unmanned disinfection vehicles "Big Zhuang" and "Little Fatty".

It is reported that according to the needs of different scenes in the hospital, Dazhuang (Gaoxian Robot 75) was arranged to clean the floors in the outpatient building, while Xiaopang (Gaoxian Robot 50) was assigned to clean terrazzo crystals. The ground is dust pushed.

▲The left and right are Gaoxian Robot 75 and Gaoxian Robot 50

During the epidemic, these two cleaning and disinfection unmanned vehicles can quickly and accurately complete unmanned cleaning, reducing the cost of Xiehe The risk of cross-infection among personnel in the hospital property management department.

The Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has also deployed Gaoxian Robot’s unmanned disinfection vehicles, which are used to clean floors and facades and eliminate viruses, supplementing manual disinfection.

2. Nearly 60 Titanium Robot unmanned disinfection vehicles have entered hospitals all over the country

Since the outbreak, as of February 12, Shanghai Titanium Robot has provided services to all parts of the country. The hospital has invested nearly 60 unmanned disinfection vehicles.

Currently, the unmanned disinfection vehicles produced by Shanghai TiMi Robot have been deployed in Houhu District of Wuhan Central Hospital, Wuhan Union Hospital, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Wuxi Fifth People’s Hospital, Wenzhou Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Renji and other frontline battlefields of the epidemic are helping people with disinfection work.

Among them, at Wuhan Union Hospital, the emergency department and hematology ICU departments have adopted unmanned disinfection vehicles produced by Titanium Robot.

It is understood that these unmanned disinfection vehicles can adopt a progressive disinfection mode along the movement paths of medical staff and patients to carry out 24-hour cycle fixed-point disinfection. At the same time, the unmanned disinfection vehicle working in the hematology ICU can use the multi-point disinfection mode to perform 24-hour multi-point scheduled disinfection.

3. Wuniu intelligent unmanned disinfection vehicles entered various hospitals in Shandong

On January 31, 2020, engineers from Qingdao Wuniu Intelligent entered the Infectious Diseases Department of the West Coast Campus of Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital In the isolation area, after nearly 5 hours of equipment debugging and optimization, the first unmanned disinfection vehicle from Wuniu Intelligent was officially put on duty.

▲Low-speed unmanned disinfection vehicle produced by Wuniu Intelligence

Wuniu Intelligence is not specialized in the production of medical unmanned disinfection vehicles. Before the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia, in the field of agricultural production Intelligent and unmanned technology is where this high-tech small and micro enterprise focuses its efforts.

According to media reports, after learning that unmanned vehicles were needed for disinfection in the isolation area of ??the hospital, Yin Benqiang, the general manager of Wuniu Intelligent, summoned the company’s employees to work overtime to carry out research and development, modification, and change the role of production for epidemic prevention. Controlled unmanned disinfection vehicle.

It is reported that starting from January 31, Wuniu Intelligent technicians have gone to the isolation areas of confirmed patients in many hospitals in Shandong to install unmanned disinfection, which is Wuniu Intelligent’s unmanned disinfection robot. Nearly 30 low-speed unmanned disinfection vehicles have been deployed in Qingdao Maternity and Children's Hospital, Rizhao People's Hospital, Shandong Chest Hospital, etc. to carry out virus and bacterial disinfection operations.

4. The unmanned cleaning and disinfection vehicle formerly known as Wo Xiaobai

The unmanned cleaning and disinfection vehicle deployed by Zhixingzhi was formerly the company’s star product unmanned cleaning vehicle Wo Xiaobai. noob.

Founded in 2015, Zhixingzhe mainly develops low-speed unmanned delivery vehicles, unmanned sweepers and other products. It is also developing L4 autonomous driving technology for passenger cars.

During the epidemic, Imoker announced that it would equip 1-2 unmanned cleaning and disinfection vehicles/unmanned delivery vehicles for each of the 16 key hospitals across the country that treat COVID-19 patients.

It is reported that the unmanned sweeper has installed a large spray device in the original water sprinkling function, so that it can achieve a wider range of full-coverage spraying and disinfection.

Ismoker’s unmanned cleaning and disinfection vehicles are now operating in hospital scenarios such as Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Fudan University Otolaryngology Hospital, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Hospital, and an isolation area where COVID-19 patients are admitted.

▲The unmanned cleaning and disinfection vehicle deployed by Zhixingzhi

▲The unmanned cleaning and disinfection vehicle in a hospital where patients with new coronavirus pneumonia are admitted to the isolation hospital

5. Outside the hospital Show your skills

After February 10, various companies began to resume work one after another. Therefore, various parks, office buildings and other public spaces also need to be disinfected. These scenes have become unmanned disinfection Where the car works.

(1) Neolithic’s unmanned disinfection vehicle can conduct full-road disinfection

On Shanghai Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island, Neolithic’s unmanned disinfection vehicle will conduct full-road disinfection three times a day .

It is reported that this unmanned disinfection vehicle can load 160 liters of disinfectant. After simple debugging, it can turn on the self-propelled spray disinfection mode.

▲Neolithic’s unmanned disinfection vehicle

At a speed of 5 kilometers per hour, it can fully cover and disinfect the roads on Shanghai Zhangjiang Artificial Intelligence Island in about half an hour. Greatly improve the efficiency of disinfection.

At the same time, this car also has a monitoring function and can warn against violations of epidemic prevention regulations such as not wearing masks and gathering people.

On February 4, two unmanned disinfection vehicles produced by Neolithic were sent to Wuhan to join the front-line epidemic prevention work.

(2) YOGO spray to disinfect unmanned vehicles: technological epidemic prevention after resumption of work

YOGO? ROBOT, another robot startup, provides spray to kill in this tough battle against the epidemic. Robots and unmanned delivery robot systems, these low-speed unmanned vehicles will provide services in Shenzhen Galaxy WORLD Park.

▲YOGO spray kills unmanned vehicles

The entire Galaxy WORLD park has more than 700 companies and more than 25,000 employees. As various parts of the country usher in the epidemic period, In the first wave of resumption of work, how to efficiently complete the disinfection work inside the building while reducing the flow of people has become a big problem.

According to reports, the YOGO spray disinfection unmanned vehicle uses Jiamba disinfectant. The atomization height can reach 2 meters. It only takes 3 minutes to disinfect a 100 square meter space, which is larger than manual disinfection. , which is more efficient and thus better solves this problem.

In addition, YOGO self-driving cars can also help with delivery, and can deliver four orders at a time, which helps solve the problem of crowds gathering during the lunch rush and the spread of viruses.

3. What are the uses of indoor delivery vehicles? It is not too tiring to deliver food and medicine

Unmanned food delivery vehicles have a high appearance rate in the fight against the new coronavirus epidemic. In fact, , in areas with high risk of virus infection such as hospitals and isolation points, unmanned food delivery trucks can not only deliver food without contact, but also complete related tasks such as delivering medicine and recycling medical waste.

1. New employees of Guangdong Hospital - unmanned food delivery trucks "Pingping" and "An'an"

On January 29, the unmanned food delivery trucks developed by Guangzhou Saite Intelligence The dining trucks "Pingping" and "An'an" were officially launched in the Infectious Diseases Ward of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital.

These two low-speed unmanned food delivery vehicles integrate driverless technology and can independently identify and read map and working environment information, establish an information database, conduct independent path planning, and finally complete point-to-point delivery. Delivery work.

In the hospital, "Pingping" and "An'an" will undertake some of the work of delivering medicines, meals, and recycling linens and medical waste, thereby reducing the risk of cross-infection.

Not only that, it is reported that with the support of the Integrated Intelligent Distribution Solution (RIDS), these two unmanned food delivery trucks can also realize autonomous opening and closing of doors, autonomous riding of elevators, and autonomous driving through intelligent dispatching by the control center. It can charge independently and can also conduct real-time image monitoring and interaction in the ward.

2. Unmanned food delivery vehicles support front-line epidemic areas

On February 7, 2020, Pudu Technology’s delivery unmanned vehicles entered the People’s Hospital of Wuhan University in the first-line epidemic areas. Work.

It is reported that at present, the robotics company Pudu Technology has deployed unmanned delivery vehicles in Hubei’s Huanggang Central Hospital, Huanggang Huangzhou Tongji Hospital, Chibi People’s Hospital, and Chibi Pufang Hospital. The vehicles will provide basic delivery services such as meals and medicines to infected or quarantined personnel in hospitals.

▲The food delivery robot delivers supplies to Hubei Huanggang Central Hospital

After the unmanned vehicle picks up the supplies from designated locations such as the nurse station, it will deliver them to the door of the isolation room and Make a voice announcement to remind patients to take it. After completing the task, the unmanned vehicle will automatically return to its original location and undergo disinfection. The entire process avoids direct contact between medical staff and quarantined personnel.

In fact, a front-line installer from Purdue Technology once said that during the fight against the epidemic, this kind of delivery unmanned vehicle not only reduced the contact between personnel, but also formed an effective protection for medical staff. At the same time, it can also automatically complete many trivial distribution tasks, thereby reducing the work intensity of nurses and caregivers.

4. How fast is the unmanned logistics vehicle? It can haul 1,500 kilograms of vegetables in one trip

1. Changsha Xiantao deploys smart express delivery vehicles

According to media reports, The intelligent unmanned delivery vehicle "Hanma" produced by Xingshen Intelligent has begun to undertake delivery tasks within the Xiantao Municipal Government and directly affiliated units of Hubei Province since January 26.

During the epidemic, this smart unmanned delivery vehicle was able to deliver materials and mail twice in the morning and afternoon, and could deliver 20 to 30 pieces of mail each time.

Interestingly, this is not the first time that smart unmanned delivery vehicles have been put on the road.

As early as September 2, 2019, that is, after a 10-day trial run, this unmanned delivery vehicle was officially put into operation.

It is reported that the length, width and height of the smart unmanned delivery vehicle are about 2 meters, 0.8 meters and 1.5 meters respectively, with a maximum speed of 15 kilometers per hour and 30 parcel compartments. The vertically adjacent parcel compartments can also be disassembled to expand the capacity to meet the delivery needs of mails of different specifications.

2. Are low-speed unmanned vehicles busy delivering food in Shandong? They can deliver 1,500 kilograms at a time

Since February 7, Yiqing’s innovative unmanned logistics vehicles have begun working in Shandong , transporting vegetables to urban areas. Each vehicle can deliver 1,500 kilograms of vegetables and fruits in a single trip.

▲Unmanned logistics vehicle

The entire delivery process starts with the staff placing the vegetables on the unmanned logistics vehicle, and selecting the destination of the unmanned vehicle through the mobile APP, for example Hospitals, schools, canteens, and then unmanned logistics vehicles depart from the vegetable transfer station to complete the delivery.

▲Yiqing Innovation’s unmanned vehicle operator remote driving mode

It is understood that Yiqing Innovation’s unmanned vehicle can autonomously and intelligently plan paths, detect obstacles and then avoid them Wait for a series of operations. At the same time, considering emergencies that may occur during delivery, Yiqing Innovation has also made a technical backup to help unmanned vehicles successfully complete their work through the operator's remote driving mode.

In terms of assisting in the fight against the epidemic, Yiqing Innovation has reached an agreement with a hospital in Shenzhen to undertake the hospital's material distribution task.

3. JD.com deploys unmanned delivery vehicles in Wuhan

On February 6, on Jilin Street, Qingshan District, Wuhan City, the intelligent delivery robot independently developed by JD Logistics was transferred from JD Logistics Renhe Departing from the station, driving along the street and passing through the intersection of Jianshe 2nd Road, the medical supplies on the car were successfully delivered to Wuhan Ninth Hospital.

▲JD Logistics Intelligent Distribution Robot

The distance between JD Logistics Wuhan Renhe Station and Wuhan Ninth Hospital is about 600 meters. It is said that this time it was completed by JD Logistics intelligent distribution robot Material delivery was also the first smart delivery order in Wuhan after the outbreak.

Currently, in addition to removing delivery robots from various places to assist Wuhan, JD Logistics’ smart delivery stations in Guiyang, Hohhot and other places are also operating normally.

4. Uisee Technology has completed two unmanned delivery prototype vehicles

Uisee Technology, a start-up company in the field of artificial intelligence, is another technology company that has invested in the field of unmanned delivery.

▲Uisee Technology’s unmanned delivery vehicles

Currently, Uisee Technology has completed two prototypes of unmanned delivery vehicles based on the independently developed U-Drive intelligent driving system. These unmanned delivery vehicles will be targeted at closed scenes such as hospitals, communities, factory workshops, industrial parks, office buildings, and schools to undertake contactless delivery of medical supplies and fixed-point delivery of express delivery.

In addition, unmanned delivery vehicles can also conduct safety inspections in quarantine areas or closed communities.

5. Public *** space watcher? Can sweep the floor, measure temperature, patrol and do everything

1. Unmanned sweeper: automatic sweeper in public *** space

In the current epidemic, in addition to personal protection, public facilities including bus stops, trash cans on the street, and handrails also need to be disinfected. However, at present, the disinfection work in public spaces is mainly completed by sanitation workers who are responsible for daily cleaning.

Like medical staff and traffic police, sanitation workers are also on the front lines of fighting the epidemic and need better protection.

In this case, the smart sanitation projects deployed by Kuwa Robot in Changsha, Chengdu, Wuhu, Deqing, Zhuhai and other places have played a role.

It is understood that through the cooperation of intelligent driving and mechanical operations, the number of sanitation workers working can be reduced. Secondly, by intelligently driving sanitation trucks for cleaning, the risk of virus infection for sanitation workers can be avoided and reduced. At the same time, sanitation workers are freed from daily cleaning work, allowing them to better focus on disinfection work.

2. Gosuncn modified unmanned vehicles for patrol temperature measurement

If you have taken a plane recently or been to areas with large crowds such as squares and hospitals, you may have seen I’ve been to Gosuncn’s 5G patrol temperature measurement unmanned vehicle.

▲Gosuncn’s temperature-measuring patrol unmanned vehicle

The predecessor of this 5G patrol temperature-measuring unmanned vehicle is Gosuncn’s 5G patrol unmanned vehicle. In this epidemic, During the war, the temperature measurement and monitoring system was upgraded. The infrared temperature measurement function currently used for body temperature measurement and screening is based on the original anti-smoke function of the previous patrol unmanned vehicle through system debugging.

In addition, Gosuncn's 5G temperature-measuring patrol unmanned vehicle uses five high-definition cameras on top, bottom, left and right to achieve 24-hour panoramic monitoring without blind spots. At the same time, different monitoring data such as infrared thermal imaging can also be transmitted to the background in real time, thereby helping monitoring personnel better understand the on-site situation and conduct on-site dispatching.

It is understood that Gosuncn's 5G temperature measuring patrol drone can quickly measure body temperature within 5 meters with infrared rays and measure the body temperature of 10 people at the same time. Currently, this temperature-measuring patrol unmanned vehicle has been deployed in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Handan, Hangzhou, Guiyang, Nanning, Ningbo and other cities, and is used in high-speed rail, airports, public security, hospitals and other scenarios.

Conclusion: Support the fight against the epidemic? Technology in action

In this nationwide battle against the epidemic, people are vulnerable to infection. In addition, during special periods, the flow of people and vehicles indoors and outdoors is relatively high. With fewer people, low-speed unmanned vehicles have become the best anti-epidemic tool.

We can see that a large number of related companies, including Baidu, JD.com, Gaoxian Robot, Kuwa Robot, Zhixingzhe, Neolithic, Uisee Technology, YOGO Robot, etc., have participated in the fight against the epidemic. There is a feeling that the low-speed autonomous vehicle industry is collectively rushing to the front line.

In the process, while contributing to the fight against the epidemic, they also demonstrated the development results and application scenarios of autonomous driving technology to the outside world and the public, laying the groundwork for the subsequent deployment of low-speed autonomous vehicles. A good impetus.

However, it should also be noted that the working scenarios and functions of these autonomous vehicles are still relatively simple, but the future is promising. I believe that as technology continues to advance, more autonomous vehicles will appear. Help people live better lives.

Finally, I hope that the COVID-19 epidemic will pass soon.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.