Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com, December 6, according to the news of the New Generation artificial Intelligence Alliance, the Meituan Robotics Research Institute was officially established recently, with Meituan Vice President and head of UAV business Mao Yian as chairman and president of the institute, leading the research and development in Meituan's robot field.

At the press conference, Meituan Robotics Research Institute also reached a strategic cooperation with Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Digital economy Research Institute (referred to as "IDEA Research Institute") to establish a joint laboratory around the urban air traffic system.

CTOnews.com learned that Meituan set up the unmanned distribution department at the end of 2017, tried to carry out unmanned vehicle distribution in 2020, and invested in special robot company Shihe Technology, collaborative robot company Fae Yiwei, etc.

In April last year, Meituan planned to raise about $10 billion to develop automatic delivery vehicles, drone delivery and other cutting-edge technologies, and the establishment of the Robotics Institute is expected to be part of the strategy.

At the beginning of last year, Meituan drones completed the first order delivery task for real users in Shenzhen, and established an "air passage" for urban material delivery to fight the epidemic in Shenzhen's Nanshan District during the subsequent epidemic in Shenzhen. distribute emergency supplies to residents in the quarantine area.

In addition, Meituan is also involved in surgical robotics, investing in Cornerstone Robotics, an innovative surgical robot technology leader, at the end of last year.

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