In Shanghai, an unmanned heavy truck is carrying out road survey in a closed road of Fengxian Logistics Enterprise Park. It is loaded with a large number of sensors and laser scanning radar equipment. The truck is running steadily on the road and will be ushered in by the actual operation tests of such projects as obstacle avoidance, pedestrian safety braking and 180 degree head-turning. One stage more tests.

In recent years, "Internet +" is sweeping the trend, profoundly changing a lot of traditional industries, and the logistics industry is no exception. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, intelligent logistics is becoming more and more safe, convenient and efficient, which breaks the stereotype of opaque logistics industry for a long time, and makes it a reality to reduce costs and increase efficiency. With the involvement of UAVs, UAVs and even UAVs, logistics industry is expected to go faster and faster on the road of wisdom and enter a new era of wisdom life.

Unmanned truck opens a new era of wisdom harbor

Not long ago, Tianjin Port Group Company, China Heavy Truck Group Company and Tianjin Main Line Technology Company joined hands to build the world's first driverless electric truck in Tianjin Port successful trial operation. This is a milestone for the port to open the era of wisdom in an all-round way.

Reporters at the scene saw that the appearance of this driverless electric truck is the same as that of ordinary trucks. But the "big man has great wisdom". Without any intervention, the driverless electric truck equipped with lidar, high-definition camera and intelligent computing unit has completed the designated actions of road driving, precise parking, container loading and unloading, obstacle response and so on in one go, thus realizing the whole automatic driving horizontal transportation of containers from shore to yard.

Zhu Lianyi, Vice Minister of Science and Information Department of Tianjin Port Group Corporation, said that this provided a feasible practical scheme for the port to solve the problem of horizontal transportation of automated container terminals, and also made a useful exploration to promote the innovative development of green intelligent logistics in China.

Automated container terminal is the future development trend of the port, and also an important symbol of the world's first-class marine port. For most ports, it is a feasible way to upgrade the existing container terminals through automation transformation. However, how to overcome the problem of horizontal container transportation with economically feasible solutions has always been a "roadblock" for most ports.

Dr. Zhang Tianlei, founder and CEO of Tianjin Main Line Technology Company, said that there are two main modes for horizontal transportation of automated container terminals at the present stage: one is to adopt the scheme of automatic guided vehicle and magnetic nails buried on the ground, but because of the need for large-scale reconstruction of infrastructure such as wharf ground; the other is that the price of automated container terminals is often over millions of Yuan due to the high degree of customization and low production. The other is the driverless electric truck scheme, which can automatically and intelligently drive in and out of wharfs and yards and directly deliver containers to designated locations. It not only shortens the transportation link, but also makes the price relatively cheaper.

"Unmanned electric truck, a new mode of transportation, has attracted worldwide attention in recent years, but it still stays at the conceptual product stage. There is still a certain gap between its intellectualization and the performance of electric chassis in field operation." Tian Lei, Vice Minister of Automotive Electronic Design Department of China Heavy Truck Group Technology Development Center, said that the opening of operation in Tianjin Port was an important step for the commercialization of driverless electric truck products.

Intelligent Logistics Entering a Better Situation

It is not just the upgrading of port logistics, but the core concept of wisdom is imperceptibly integrated into the blood flow of logistics. "Internet +" is the most important driving factor behind it.

In the process of Internet-based freight transportation in Tongcheng, the "three giants" of 58 Express Transportation, Handling Band and Cargo Lala have risen and are becoming the pillar brand of intelligent logistics. Among them, 58 express transportation is characterized by the "goods" business; the transportation service is mainly based on services, and the time charging mode has been widely promoted; the Lala still adopts the mode of "Internet plus city freight", and its current business growth rate exceeds 100% and covers 112 cities in China.

Experts believe that this year, China's city freight market scale will reach trillion. Affected by the new retail industry and smart logistics, the same city freight will occupy 70% of the city logistics. After "Internet +" catalysis and shuffling, the city freight will be refined to store community, experience scene, intelligent distribution and personalized service.

Because of the natural needs of the industrial chain, e-commerce also extends its antenna to the field of intelligent logistics. Ali has already invested in the establishment of the rookie network, and established the backbone of China's intelligent logistics network through agreement with the "three links and one access" of the logistics industry. Jingdong's intelligent logistics system is based on the research and development of "unmanned warehouse, unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned vehicle". It mainly focuses on automatic warehousing, and uses a large number of data collected on its own self-operation and platform to locate and analyze warehousing logistics. Xiao Jun, vice president of Jingdong Group, said that in 2017, Jingdong had realized the full landing operation of intelligent logistics projects such as unmanned warehouse, unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned vehicle. In 2018, it will complete the strategic layout of coordinated development of multi-sites and multi-centers and comprehensive radiation from point to area.

Intelligent Logistics Needs Innovation and Breakthrough

What will the future of intelligent logistics look like? At present, the rapid development of front-end technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, block chain makes the convenience of application more and more beyond people's imagination. Many changes brought by intelligent logistics are worth looking forward to.

In Shanghai, an all-round intelligent logistics network covering land, sea and air has begun to explore. The port-vicinity area of Shanghai's largest development zone has now started the construction of an integrated demonstration zone for land, sea and air unmanned systems.