With the rising labor cost, the "world factory" is quietly moving away from China, and the following concept of industry 4.0 has become the current hot, promoting the process of re industrialization of domestic enterprises. As a member of this army, Aibo robot has been at the forefront of the ranks in just five years, successfully listed on the new third board, and provided advanced robot system solutions for other enterprises in the trend.

The application of robot system designed and developed by Aibo robot has penetrated into our daily life. For example, the "Adorable" ice cream of Unilever brand in the United States, which is a popular cold drink with egg barrel, actually comes from the "hand" of Aibo robot. After the Yangtze River Delta production base in Taicang is upgraded to a fully automated production mode, Unilever is located in Beijing Factories in Hefei and other places will also be upgraded to Aibo robot system to further save labor costs and improve the efficiency and stability of the production line.

Three "Stinky skinners" march into new industries

In September 2010, Kunshan Aibo robot Co., Ltd. was established in a garage of less than 90 square meters in Lujia town. Before deciding to engage in the robot industry, Zhou Wei, chairman of the board of directors, was the department head of a company. After resigning, Zhou Wei, who was not content with the current situation, began to engage in book wholesale work. With his steadfast and willing work, Zhou Wei successively opened several chain bookstores in Kunshan for more than two years, and the small business was running smoothly.

How does Zhou Wei, who has nothing to do with the robot industry, get involved in this field? This is because Zhou Wei has a "technology control" circle of friends. Many friends around him are engaged in high-tech industry, which makes Zhou Weimeng have the idea of starting a business in the robot industry. Zhou Wei, who is good at thinking, is also a doer. He thinks that book wholesale is not a sunrise industry. So after setting the goal of transformation and entrepreneurship, Zhou Wei immediately plans two sets of thorough market research programs, one about his more familiar education and training field, and the other is the robot industry with no experience. Finally, Zhou Wei, who was brave enough to accept the challenge, decided to choose a robot industry with a broader prospect, but more "unreliable" and cool for him.

With the master plan, partners become the key. Zhou Wei didn't know technology and knew little about the company's operation and management, so he found an engineer who was engaged in technical work as the general controller of R & D. after a search, his brother who was engaged in the wholesale of culture and sports also joined in, becoming the backbone of the company's sales and operation. Although there are only three people, the team cohesion is not weak. Under the leadership of Zhou Wei, they have made a detailed development plan. This young team, who still doesn't know much about the capital market, boasts the "Haikou" listed on the new third board within five years. But to most people's surprise, Aibo robot really kept its promise, completed the share reform in 2015, and successfully listed on the new third board. This goal, which was regarded as a joke at that time, has become a reality and one of the most persuasive chips of Aibo robot.

Rowing against the water to complete the first order

It's hard at the beginning. As a new company with no experience, how to gain customer trust and receive orders? After half a year's phone sales failure, the main creative team was not discouraged. Finally, in April of the next year, they ushered in a turnaround. The robot automation scheme they submitted attracted the interest of a Sino Japanese joint venture. So, this small three person team increased their horsepower, constantly consulting, discussing, deepening the project, modifying and reporting & hellip; & hellip; "at that time, we knew more about the project than the customer himself." Zhou Wei said. In the competitive bidding, Aibo robot has won the initial recognition of customers.

Although the customer approved the plan, Zhou Wei could not be defeated by the on-the-spot investigation. Zhou Wei's "technology control" circle of friends once again played a key role in the first single to determine the fate of the Aibo robot. The borrowed staff, borrowed equipment, and the sincerity of Aibo team finally kept the order.

The order is received, but the lack of technical personnel is hard injury. "While recruiting people, we asked our friends for help, but at that time, due to the lack of talents in the robot industry, we only recruited a new electrical engineer." Zhou Wei recalled. After more than a month's work day and night, the order was finally completed "pieced together", and the first business of Aibo robot was successfully completed without any danger.

After the first "practical exercise", Zhou Wei realized the importance of environment and platform, and soon moved to the new factory building in Tsinghua Science Park. The staff has been gradually enriched. At present, there are more than 50 researchers in Aibo robot, and the first "rookie" engineer has become the director of electrical department. Today, the high-quality customers of Aibo robot are all over the world, including the world famous brands Johnson, NSK, GKN, Ge, etc.

Build a scientific research team with family culture as the core 

Talent is the core driving force for the development of Aibo robot. The enterprise has always been committed to building a strong technical team. On the way of continuous growth of the enterprise, Aibo robot has found a unique talent road. Zhou Wei believes that talent introduction is of course important, but in this innovative field, there are not many talents suitable for "bringing doctrine", so independent training is crucial. Every year, Aibo robot recruits new graduates, and Zhou Wei goes to the recruitment site in person. The way that the old employees train the new employees enables the robot to form a scientific research echelon more efficiently and rapidly expand the scientific research team. And the injection of fresh power also brings new inspiration to the research team of Aibo, and keeps new vitality all the time. No training, no progress. Team to progress, enterprise to develop, rely on talent, and talent is inseparable from learning. In addition to irregular professional skills training, Aibo robot will hold skills competition every year to reward employees with outstanding skills innovation.

AI Bo robot's attitude towards talent cultivation is based on the corporate culture with family culture as the core, which has been set the tone at the beginning of the establishment of the enterprise. "There are many cultural activities in our company, such as tourism, sports meeting, development training, staff birthday party, etc. Through these team activities, we hope to cultivate the cohesion and centripetal force of our employees, and more importantly, let them feel the warmth of home. " Zhou Wei said.

In the future, Zhou Wei has made a rigorous three-year plan for the Aibo robot: to realize the transition from the new third board to the main board market within three years, which is undoubtedly a long way to go. In March this year, Aibo robot established a wholly-owned subsidiary, which will complement and expand the business scope of the parent company.

The resource reorganization and integration of robot industry will also become one of the future development trends. For this reason, Aibo robot is ready to merge or acquire some excellent but lack of capital enterprises, adjust its business scope, focus on the research and development of high-end standard machines, and form a high market share.