/PRZWT/In the current era when generative AI and embodied intelligence technologies are accelerating their penetration into various industries and "AI+ scenarios" have become the core driving force for industrial transformation, Zhongqing Robotics is always committed to promoting robot technology from "laboratories" to "real scenarios". On October 29th, Zhongqing Robotics officially reached a deep strategic cooperation with Shangpin Home Furnishing, a leading domestic home customization brand. With the core goal of "empowering scenarios with technology and reconstructing experiences through ecology", they will jointly build a new ecosystem of robot smart home.
This cross-border collaboration is not only the precise coupling of Zhongqing's integrated intelligent technology with Shangpin Home Furnishing's home furnishing scenarios, but also marks that both sides will jointly promote the home furnishing industry into a new stage of "full-scenario intelligent services", injecting more technological possibilities into the future lifestyle of millions of families.
Strong alliance: Building on technology, empowering with scenarios, and unifying ideas to consolidate the foundation of cooperation
The core competitiveness of this cooperation stems from the profound accumulation of Zhongqing Robotics and Shangpin Home Furnishing in their respective fields. Zhongqing, with its "technological newcomer" hard power, combines with Shangpin Home Furnishing's "scene giant" ecological strength to form a complementary closed loop of "technology + scene", providing a solid foundation for the implementation of "robot + home furnishing".
As a technology enterprise focusing on the research and development of general intelligent robots and industry scenario solutions, Zhongqing Robotics has always regarded "solving practical problems and improving life efficiency" as the core orientation of its technological research and development. In key areas such as autonomous mobility, human-computer interaction, and motion control, Zhongqing Robotics, relying on a core team composed of talents from world-class universities and the first batch of research and industrial application teams for legged robots, has, after years of hard work, developed a full-stack technical capability ranging from hardware research and development to underlying algorithms. The products cover diverse scenarios such as scientific research and education, industrial manufacturing, commercial services, and families. With stable performance and service design that "closely meets user needs", they have won wide recognition in the market.
As Yao Qiyuan, co-founder and marketing general manager of Zhongqing Robotics, said at the signing ceremony: We have always firmly believed that the ultimate value of robot technology does not lie in "conceptual innovation", but in becoming a reliable partner that "understands people, serves people and warms people" - this is highly consistent with Shangpin Home Furnishing's brand philosophy of "Easily realizing a better life", and it is also the core foundation for the in-depth cooperation between the two sides.
As the first domestic enterprise to transform from software technology to custom home furnishing, Shangpin Home Furnishing Group has been deeply engaged in the industry for 31 years. It has always taken digitalization as the core driving force, and was the first to advocate the concept of "whole-house customization" and has repeatedly set precedents in the industry. Its technological advantages stem from the profound accumulation of Yuanfang Software. Now, it has established a digital system covering the entire chain from measurement, design, production to delivery.
Relying on the in-depth learning of a 300,000-unit product library, a 300-unit room type library and a 30-unit solution library, Shangpin Zhaipei's "Full-House Star-level Customization" product created based on AI technology has achieved a comprehensive upgrade of the customization model: Through the integrated design of doors, walls, cabinets, accessories and home appliances, and by transplanting the mature design logic of star hotels, combined with capabilities such as 48-hour rapid drawing production and full-process intelligent error correction, it truly realizes the experience upgrade of "bringing a five-star hotel home safely".
"Scenarios are the carriers of intelligence, and technology is the core of experience." This precisely provides crucial support for the "immediate practicality upon implementation" of Zhongqing robots, enabling their technology to quickly adapt to the complex demands of home scenarios.
Core of cooperation: Focus on two major scenarios to make robots "intelligent carriers serving life"
Based on the dual advantages of technology and scenarios, this collaboration will precisely focus on the two core scenarios of "home" and "business", taking Zhongqing robots as the core carrier, breaking the limitations of traditional experiences, and promoting the true integration of "embodied intelligence" into life and services.
(1) Home Scene: Create new family members who "understand needs and respond"
In the home setting, both sides plan to integrate robots into users' daily lives and jointly create a brand-new lifestyle. At the functional level, it covers basic needs such as cleaning, transportation, storage and organization. In terms of emotions and safety, it takes on roles such as companionship, children's education, and safety protection. For instance, through the home scene data training of Shangpin Zhaipei, robots will be able to perceive user habits - such as automatically turning on the lights when an elderly person gets up and proactively reminding when a child is alone, thus upgrading the home from a static space to an intelligent life form that "can think and respond".
(2) Business Scenarios: Empowering store services and Creating "Tech-savvy Experience centers"
In the offline stores of Shangpin Home Furnishing, Zhongqing robots will undertake functions such as intelligent navigation, interactive reception and product explanation. For instance, by leveraging the scene data training of Shangpin Zhaipei, robots can accurately interpret professional content such as product highlights and AI design advantages, providing consumers with more efficient consultation services. At the same time, it attracts traffic with a sense of technology, turning the store into an experience center that "comes with its own topic", and solving the problems of service efficiency and traffic diversion in traditional stores.
To ensure a high degree of compatibility between technology and scenarios, Zhongqing will fully leverage its full-stack R&D capabilities, combining the scene accumulation and data advantages of Shangpin Zhaipei, and focus on solving the three core issues of "training simulation, data collection, and secondary development" of robots in the home furnishing field - optimizing the interaction logic of robots through scenario-based training and enhancing their environmental adaptability based on real data Ultimately, achieve the transformation of technology into "implementable and reusable" products.
Prospect Outlook: From pilot projects to ecosystems, jointly defining the new form of future home furnishing
This cooperation is not a short-term business linkage, but a crucial step in the "robot + home furnishing" ecosystem layout. Yao Qiyuan disclosed that the cooperation will start with the first batch of store pilot projects. According to the plans of both sides, Shangpin Home Furnishing will first launch a pilot program in 50 brand stores across the country, with each store equipped with one Zhongqing robot for actual operation. "We will solidly collect user feedback and scene data, solve practical problems such as autonomous movement and human-machine interaction of the robot, and ensure the stable and efficient integration of technology into daily life." It is expected that the coverage of robots will gradually expand to 200 stores in the future, laying a foundation for subsequent larger-scale promotion.
In the future, based on the feedback from the pilot program, Zhongqing will continue to optimize the robot algorithms and functions. At the same time, it will collaborate with Shangpin Home Furnishing to carry out market activities, allowing more users to personally experience the convenience and warmth of "robot + home furnishing". As the cooperation deepens, both sides will promote the in-depth penetration of intelligent robots into areas such as full-house customization and whole-house decoration services, ultimately achieving a full-chain intelligent upgrade of "design - product - service". After users determine their home furnishing plans through the AI design of Shangpin Zhaipei, robots can participate in subsequent services throughout the process, extending "personalized customization" to "24/7 intelligent companionship".
The long-term value of this cooperation goes far beyond the implementation of a single product, but more importantly, it lies in the construction of the smart home ecosystem and the reshaping of the industry's future. Its favorable effects will gradually permeate to the user, industry and industrial levels.
For users, Zhongqing robots and Shangpin Home Furnishing will become concrete carriers of a "better life", making home services more precise and warmer.
For the industry, this cooperation will drive it to truly transform into an integrated form of "manufacturing + services". The "data + hardware + service" closed loop formed by Zhongqing's technological capabilities and Shangpin Home Furnishing's scene ecosystem will set a benchmark for the implementation of "AI+ home furnishing" and drive the industry onto a virtuous track of value competition.
For the industrial ecosystem, the cooperation between the two sides may become an innovation engine, accelerating technological iteration and scenario expansion. Combining the robot technology of Zhongqing with the whole-house decoration service capabilities of Shangpin Home Furnishing, we create an "intelligent space solution". Relying on joint market activities, more users can perceive the value of smart home, and promote the transformation of "robot + home" from "a novelty for a few" to "a daily routine for the majority".
The handshake between the up-and-coming robot technology and the giants in the home scene will eventually generate the force that defines the future. In the future, Zhongqing will always take "enabling robots to serve real life" as its mission, and continue to leverage its full-stack embodied intelligent technology advantages - with technological innovation as the core driving force, and deeply collaborate with Shangpin Home Furnishing. Both sides will jointly focus on the actual needs of home scenarios, promoting robots to upgrade from "functional carriers" to "intelligent partners that understand life and can serve". They will drive the intelligent transformation of home scenarios through technological application, not only writing a new chapter of cooperation in "physical intelligence + home", but also striving to create a "warm and more convenient" intelligent life experience for millions of families. Let technology truly integrate into daily life and serve it.
