When I was young, my parents often said, "If you don't study hard, you will have to move bricks." But the reality is that those who move bricks may also be robbed of their jobs.
Not long ago, Bozhilin Robot Company, a subsidiary of Country Garden, released 43 construction robots in 9 models, including floor tile laying robots, wall tile laying robots, putty polishing and coating robots, leveling robots, etc. . These robots can not only complete construction operations automatically, but are also 2-4 times more efficient than manual labor.
Country Garden’s wall and floor tile laying robot
Fast tile laying and low cost
Country Garden’s tile laying robot is put into use
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In recent years, real estate companies have conducted a lot of exploration and practice in the fields of smart construction sites, prefabricated buildings, and intelligent construction. Among them, the research and development of construction robots by leading real estate company Country Garden can be said to have attracted the most attention.
Not long ago, Bozhilin, a robot company established by Country Garden, released 43 construction robots in 9 models for use in a project in Country Garden, Shunde. Since then, the human-machine collaborative construction system with construction robots as the core founded by Bo Zhilin has been officially put into use on the front line.
The first batch of 9 construction robots delivered includes floor tile laying robots, wall tile laying robots, putty polishing and coating robots, leveling robots, floor cleaning robots, etc.
Data from Bozhilin shows that the construction efficiency of brick-laying robots is twice that of manual labor, the construction quality is better than manual labor, and the construction cost is lower than manual labor.
At present, the process of ceramic tile paving is mostly completed on-site by the paving master, which is greatly affected by factors such as environment and craftsmanship. With the emergence of tiling robots, standardized paving becomes possible, which may reduce problems such as hollowing, cracking, and falling off caused by human factors.
The emergence of construction robots, in addition to improving construction quality, work efficiency, and maintaining the safety of construction workers, can also become an auxiliary tool for smart construction, monitoring construction progress, project quantities, etc. in real time, thereby conducting systematic management. .
It is understood that Country Garden established Guangdong Bozhilin Robot Co., Ltd. in July 2018, established 4 major research institutes, and recruited nearly 4,000 outstanding domestic and foreign R&D talents, focusing on the new BIM construction robots. Prefabricated type, conducts research, development, production and application of construction robots and related intelligent construction equipment, prefabricated type, etc.
In addition to Country Garden, many technology companies have also made significant achievements in the field of construction robots.
Australian technology company Fastbrick Robotics designed Hadrian X, a 3D construction robot that is four times more efficient than humans. Working 24 hours a day, Hadrian X can build a house in two days.
The American company ConstructionRobotics launched the bricklaying robot SAM, which can lay 3,000 bricks in 8 hours, which is several times the workload of ordinary workers.
Ceramic production is "less labor intensive"
Intelligent production lines save more than 50 labor costs
Building construction is moving toward automation and intelligence, ceramics Production is no exception. As the industry upgrades, leading ceramic companies are building more advanced intelligent manufacturing systems. Compared with traditional ceramic tile production lines, intelligent production can often save a lot of labor, thereby achieving "less manpower".
For example, the Yongchuan production base built by Dongpeng according to the highest production standards in the industry adopts the most advanced intelligent manufacturing system, including a fully automatic intelligent production line, an automatic billet storage track system, an intelligent brick-picking robot, and an intelligent digital central control system etc.
Because the entire production process is automatically connected, a 1,800-meter production line only requires 90 people for auxiliary operations, saving half the manpower compared to a traditional ceramic tile production line of the same scale;
The smart production line put into use by Gold Medal Ceramics , which can save 74% of labor costs. In the past, a production line that required more than 200 people can achieve stable production with only more than 40 people.
In order to promote green and intelligent production, many ceramic companies have also transformed and upgraded their production lines. In 2020, Mona Lisa invested 600 million yuan to carry out green and intelligent transformation of three traditional ceramic production lines. The two transformed special high-performance ceramic plate production lines were officially ignited on December 27, enabling flexible and intelligent production. This project has become the key enterprise technological transformation project of Xiqiao Town in 2020.
Spending huge sums of money to build intelligent production lines and transform backward production lines is of course far more than just improving production efficiency. Starting from manufacturing upgrading, it will drive the transformation and upgrading of the entire industry. In the future, smart production equipment will undoubtedly replace a large number of front-line workers.
Will we compete with machines for jobs in the future?
With the automation and intelligence of the ceramic industry, many processes from production to quality inspection to packaging and handling no longer require manual participation. In the future, ceramic people may really have to compete with machines for jobs.
"I hope to use the application of robots to increase workers' work efficiency by 50% in the construction industry. Intelligent manufacturing now has this capability." Yang Guoqiang, founder of Country Garden, has high hopes for the implementation of robots in the construction industry. .
Changes are not just happening in the ceramic construction industry. Liu Qiangdong once said that JD.com will be an automated company in the future, and the number of employees will be reduced from 160,000 to 80,000 within ten years.
Artificial intelligence is approaching step by step, and robots will replace a large number of construction workers. What do you think, ceramic production and construction workers?