Intelligent Picking Station

HKCLR
Overview

Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics (HKCLR) has developed a robotic intelligent picking station to replace traditional manual picking of goods, so as to provide more efficient and convenient logistics services.

  • Intelligent Picking Station
Commercialisation opportunities
Technology licensing agreement
Problem addressed

In order to meet the efficient shopping needs of customers, HKCLR has specially developed a robotic automatic goods picking station. With the help of intelligent warehousing hardware, it could enable "shopping in the distance" and greatly improve the operation efficiency of the supermarket.

Innovation
  • Through the developed novel artificial intelligence algorithms, the robot can identify and grab the ordered goods, and put them in a designated location for customers to pick them up.
  • Customers can place orders online at any time and make an appointment for offline self-delivery services, which greatly saves the time for them to select goods and queue up for checkout.
Key impact
  • This technology can support the set-up of self-service supermarkets, which save storage space and could be easily deployed in every corner of the city.
  • Meet customers' shopping needs all day long.
  • Promote the efficiency of logistics supply chain.

The Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics was established in 2020 by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, with research contributions from the University of California, Berkeley. The Centre focuses on the research and development (R&D) of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for “future workplace” as well as innovative solutions to the “pressing problems” in the logistics industry. In particular, HKCLR aims to advance robot intelligence in terms of

• Robust Sensing and Perception

• Human-Robot Collaboration

• Smart Manipulation Robots

• Unmanned Logistics Vehicles

The research team is composed of distinguished professors from the two universities and accomplished Ph.D. degree holders across world-leading universities. The Centre is dedicated to pursuing innovative breakthroughs in ready-for-use robotics and AI technologies via close collaboration with academic and industrial stakeholders throughout Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area (GBA), and Mainland China. It is expected that the Centre will foster the leading role of the local logistics industry in GBA and Mainland China, meanwhile enhancing its competitive edge in the global arena.

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