Is smart appliances popular? AWE2017 Xiaobian God prediction

1 Quantum Dots and OLEDs all come back to the top

[PConline News] There are still half a month, AWE2017 (China Household Electrical Appliances and Consumer Electronics Expo) will kick off. As one of the world's three major home appliances and consumer electronics shows, it has been 25 years since it was held in 1992. Every year, AWE will have the most real feedback on the trend of the home appliance industry throughout the year. Which black technology will break through this year? In addition, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Siemens and other giants will be drying out the flagship home appliances. Let us predict the current AWE (China Household Electrical Appliances and Consumer Electronics Fair) in the end what are the points of view.

One Aspect: Quantum Dots and OLEDs Are Outstanding Expectations: ★★★★★
Keywords: QLED, OLED, HDR

After experiencing the showdown of OLED and QLED on CES2017, how will the black power products on AWE2017 welcome us? As a localized international performance, I believe that in addition to the traditional international companies, there will be more domestic manufacturers, and even Internet companies will also emerge on this stage. The theme of this year's AWE is "Wisdom Life," and it can be speculated that color TV makers will also make frequent moves in addition to the hardware black technology competition.

HDR will be +1S for all display devices

This image technology, which has been exposed for the first time since early 16th, has received the attention of major TV manufacturers. Sony even changed its TV slogan directly to “4K HDR” and continues to use it today. Samsung, LG, TCL, Skyworth and other traditional big manufacturers also rushed to include HDR in the bag. It was as complete and fierce as 4K technology was.

Entering the middle-aged LCD relied on HDR youth. Childish OLEDs also depended on mature HDR. Contrast difference is one of the defects of LCD compared with OLED. HDR technology is used to enhance screen brightness and brightness level, which effectively improves LCD brightness and color contrast. The difference in gray level is one of the defects of OLED compared with LCD. The HDR technology is used to amplify the dynamic range of brightness, and the color levels and details of OLED in the bright and dark areas are more clearly expressed. Of course, it is also necessary to manage colors through better chips to achieve a multiplier effect, such as the X1 Extreme and HCX2 image processing chips.


Dolby Vision VS HDR 10

At this year's AWE, HDR technology will continue to be the focus of all manufacturers' promotion, and will bring more products with higher hardware specifications. At present, HDR technology is divided into two standards: Dolby Vision and HDR 10. The brightness, color depth, color gamut, and resolution target required by the former are 4000 nit, 12bit, Rec 2020, and 4K, respectively; the latter is in brightness, color gamut, and resolution. Similar to the former, but the color depth only requires 10bit. Dolby Vision is a bit better at parameters.

More and more manufacturers are moving closer to the Dolby Vision standard. Like LG's new G7, E7, C7, and B7, they all support the Dolby Vision and HDR 10 dual standards. The Sony A1E, Skyworth OLED series S9 and S9D also support the Dolby Vision standard. It also includes the quantum dot camp Samsung and TCL.

Quantum dots and OLEDs are difficult to distinguish

The momentum of OLED seems to be getting more and more fierce, in addition to LG and domestic Skyworth, Konka, this year there are Sony, Panasonic returned to the OLED camp. With the continuous research on DuPont, Sumitomo Chemical and other OLED materials, new OLED products have gradually eliminated the "burning screen" problem, LGD is also constantly improving the panel technology, yield has been greatly improved.


OLED

Does that prove that the current OLED has a tremendous ability? Obviously not, as the world's largest TV giant - Samsung, still stick to the QLED camp. And Samsung's layout on QLEDs is no less than LG's painstaking operation on OLEDs. Samsung invested in Nanosys, a German company with more than 300 quantum dot technology patents, and also acquired US QD Vision for $70 million. This is a company that used to jointly develop excessive TV spots with LG and Sony. In Samsung's new generation of QLED TV, color, color number, brightness, etc. have been greatly upgraded, further demonstrating the giant's determination on QLED.


QLED

TCL is also a pioneer in Quantum-dot TV and has long been involved in the development of quantum dot-TVs. It is also the only TV company in China that has the vertical integration and integration of the “liquid crystal module-LCD panel-total machine” entire industrial chain. Judging from the separatist situation of these large companies, QDs and OLEDs are difficult to distinguish within a short period of time. This includes the support of vested interests in the existing market structure and the punctured demands of innovators.

In the market, technology is not good or bad. The key to determining the rise and fall of life and death is not technology. When LCD replaces PDP, when White OLED replaces RGB OLED, it is enough to prove that cost advantage is the core element of technology orientation. On the other hand, allowing excellent technology to have lower costs has also become something that innovators are trying to digest.

Content is vaccine is also capsule

If you sell TV before, you just sell TV hardware. If you sell TV, if you don't put content together, you might not think that it is selling TV again. Content has become the most indispensable thing in the Internet TV era. The advertising revenue and membership benefits it brings have even exceeded the profitability of hardware. This year's AWE TV makers will certainly make a fuss about content and applications.

LeTV has its own content platform and has invested heavily in sports and home-made content. Microwhales rely on Chinese culture to have a solid content channel base, and increasingly know how to use multi-platform advertising to package themselves; Skyworth and TCL and other traditional manufacturers He has also maintained close cooperation with iQIYI, Youku, Mango TV and other video platforms; Sharp, who has returned to his family, has in-depth cooperation with Ali and iqiyi. I am afraid that only Samsung, Sony and LG TV brands did not participate in more video content platforms. However, they certainly cooperated with the licensees.


Seven licensees

Internet companies such as Microwhales, PPTV, and CANTV have also joined the AWE lineup as newcomers this year. It is estimated that they are bringing more intelligence and content experiences.

The content is a vaccine because it can mask the shortcomings of the beginners in the hardware design; the content is also a capsule because it brings more profit models for the newcomers. So, in the era of big content, hardware has become less important. As a spiritual pastime, Pan-Fun Entertainment began to dilute our attention to content carriers and shifted its attention to the content itself.

Summary: Both OLED and QLED will bring more visual surprises under HDR's blessing. However, TV's evolution path is not limited to pure technological innovation. At AWE2017, we will see more interactive innovations and content-operated TV products, bringing different Internet TV experiences.

2 white home appliances will play smart back to the top

Aspect 2: The white goods will be smart play expectant index: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Keywords: Refrigerator sterilization, smart launch, body temperature

Smart refrigerator function re-evolution

For household appliances such as refrigerators, people tend to pay more attention to their internal space and the stability of use, but the wave of intelligence still affects the development of refrigerator products. At this AWE exhibition, we can look forward to the wisdom of manufacturers. The transformation of the refrigerator is more practical? Is shopping smart or smarter?

Adding screens to the refrigerator to promote smart design should be something that many manufacturers have tried, but the function of each screen given to the refrigerator is not the same, and some of them focus on shopping, and some focus on interactive use. I believe this AWE exhibition, Manufacturers will bring new products.

The air-cooled refrigerator has long been a mainstream choice for everyone. The concept of a healthy air-cooled refrigerator may be a good development direction in the future. For example, the refrigerator comes with a sterilization function, and the food stored in the refrigerator can be better. Save and more. All of these we can wait and see.

The washing machine is smarter and more meaningful in design

Washing machines are also a very important helper in our lives, and washing machines are not as simple as conventional laundry. Drying and health laundry are also the needs of today's washing machines.

Intelligent delivery, precise laundry detection, etc. are all performances that today's washing machines become smarter. At this AWE show, manufacturers are sure to bring smarter laundry, and more smart features will also be direct. Bring the laundry experience up.

Health laundry is also a direction for manufacturers to innovate. TCL's contaminant-free washing machine is an innovative example of healthy laundry. Other functions such as high-temperature washing and sterilization can also be understood as a healthier laundry experience. the design of.

Smart air-conditioning is worth seeing

In the eyes of many people, many smart air conditioners can only be interconnected with mobile phones. They do not actually bring us a better smart experience. The manufacturers are also working hard on real intelligence. For home appliances that are not considered at home at home, besides their strong cooling capacity, their ability to actively change in response to the environment and human body temperature will greatly affect the actual Experience.

Nowadays, some air conditioners add the function of body temperature detection. The air conditioner can monitor the human body temperature within a certain range. Through this monitoring, active adjustment to the appropriate temperature can effectively prevent the discomfort caused by excessive use of air conditioners. People who can't blow air conditioners for a long time will most likely be able to adapt to the air conditioning environment through this real intelligence.

Therefore, at this AWE exhibition, we can look forward to more real-world smart products that are practical and practical for colleagues.

Summary: We all households can not do without white goods, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioning, the development of these three products will be of concern to consumers, intelligent trend will certainly affect consumer choice, manufacturers will continue to explore how to make more Easy to use smart products, to understand more dynamics, please continue to focus PConline appliance channel on the current AWE exhibition report.

3 kitchen appliances into household appliances industry dark horse back to the top

Aspect three: kitchen and household appliances into the home appliance industry dark horse expectations index: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Keywords: Dishwasher, food machine

To say that in recent years, home appliances dark horse, kitchen appliances should be considered a group of new dark horses. Zhong Yikang's “2016 China Kitchen and Bathroom Market Development Trends” report shows that in the first half of 2016, the retail scale of China's home appliance market was 761.5 billion yuan, which was a year-on-year decline of 0.2%. However, the market for kitchens and toilets remained relatively fast as the home appliances were generally sluggish. With growth, the retail sales of some product markets increased by more than 100% year-on-year. So at AWE2017, new kitchen and bath products are still worth the wait.

Dishwasher new worth more expect

Xiao Bian asked many small partners around. Compared with the household chores after the meal, everyone is willing to choose this division of labor (there are some choices). It can be seen that this dishwashing is not to be seen. It is also the case that the sales of dishwashers in 2016 have reached a new level compared to the previous year. Therefore, it is highly probable that products meeting the needs of consumers will appear on the AWE2017 booth.

Siemens new generation of clean dishwashers with "5D spray" technology (including 29000PA strong pressure, 360 ° flush coverage, 70 °C high temperature washing, water softening technology and large capacity space), can effectively help users solve the dishwasher problems , Very popular with the user; while the party is too new to develop a sink dishwasher, not only can solve the problem of tableware cleaning, but also greatly saves space, this exhibition did not know whether it will bring new products too sink sink dishwasher Q5 , worth the wait.

Food machine became a new favorite of health

With the higher consumer demand for healthy diets, healthy kitchen appliances with “healthy health” as their slogan have been favored by many users, among which the more popular ones in recent years are food processors. The food processor can absorb the nutrients that cannot be absorbed on weekdays by crushing ingredients to promote people's health.

When it comes to cooking, Vitamix, a century-old American food brand, should be called the originator of the food machine. Earlier in the "AWE2017 What do you get about" poster campaign, it was foreseen that this year will be exhibitors as debut. The exhibition will be the sales of the king Vitamix Vita Mimi TNC5200 doubt is its upgraded version of the food machine?

In recent years, Panasonic has been holding a pavilion at AWE. It is said that this time, the goddess of high circle will continue to show her support! In addition to the goddess, Panasonic MX-ZX1800 breaking machine with the same high-value beauty machine should also be exhibited: metal matte texture and black mirror complement each other, the workmanship value is quite pleasing, interested in making food Small partners can not miss slightly.

4 Sweeping robots steadily develop back to the top

Aspect Four: Sweeping Robots Steady Development Expectation Index: ★★★☆☆
Keywords: Cleaning performance, intelligent planning

Compared to its popularity two years ago, many people think that intelligent sweeping robots have been lost in these days. Actually, sweepers may not have occupied the home appliance industry as frequently as in 2014 and 2015, but this precisely shows that sweepers have gradually faded away from relying on gimmicks to package their shells and begin to take root in consumer households. Widely used track comes. What would be a pleasant surprise for the sweepers in AWE2017? We might as well try a small forecast.

Cleaning performance improvement

In the early stages, sweepers were often used by people as a "clean robot." Therefore, since 2014, sweeping machine manufacturers have been working hard to develop sweeping robots that can truly clean the floor. The sweeping performance of the sweeper can be improved mainly by cleaning hardware and cleaning techniques.


Proscenic 790T Proscenic

In early 2017, Proscenic introduced a new sweeping robot, the Proscenic 790T. In terms of model numbers, this sweeper is an upgraded version of the Proscenic 780T and Proscenic 780TS. Watching it carefully, you will find that Proscenic's sweeper has added a brushless suction device to the roller brush. . According to Xiao Bian, Proscenic's roll brush and brushless suction interchangeable structure, in the industry is still a "leader", the purpose is to solve the previous problem of roll brushing hair, and second, the slight cleaning and deep cleaning The perfect combination. The renovation of this sweeping structure has also attracted the reference of other follow-up brands.


Neato new sweeper

In addition, the famous American sweeping machine brand Neato also decided to open a conference at the AWE2017 exhibition site. There will be two new sweeping machine debuts. It is understood that both of these new products adopt a D-type design, with a side brush and the use of CornerClever technology, to better clean the corners and other clean corners, you can scan the room and create a map, and then clean the floor systematically.

The degree of intelligence continues to improve

The second slot of the sweeping robot is about its degree of intelligence. In the past, due to the lack of planning, the sweeping machine appeared to be quite "brain-free". Therefore, it was labeled as "the brainless label." According to the user's extensive after-sales response, it is an inevitable trend to increase the degree of intelligence of the sweeper.


Proscenic 790T

Continue to take Proscenic 790T for a moment. In the past, detection and positioning systems, infrared detection and bionic detection have been applied most widely. Infrared detection systems are mainly used by manufacturers such as Cobos and Neato. In the past, this has the advantage of lower costs, but there are also disadvantages such as low accuracy and inability to distinguish black objects. Another bionic ultrasound detection system is Adopted by iRobot and Proscenic, the bionics ultrasound detection system is costly, but the resolution of black objects and transparent objects is relatively accurate. However, the biggest two points of the Proscenic 790T in terms of detection systems are paired with dual detection devices, bionic ultrasonic radar and infrared detection device, which enables a wider detection range and higher precision.

Mobile phone APP operation is popular

In sweeping robots launched from 2014 to 2015, most of the control methods of the machines still use physical keypad remote control devices, although it is said that the remote control of physical buttons is also very convenient in handling, but if the user wants to know the sweeper The detailed status (such as work mode, battery power, etc.) is unknown at most times. Therefore, in order to increase the user's visual experience and adapt to the trend of smart home, from 2016, sweeping robot manufacturers have gradually added support for APP intelligent control functions in the production of products. By 2017, the sweeping machine on AWE will basically match the visual operation function of APP.


Mobile APP

At AWE2017, we may see the new Cobos sweeper - Dibao DE3. One of the highlights of D3 is its visualization of APP operations. Dibao DE3 uses Smart Navi's global planning system. It uses laser to detect and locate the laser. When cleaning, it can build 2D maps on the APP. During the working period of the machine, Cobos APP can display the working status and cleaning market of Dibao. And the current battery. In addition, the user can also view the side brush consumables, roll brush consumables, and HEPA filter consumables of the machine through the APP to grasp the consumables consumption status and replace consumables in time to continuously obtain superior cleaning performance. If you see someone at the AWE2017 site having a variety of interactions with a mobile phone and a sweeper, don't be surprised!

Summary: There are about two weeks, AWE2017 will arrive as expected, then we can see a large number of sweeping machine exhibitors. From the products exhibited by AWE, we can see some important development information of the industry in the days to come. How can sweepers evolve and Xiaobian is also very curious, let us lock AWE2017 together!

5 Healthy Home Appliances Seek Breakthrough

Aspect V: Health Appliances Seek to Break Through Expectation Index: ★★★☆☆
Keywords: Ultra-clean net, RO reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration system

China's household appliances are continuously optimized and adjusted. Consumers choose products from the previous just-in-time needs and move toward the final document consumption level. When they choose household appliances in home appliances, they not only meet the needs of life, but also pay more attention to the improvement of the quality of God's life. The development of the special small home appliance industry and healthy and healthy products is also hailed as the new engine in the home appliance circle. Many household electrical appliance companies incorporate various elements such as fashion, health, low energy consumption, antibacterial and other health-seeking functions and added-value into their products.

Air purifier industry ushered in a new breakthrough

People are constantly pursuing a high quality of life, and their demand and attention for air purifiers are also increasing. With the maturation of air purification technology and the increase of excellent air-free products, more and more consumers are pursuing a higher net worth of technology. With the unified implementation of the new air purifier national standard, the air purifier industry has also become stable.

Some air purifiers put out new concepts. This breakthrough and the traditional air purifier can only use the problem of doors and windows. The use of a unique combination of internal and external double-circulation purification system will upgrade the air purification industry to a new level, breaking through the problems of the incompleteness of traditional air purification and the lack of oxygen in confined space purification. At the same time the use of non-consumable filter, reducing the consumer's secondary expenses. Not only adapt to the development of China's national conditions, but also take into account the daily needs of consumers.

Water purification industry, two major purification development

When it comes to health appliances, why not mention water purifiers? From the previous market value of several hundred million yuan, it has now exceeded the 40 billion yuan mark. You can see our people's pursuit of a healthy life. The reverse osmosis water purifier has received much attention. This phenomenon is not only related to the quality of water produced, but also related to the current rhythm of life. The use of RO water purifiers is more convenient for water purifiers, and the use of effluent and ready-to-drink methods is more adaptable to current fast-paced lifestyles, and users' understanding of the concept of pure water is also corrected from the misunderstanding of "pure water is not conducive to health." Officials have also clearly denied this claim. Drinking water clean and safe is fundamental.

At present, the water purifier industry has a large number of brands, many of them are mixed, and many miscellaneous manufacturers have spoiled the market with inferior products, thus making consumers question the ultrafiltration machine and even the pure water machine. When the user chooses to purchase an ultrafiltration machine, be sure to look for the big brands and buy them in the regular channels. Don't try to buy fake and shoddy products. This will not only harm your consumer rights, but also to yourself and your family. The health of drinking water brings hidden dangers.

In fact, RO reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration filter both water purifiers have their own advantages, their common purpose is to allow consumers to drink the healthiest, pure water. At present, the scale of maturity is most important to the brand and formal purchasing channels. And for the Internet brand, it will bring consumers more economical water purification solutions and accelerate the overall development of the water purifier industry.

6 personal care into high-end standard back to top

Aspect six: personal care into high-end standard expectations index: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Keywords: Electric toothbrush, electric shaver

Electric toothbrush is still hot

In recent years, personal care products represented by electric toothbrushes have been very popular. Among them, the Philips Sonicare Diamond Whitening Sonic Vibratory Toothbrush has inherited the Philips Sonicare family of advanced technology genes and has been at the forefront of the development of sonic toothbrushes. Its sonic vibration technology can achieve 31,000 bristles per minute, creating a unique flow of cleanliness, driving the water flow to gently and effectively clear the clean blind area including the teeth, and can cover the gum line, the molar area, and the tiny uneven surface of the teeth. Dental plaque, the goal of achieving zero dead ends in oral cleaning. Clinical trials have shown that as much as 7 times more plaque can be removed than a manual toothbrush, and consumers can feel the health of teeth and gums improved in just two weeks.

Electric toothbrushes are mainly targeted at the high-end crowd when they are first introduced to the market. Over the past two years, due to the maturity of technology and changes in the market, more and more brands are pushing 300-500 block price products, positioning the crowd not only Limited to the high-end crowd, it gradually became a mass consumer product. At this AWE show, Xiao Bian believed that there should be a figure of an electric toothbrush. Let us stay tuned.

Electric shaver to the high-end direction

For male compatriots, the electric shaver is an indispensable artifact for personal image. At the upcoming AWE2017, we can still see the exhibited products brought by the familiar electric shaver brand, such as Philips, Braun, and Panasonic. , Flying Branch, Superman and so on.


Philips Retro Shaver

Speaking of electric razors, there has always been a controversy about whether "rotating or reciprocating, who shaves cleaner," and this year's AWE, we will see that electric shavers will not only be able to shave. So simple. Because of the new standards for men's personal image in the new era, it has been decided that the electric shaver, a personal content product, no longer has the function of shave. AWE2017, we will see more electric shavers will be equipped with more personal features, cleansing, massage, trim armpits and so on.


Philips High-end Honor Series Electric Utility Knife SP9851

In addition, electric razors also have a tendency to march toward luxury goods. From the appearance of the packaging to the details of the workmanship, there is a great momentum of luxury goods, such as the Philips high-end Pride series of electric knife SP9851 as a high-end positioning rotary three-cutter electric knife, is defined as the fusion of luxury and high technology The appearance of the Philips 9000 series razor has always been a long and streamlined appearance. In terms of technology, Philips' high-end respectable series of electric knife SP9851 is applied to the V-type cutting and shaving system to ensure a better shaving angle, and 8-directional cutter head veneer technology is used to drive 8 directions each time to capture more beard. With the upgraded version of the multi-functional accessories, the interpretation of the concept of contemporary all-round capacity.

In addition, Braun, Panasonic and other brands now have endorsements of big coffee stars, so the personal content products created will also have a very high-end positioning, therefore, the electric shaver on AWE2017 will still be a A wonderful visual feast.

7 Is Smart Home Smarter? Back to Top

Aspect 7: Is smart home smarter?
Expectation index: ★★★★☆
Keywords: Traditional home appliances intelligence, educational robot terminal

At the CES conference that ended recently, the new technology products were lackluster, and Amazon Alexa who did not even have booths did the highlight. All these gave people a feeling that smart homes will become a new growth point. AWE 2017 was held in Shanghai from March 9th to 11th, 2017. As one of the largest consumer electronics shows in China, it may not have a strong sense of future, but it is more closely related to our lives because most of the exhibits here are for you. Can be bought within a year or two. So AWE 2017 has also become an important window for us to observe the smart home industry.

This year's AWE pavilion has an area of ​​120,000 square meters, which is 40% higher than last year. It consists of W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, E1, E2, N1, and 8 pavilions, involving black and white household appliances, kitchens and kitchens. 13 product lines such as appliances and smart homes. In addition to the corresponding smart home appliance products exhibited by home appliance manufacturers at their booths, this exhibition also set up a smart home booth in Hall E2 to showcase smart home solutions and platforms.

In 2015, it was the peak year for home appliances to access the Internet. TVs, refrigerators, and even range hoods began to increase networking. The theme of AWE 2016 was “Internet+, My Home”; and in the past year, Vendors began to think more about what they could do after networking with their home appliances. Hardware, software, data, and algorithms began to be more fully integrated. So the theme of AWE this year is “Smart Life, AWE”.

Traditional home appliances move towards intelligence

Appliances are already a fairly mature industry. Product-level innovations are mainly improved, and overall profit margins are low. In the context of consumer upgrades, many home appliance companies have made intelligentization an important future strategy. Traditional home appliance companies have a strong channel and a complete product community, so their smart home products are more likely to enter the user's home, and the user needs will be more accurate.

Samsung's large-screen smart refrigerator is one of the most dazzling products of AWE 2016. It has a 21.5-inch touch screen. There is a high-definition camera inside the refrigerator. It can monitor the ingredients and manage the ingredients easily. It can also be purchased directly on the refrigerator. Ingredients. This screen can also synchronize the contents of the TV at home, so that the wait during cooking becomes less boring.

After more than a year of development, Siemens' "Home Internet" has also become more mature. In last year's offline experience, the experiencers experienced a full range of "home Internet" devices. Taking the oven as an example, as long as the recipes are sent to the machine, the system will set the most suitable mode and temperature. Simply cook the corresponding ingredients in the oven.

At last year's AWE, Haier bagged nearly one entire pavilion, releasing the U+ ecosystem's big moves, including a food ecosystem, a conservation ecosystem, an air ecosystem, and a water ecosystem. In 2014, Haier began to build a smart living ecological platform, and launched the U+ smart living open platform, which covers a whole set of smart home solutions. Through this system, users can realize cross-brand and cross-product interconnection with all smart home terminals in only 12 seconds. At the same time it is still an open platform, any product can join.

In 2016, the Haier U+ platform was newly upgraded and launched the Smart Life 2.0 strategy. In conjunction with Microsoft’s U+ smart living brain, new technologies such as voice recognition and image recognition were adopted to connect home appliances to provide services to users through artificial intelligence. Leap.

Traditional home appliance manufacturers' smart home products mostly start with home appliances themselves, adding smart operating systems and networking functions to them, or relying directly on their large product groups to build open platforms, but they may not have strong practicality at first. Using these new hardware to provide users with better services will be an important topic this year.

Intelligent robot walks into the home

In the spring of 2016, Ubiquitous Alpha robots will surprise the audience and pull the robot into the eyes of ordinary consumers. Although artificial intelligence and robots are not the same concept, the popular concept of artificial intelligence has also played a role in educating robots. Cleaning robots, including sweeping robots, began to gradually get rid of the “intellectual barrier” hat. Although domestic robots still have a certain distance from the overall outbreak, manufacturers are working diligently in various segments.

In recent days, the Trailblazers Storm of Educational Robots (E2 Hall Technology Park 3D35 booth) announced that they will bring their latest series of robots to the “Tech Park” pavilion of E2 Pavilion. Capability Storm was established in 1996. It is the world's first educational robot brand and has a broad product line of educational robots. At present, its home-oriented robots include: Block Robots 氪 series, Mobile Robots AOKE Logic series, Flying robots hongwan series, and Humanoid robots Qomolangma series.

The educational robot is based on the theory of success ability, radical constructivism, and multiple intelligences. It is the best platform for young people to cultivate their success in happiness, and enhance their technological literacy. Today, they have a very broad market, focusing on quality education and thinking ability education. prospect.

The ability storm robot has always been very strong education and playability. At CES 2017, Capability Storm brought new products such as No.1, No.2, No.4, No.6 and No.8 of the robot robot series, and Okolius No.3, No.4 and No.6 of the mobile robot series. Earth has enriched its educational robot product line. On technology and experience, capability storms are at the leading level in the education robot industry. When these technologies and experience are combined with new technologies such as voice recognition and face recognition, what kind of sparks will be wiped out?

The hottest choice must choose another path. On the new and preferred Alpha 2, we can see some phenomena beyond the robot itself. Alpha's core functions are mainly in service, education, entertainment and so on. Alpha has its own set of software ecosystems. Developers can perform secondary development on this platform. Users can download applications published by developers through the App to achieve more functions such as smart home control.

According to reports, Ubisoft has completed the financing of USD 100 million in Series B in 2016, with a value of over US$1 billion and was selected as the global Unicorn list released by CBinsights. Earlier, Ubisoft’s founder and CEO, Zhou Jian, mentioned in an interview that “No one wants to speak to TVs, speakers, and refrigerators because it’s stupid, but people are different. You will be very willing to talk to people. Because it is natural."

In terms of cleaning robots, an important reason for the tepidness of sweeping robots in the past was that they had no brains to walk around. Major sweeping machine manufacturers are also working hard to solve this problem, such as optimizing algorithms, planning paths, upgrading sensors, navigating maps, etc. . It is reported that neato (W2 Hall 3F81 booth) will hold a press conference at the AWE 2017 exhibition site, and there will be two new sweeping machine debuts.

Both models feature a D-type design with side-rollers and CornerClever technology to better clean corners such as corners, scan rooms and create maps, and then systematically clean the floor.

The home-robot market was very confusing. There were educated robots such as the "flat-paneled-precise" robot, and sweeping robots such as "clean sweeper" robots. After the tide has receded, we know that after the naked swimming and the retreat of the Hardbank wave, the market is not so hot, but it is also cleaner. All those who stay behind are those who want to be practical products. At present, robotic products generally have higher prices, which is also an immature performance of the supply chain. In 2017, with the scale of upstream components, the prices of corresponding products should also be reduced, and robots will be faster. Come into our lives.

In the past, the penetration rate of the Internet of Things and smart homes was low in the country, and a large part of it was historical issues such as building wiring, network speed, and so on. In the past two years, with the development of chip technology, wireless technology, and smart buildings, the cost for users to deploy smart homes at home has been getting lower and lower. Basically, as long as they buy the corresponding products, the installation and the like can be completed by themselves. Undoubtedly provides a good foundation for the popularity of smart home. In 2016, the good market performance of Amazon Echo was a shot of stimulants for manufacturers, and it also gave consumers more ambiguity about smart homes. Will the Chinese version of Echo appear on AWE? Or will there be more exciting products? Stay tuned for the PConline AWE 2017 feature.