Sanbot robot at IBM Watson Developer Conference 2016

On November 9~10th, 2016, the IBM Watson Developer Conference (or WDC) is held grandly in San Francisco, attracting over 1000 developers, coders, and builders’ coming to discuss how artificial intelligence and machine learning APIs are helping people build better applications. Sanbot humanoid robot, one of the only 2 invited robot, attended this meaningful conference.

IBM, famous to the tech industry, is the first-rate cloud-computing enterprise, and its artificial intelligent layout leads in the world in this industry. WDC 2016 held in San Francisco becomes the new weather vane in AI industry.

Sanbot is capacity of Human-robot voice interaction, Facial Recognition, Smart Home Management, Self-learning Evolution, Auto Self-Recharging. It can be programmed by vertical developers to apply to retail, hospitality, healthcare, security, education and other intelligent scenarios. With this API conference, Qihan Sanbot publicized its earlier-released Sanbot ROS, which is the leading open API humanoid operation system. By virtual of its agility, security, intelligence and more advantages, Sanbot has been recognized fast by Euramerican hi-tech enterprises, and it is global-acknowledged unique mass-production platform robot hardware terminal.

Sanbot’s debut at the WDC 2016, is a strong signal of the combination of IBM and Sanbot’s open-API platform. There are also a number of senior leaders attending the conference, who also give the positive speeches about the current condition and prospective developing trend of artificial intelligence, demonstrating its new developing directions.

Sanbot ROS system can realize remote control management, data storage and analysis, third-party’s data integration, hardware socialize and other hi-tech service, speeding up the business intelligence and volume. Sanbot’s being invited by IBM at WDC, assists platform humanoid robot to be the main orientation of prospective AI industry, as well as improved the Sanbot’s influence and developmental structure in the global world.

Sanbot open API platform humanoid robot has been customized to apply to airport, hotel, supermarket, agriculture auto management, customs inspection and hospitality, Public Square and received high praises from Chinese senior officials. In 2017, Qihan will implement the oversea localization strategy. With open and win-win attitude, we are to set up 100+ sales and service stations in global developed countries & areas, offer platform humanoid robot solutions for 1000 enterprises & units, and provide higher service quality and better service experience.

Sanbot aimed at contributing more to retail businesses

Technology has been changing the retail industry for years, and technology is about to change it again. Take for example, Amazon. The New York Post reported, “The US giant Amazon is reportedly developing the concept for a supermarket that runs with as few as three human staff” It is no longer science fiction. Robots are about to have a heavy presence in the retail industry, and bring about a technologic reformation. Qihan’s Sanbot will be a big part of that reformation.

For retail, there is no doubt that Sanbot robot is one of the stronger performers serving in the retail industry. Sanbot robots’ service in 3W Coffee, an Audi car launch event, and Saier Catering already showcases Sanbot’s capabilities. Sanbot’s capabilities have grabbed the attention of many people. Recently, in Singapore, Sanbot was invited to two big retail-tech events, Seamless and SME Day 2017.

Seamless Event was held during April 19-20th in the Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre Seamless Event is a dynamic summit and large scale exhibition bringing together the converging worlds of eCommerce, retail, and payments. Seamless brings retailers into the technological reformation with new ideas, exciting innovations, and cutting edge technology.

Mr. Sterling Hawkins, an exceptional entrepreneur and investor in retail, delivered a speech at this event. Mr. Hawkins described how much the retail industry has been expanding since the 1990s. Mr. Hawkins stated, “The main job for retailing enterprises is to transform retail into a low friction, easily accessible, highly personalized, customer centric world in future.”

When Mr. Hawkins saw Sanbot at the event, he saw Sanbot as an innovation that could help transform the retail industry, and so Sanbot became Mr. Hawkins’ favorite robot. During the speech, Sanbot was invited up on stage to greet the audience and dance. Mr. Hawkins used Sanbot as an example when he was explaining how robots and other hi-tech products such as delivery drones and VR are faster in giving customers information and more acceptable than human staff to consumers.

On the same day, Sanbot was interviewed at another event – SME Day 2017. SME Day 2017 was held on April 20th, and the purpose of SME Day 2017 is to “help SMEs (or Small and Medium Enterprises) leverage technologies to streamline processes, achieve cost effectiveness, business sustainability and growth” (SME Day website, https://smeday.com.sg/).

Sanbot’s open API allows for any platform to be installed on it. More developed solutions for retail will be available thanks to Sanbot’s powerful hardware, Cloudbase technology, and open API platform. Soon, Sanbot will release the MPS (Multi-service Platform System), one of the most powerful solutions for the Sanbot robot. In addition to the strategic team-ups with IBM Watson, Nuance, Sony, Sharp, and more, Qihan Technology is pursing more teams-up with international giants for online shopping, quick payments, and more.

Technology is changing the game. “Companies are iterating not in years but in days,” Mr. Matthew Groom, Kroger Technology's general manager told the media, “We’re in a digital arms race. We’re a 133-year-old grocery chain that’s competing with companies that didn’t exist a year ago. It’s an energetic, frenzied approach to how to make our lives better and get cool stuff working." AI technology, especially the carrier intelligent robot, will play a bigger role, and contribute more to the retail industry with machine learning, computer visual, voice recognition, and natural language processing.