Sanbot open API enables developers to create various robotic solutions

The artificial intelligence robotics is booming, with more and more companies vying for market share. For the most part, though, these companies have all been from US or Europe. But things are always changing: now a Chinese manufacturer has come up with a robotic product that claims to offer open API, allowing developers to customize it.

Asmag: Could you briefly introduce your product? 

QIHAN Technology: Sanbot, powered by QIHAN Technology Co. Ltd.,is an intelligent Cloud-brained humanoid robot, one three-in-one ecosystem, which consist of Sanbot robot, Qihan Cloud service platform and Q-link mobile App. Sanbot is equipped with different types of sensitive sensors and reliable hardware such as 3D HD camera, 1080p display screen and 720p laser HD projector, etc.Integrating IBM Watson AI system, the robot is capable of human detection, facial recognition, automatic recharging, obstacle avoidance, voice recognition, localization and free interactionwith near 30 languages.

One of its most advantages is that Sanbot offers open API, which allows developers to customize and program various applications in retail, hospitality, security, healthcare and education industry. Till now, Sanbot robots have been successfully used at the scenarios like China Customs, Shenzhen and Guangzhou International Airport, Audi Launch event, with praises andpositive feedbacks from user.

What makes your product special? Why?

1.Powerful team: We now have more 800 working staff including over350 senior engineers with numerous-year research experience.They have published near 1000 hi-level theses and gained around 100 domestic and international patents.

2.Reliable hardware and software: Sanbot humanoid service robots adopt world-class hardware and software from Harman/Kardon, Foxconn, Panasonic, Sony, IBM Watson Baidu and iFlytek, etc.

3.Open-API: We offer openAPI and SDK for developers and integrators, which means that Sanbot can be programmed and customized according to the scenarios where they’d like the robot to work.

4.Mass-production capacity and competitive price: With full automatic production lines, Qihan manufacturing Center has the production capacity of 1,500 sets per day. We offer quitecompetitive prices for our partners including AI carrier distributors, robotic solution developers and integrators and we are now recruiting more partners like these. But we can’t say a definite price as their application areas, order quantities and customized requests.

5.Applications cases: Sanbot service robots have been approved and used in Gongbei Customs for customs inspection and Tax all. The advanced AI robots offer customized services in Guangzhou-Baiyun international airport and Shenzhen-Baoan International airport. Now Sanbot customized retail service robot support cashier assistance, membership processing, electronic coupons dispensing and write-offs, etc.

What are the factors that you expect will drive demand for your product? Why?

Each partner or user wants their purchasing product to be functional,reliable and with cost performance ratio. Sanbot open API robot meets all these requests. With open API, Sanbot can bring massive commercial value for all the agents, robot solution developers and integrators.

The design of the robot appears rather conventional, although one has to say the company could have worked on the face a bit more. As far as systems integrators are concerned, QIHAN Technology pointed out that the openness and IoT characteristics should assist them when integrating with other devices.

Sanbot's “AI + Innovative Chain Solution" energizes businesses

Background: QIHAN Sanbot Robotics was invited to the world’s largest-scale chain industry summit – China Chain Day 2017. China Chain Day is the most influent and biggest chain industry summit in the world and dedicated to creating global new type chain industry ecosystem. Through shared cases, communication, connective sources at the scene, the event drives China’s chain businesses go to the whole world.


Consumption updating: AI pushing China’s chain to the whole world


"Internet, digitalization, IT, platform, accessible diversity, extension of the border, business model" are the prescriptions to consumption upgrading from the titans in chain businesses. And for "how to reduce labor costs and increase foot traffics", “how to offer a better training for staff, job recruitment, interesting interaction, social contact" and other, artificial intelligence is the hot topic.


The costs are similarly equal for online E-commerce and physical stores. Channel-oriented is out of date and the stores are conducting transformation and consumption upgrading, to become customers’ experience area. Thus, AI is the blue ocean of next consumption upgrading. In recent years, intelligent service robotics, AI voice recognition, facial recognition and similar high technologies are subverting the channels of retail industry.


In AI area, voice and visual recognition take up the highest ratio and each of them is 60% and 12.5% of artificial intelligent market. As predicted, the total amount of Chinese AI market will reach RMB9.1 billion from RMB1.2 billion in 2015.


Under the background of enough material for youngsters born in 90’s and 00’s generation, retail industry will encounter another evolution by vital of high technologies in the future 10 years – retail will not only mean buying and selling, but include the shopping experience and other feelings, both for E-commerce and physical stores.


Sanbot’s “AI + Innovative Chain Solution” energizing businesses


With the “New Retail” rising, various models of artificial intelligence are happening. And in future, with the integration of online and offline and better experience, customers’ staying on online platform is the key to justice their competitiveness.


In the past few years, QIHAN Technology has been deploying AI application platform and created one whole solution system for businesses based on the innovation of intelligent hardware. And its first commercial robot Sanbot S1 debut to the markets in 2016. Presently, QIHAN Technology’s R & D on robotic voice recognition system is just one part.


Sanbot Cloud-brained humanoid robot intelligent promotional management platform is of capacity to combining online and offline, realizing all-channel operations and customers’ images. For example, the intelligent robot’s facial recognition helps with membership recognition and call members’ data for accurate promotion, cutting off the membership costs and improving businesses sales value effectively. The humanoid service robot can offer guidance service, interaction experience, ensuring customers to receive better services both online and offline.




In the near future, Sanbot will bring more innovative solution for consumption upgrading of retail chain businesses and various industries by vital of AI technologies.