From October 15 to 17, a hackathon event that brought together sparks of global wisdom was held passionately at the Sensor Intelligence Academy (SIA Campus) at SICK's German headquarters. Elite contestants from top universities around the world, with their infinite love for technology and desire to explore the unknown, overcame unfamiliarity and barriers and quickly gathered into a vibrant and creative hacker team. The competition was themed "Hack your IoT solution in the world of industrial automation". The contestants experienced 48 hours of teamwork and hard work, and jointly presented a wonderful innovation competition. In this globally-renowned hackathon, the Chinese region proudly sent three outstanding contestants, two of whom are from Tsinghua University and the other from Peking University. These three talented young talents, with their ingenious competition work - "AI navigation cap for the visually impaired", embarked on this journey of wisdom and innovation.
Recently, at its production base in Guangming, Shenzhen, Nidec Drives (CT) held a unique theme event - "Quality Witness, Trusted Choice" to celebrate its newly launched five-year warranty policy. This event is not only a factory open day, but also an important opportunity to demonstrate the company's confidence in product quality and service commitment. Strengthening trust and launching a five-year warranty policy During the event, senior leaders of Nidec Drives (CT) particularly emphasized the newly released five-year warranty policy. This policy is particularly prominent in the high-performance and high-power drive product series, and has become a major innovation in the industry. Providing a five-year warranty service reflects Nidec Drives (CT)'s high confidence in its product quality and its emphasis on customer commitment. This means that when customers choose Nidec Drives (CT) products, they not only choose high-quality technical solutions, but also receive comprehensive service guarantees.
Recently, the "2024 Belt and Road and BRICS Skill Development and Technology Innovation Competition" came to a successful conclusion. Meng Xiangkuo, a staff member, and Cai Yilei, a student, both won the first prize, with technical guidance from EFORT Robotics. This achievement not only marks the first major victory of the school-enterprise cooperation between our company and Shanghai Kechuang Vocational and Technical College, but also opens a new chapter for the deeper cooperation between the two parties in the future. Schools and enterprises join hands to create the future In response to the call of "educating people through competition", in May 2024, Efort Robotics signed a school-enterprise cooperation framework agreement with Shanghai Kechuang Vocational and Technical College, and officially launched the "Educating People through Competition, Educating Classes through Competition" cooperation project
In April 2024, NIO's supply chain development department, in collaboration with the manufacturing engineering, intelligent equipment operation, and procurement cost management and analysis teams, held a CostMining Workshop focusing on industrial robots and related products with Kuka. In-depth discussions were held on seven specific cost reduction and optimization topics, including flexible systems, mobile robots and warehouse automation, and industrial automation ground rails. In November, the two parties once again joined hands to carry out a supply chain benchmarking workshop, hoping to continue writing a wonderful chapter of cooperation. On November 28, the NIO team arrived at Kuka to update the implementation status and closed-loop management measures for the cost reduction opportunities formed by Cost Mining in April this year. On the basis of the robot and industrial guide rail business, we continue to explore all-round automation business cooperation such as pipeline packages, line integration, AMR, and stereoscopic warehouses.
