2023開年，全球權(quán)威行業(yè)研究機(jī)構(gòu)Interact Analysis發(fā)布名為《AMR多車調(diào)度軟件：新興市場(chǎng)每年增長(zhǎng)138%》的文章。英國資深研究經(jīng)理Rueben Scriven通過對(duì)物流自動(dòng)化新技術(shù)趨勢(shì)——多車調(diào)度軟件市場(chǎng)發(fā)展的調(diào)研，為大家分析了該技術(shù)的市場(chǎng)發(fā)展現(xiàn)狀與前景。

多機(jī)器人調(diào)度市場(chǎng)增長(zhǎng)趨勢(shì)不容小覷，年增長(zhǎng)率可達(dá)138%

The need for multi-fleet orchestration is growing in popularity with more and more vendors looking to enter this space. However, how many multi-fleet AMR deployments have there actually been and how big will this market eventually grow?

Growing at a forecast CAGR of 138% between 2021 and 2027, the development of multi-fleet orchestration platforms (sometimes referred to as third-party fleet management solutions) has largely mirrored the developments of the WCS (Warehouse Control Software) segment.

——Interact Analysis

多機(jī)器人調(diào)度的需求增長(zhǎng)愈發(fā)受到關(guān)注，越來越多的供應(yīng)商期望進(jìn)入這個(gè)領(lǐng)域。然而，究竟有多少AMR混合車隊(duì)在實(shí)際中應(yīng)用？這個(gè)市場(chǎng)最終會(huì)發(fā)展成多大規(guī)模？Interact Analysis預(yù)測(cè)：2021年至2027年間，多機(jī)器人調(diào)度平臺(tái)的年復(fù)合增長(zhǎng)率（CAGR）為138%，其發(fā)展趨勢(shì)很大程度上與WCS（倉庫控制軟件）相似。

多機(jī)協(xié)同打破自動(dòng)化孤島  升級(jí)流程挽救效率

In the early days of fixed automation, we saw a large number of ‘islands of automation’ where a particular workflow or task was automated.

Problems arose when warehouses started to use multiple types of fixed automation together. This led to the WMS having to communicate tasks to multiple sub-systems, resulting in inefficiencies as the sub-systems weren’t communicating with one another.

Similarly, we’re now reaching a point where multiple types of mobile robot systems are being used for different workflows. In many cases, manufacturers will develop AMRs for specific workflows. Orchestrating multiple fleets of AMRs from different manufacturers requires a third-party fleet management solution (FMS), sometimes referred to as a multi-fleet orchestration platform. 

——Interact Analysis

很多物流倉早期的固定自動(dòng)化系統(tǒng)里，存在大量的“自動(dòng)化孤島”，即某一部分工作流程或任務(wù)會(huì)率先實(shí)現(xiàn)自動(dòng)化，但這些個(gè)系統(tǒng)的功能卻是獨(dú)立的，也無法與其他系統(tǒng)相集成。

物流倉升級(jí)發(fā)展的過程中，隨著越來越多不同類型的固定自動(dòng)化系統(tǒng)的加入，問題也隨之而來：當(dāng)系統(tǒng)要派發(fā)某個(gè)任務(wù)時(shí)，由于各個(gè)自動(dòng)化子系統(tǒng)彼此之間無法通訊，WMS不得不與每個(gè)子系統(tǒng)分別對(duì)接，導(dǎo)致了溝通效率低下。

目前我們正處于需要不同移動(dòng)機(jī)器系統(tǒng)來應(yīng)對(duì)不同工作流程的階段。多數(shù)情況下，制造商會(huì)生產(chǎn)不同類型的AMR來滿足特定的作業(yè)流程。調(diào)度來自不同制造商的多種機(jī)器人需要一個(gè)第三方機(jī)器人車隊(duì)管理系統(tǒng)（FMS）的介入。當(dāng)然，客戶可以將不同供應(yīng)商的AMR直接集成到倉庫系統(tǒng)中，形成一個(gè)個(gè)獨(dú)立的自動(dòng)化“街區(qū)”，但是機(jī)器人之間不能直接通信，這必然會(huì)導(dǎo)致效率損失和其他問題。多機(jī)調(diào)度軟件發(fā)展的意義在于使多種類型的移動(dòng)機(jī)器人系統(tǒng)應(yīng)用于不同的工作流程，多車調(diào)度平臺(tái)從中協(xié)調(diào)通信，從而提升整體工作效率。

多機(jī)調(diào)度殊途同歸  壹悟科技嶄露頭角

There are two main approaches to multi-fleet orchestration. The most common today is to directly interface with the mobile robots (referred to as ‘Low-Level Control’), allowing the third-party fleet management system to ‘take control’ of the bots. The second approach, which is less common today but growing in popularity, is to have a third-party fleet management system feed tasks to the proprietary fleet management systems of each robot manufacturer (referred to as ‘High Level Control’). In other words, a fleet manager controlling a fleet manager.

Companies like Waku Robotics, CoEvolution, and InOrbit are able to provide both high-level and low-level control.——Interact Analysis

據(jù)IA調(diào)研，主要有兩種實(shí)現(xiàn)多機(jī)調(diào)度的方式。

一種是現(xiàn)在最常見的，直接對(duì)接移動(dòng)機(jī)器人（即下層控制），下層控制允許車隊(duì)管理系統(tǒng)直接“控制”機(jī)器人。

另一種是目前比較少有但逐漸開始流行，即一個(gè)第三方車隊(duì)管理系統(tǒng)將任務(wù)發(fā)給每一個(gè)制造商所屬的車隊(duì)管理系統(tǒng)（即上層控制）。

在行業(yè)內(nèi)，如壹悟科技這樣的公司，能同時(shí)為客戶提供以上兩種控制方案。

事實(shí)上，壹悟科技能通過集群調(diào)度技術(shù)，以軟件為核心與現(xiàn)有系統(tǒng)有機(jī)結(jié)合，真正做到異構(gòu)機(jī)器人的混場(chǎng)調(diào)度；根據(jù)客戶的實(shí)際需求場(chǎng)景配置機(jī)器人車隊(duì)，提供智能高效的最優(yōu)解決方案。

未來可期  行則將至What is for certain, however, is that we’ll see a growing number of multi-fleet deployments as the market shifts from point solutions to end-to-end mobile automation.

——Interact Analysis

可以確認(rèn)的是，當(dāng)市場(chǎng)從單點(diǎn)解決方案趨向端到端的整體解決方案發(fā)展的同時(shí)，我們將會(huì)看到更多多車調(diào)度的應(yīng)用落地。壹悟科技也將依靠技術(shù)的創(chuàng)新，在多機(jī)混合調(diào)度路上作出更多更廣的突破，面向市場(chǎng)散發(fā)光亮。

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