Delivery Robot Successfully Integrated With Japan Elevator

Shenzhen, China-based Pudu Robotics successfully conducted a project to test the cloud integration between its delivery robot “FlashBot” and elevators in collaboration with Nippon Otis Elevator Co. This is the first time PUDU has successfully integrated a robot and elevator in Japan. FlashBot is a delivery robot developed by PUDU for digital management and service improvement in hotels and offices, made available globally in 2021. PUDU has conducted multiple tests of cloud integration between robots and elevators, utilizing Otis Integrated Dispatch™ technology. By analyzing the differences in protocols for different elevators and making adjustments to accommodate different environments, FlashBot is now able to automatically use elevators to move around floors in a building and make deliveries without human interaction. Also, FlashBot improves robot management and the employee and customer experience in hotels and offices with flexible obstacle avoidance functionality and intelligence-driven, attentive service. Otis Integrated Dispatch technology is an API (Application Programming Interface) designed to integrate with most autonomous service robots. This API approach enables the robots to interface seamlessly with the elevators via the cloud or a local connection, and is more flexible and scalable than traditional hard-wired integrations. The Otis Integrated Dispatch system works at the elevator group or bank level, allowing more flexibility to add robots, including different robot models from various providers, and increasing efficiency by having multiple elevators available for the robot to use.