Gree Wins New Robot Patent as Its Coffee Robot Draws a Flood of Orders

At a Glance (China Coffee Network): [CNMO Technology News] Recently, a patent titled “Robot,” applied for by Zhuhai Gree Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. and Gree Electric Appliances, was granted. CNMO has learned that this utility model discloses a robot with a specific structure, whose core components include the machine body, a cable-routing pipe assembly, a support assembly, and protective parts. By placing the cable-routing pipe and support assemblies on the body and combining them with a retractable protective part, the design solves the technical problem that the signal cables and pneumatic lines of a robot’s end effector tend to tangle and interfere with each other during operation; it effectively ensures the lines return to their initial positions after the body moves, improving the stability of equipment operation.

[CNMO Technology News] Recently, a patent titled “Robot,” applied for by Zhuhai Gree Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. and Gree Electric Appliances, was granted. CNMO has learned that this utility model discloses a robot with a specific structure, whose core components include the machine body, a cable-routing pipe assembly, a support assembly, and protective parts. By placing the cable-routing pipe and support assemblies on the body and combining them with a retractable protective part, the design solves the technical problem that the signal cables and pneumatic lines of a robot’s end effector tend to tangle and interfere with each other during operation; it effectively ensures the lines return to their initial positions after the body moves, improving the stability of equipment operation.

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While technology R&D and patent filings continue to advance, Gree’s applied achievements in intelligent equipment have also drawn market attention. At the 4th China International Supply Chain Expo held on June 22, Gree exhibited a coffee robot that drew many attendees to stop and watch. On the product’s market performance, Gree CMO Zhu Lei said the coffee robot was originally designed as a technology-demonstration vehicle, with no preset goal of large-scale commercialization. However, the product received stronger-than-expected market feedback during the expo, has already received a large number of orders, and has attracted cooperation interest from a range of foreign businesses, including companies from Argentina.

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As a company that started out in home appliances, Gree has gradually built up technical reserves in industrial robots, automated production lines, intelligent warehousing, and other fields. The granting of this patent, together with the coffee robot’s performance at the expo, reflects Gree’s attempt to extend its industrial manufacturing technology into a broader range of commercial and service scenarios.