Chongqing Kibao Robot Incorporated Company

High Tech Sustainability

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Author

Haodong Cao

Haodong Cao

School

Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management

Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management

Professor

Chris Laszlo

Chris Laszlo

Global Goals

3. Good Health and Well-Being 7. Affordable and Clean Energy 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Summary

Chongqing Kibao Robot Incorporated Company is a company that was founded in 2001. It focuses on the development of Artificial Intelligence and Highly-effective environmental electricity generator. The AI aims to replace laborers in severe working environments and a generator provides energy for rural areas in developing countries.

Innovation

The innovation of the company is based on the great innovation of artificial intelligence and renewable electricity. The company aims to further develop these two technologies in terms of customizations, efficiencies, needs, materials, and environmental conditions. It holds a number of patents in China for all kinds of different innovations. For example, the company recently combined the AI and its own mini tiller to increase some agricultural efficiencies in Chongqing; As another example, it purposely developed electric generators that can withstand extremely low temperature for emergencies.

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Inspiration

The inspiration came from the personal experience of the president who founded the company. Mr. Liu traveled to Africa in 1999 and saw the poor and difficult conditions there. He personally visited native residents' home to learn about their living conditions. At the beginning, he only did the visit out of curiosity. However, the whole experience gave him sense of social responsibility and an expectation for business benefit. He personally thought if one can make large business profit while making contribution to the world, the accomplishment will be significant to a life. This is basically why the corporation was established.

A few years ago, because the development of artificial intelligence was making incredible progress, the president decided to enter into this field as well. Since he always wants to make profit while fulfilling social needs, he decided not to develop products which analyze data and manage risk factors. Instead, he led the engineers to design robots which can be remote controlled to do labor works.

Overall impact

The business provides facilities to generate electric power for over 20 developing countries in the world. It has sold its products to these countries over 8 years. The net impact is clear: a number of rural areas now have power sources which were previously unavailable. The other type of generators is installed in areas which are likely to undergo natural disasters or emergencies. The generators provide power in almost any severe natural conditions.

The artificial intelligent robots can replace high risk labors in many places. Right now they replaced some high risk labors in chemical factory in Chongqing and shift those forces into maintenance and control field. It is expected to be sold to a larger number of areas and maximize its benefit.

Business benefit

Overall, the business holds over 20 patents in China right now and is still dedicated for further development. It has a very well-set sales and post sales system. The company has both direct sales and distributors. Even though artificial intelligence is under development right now in many top tier companies such as Google, the company's focus on labor robot is a very wise choice due to the mass production and huge numbers of factories. In this way, they are able to own their market share while avoiding direct competition with other big corporations. Other products sales have remained stable over the past years, which provide the company with decent net income.

Social and environmental benefit

The very first environmental benefit the company has given the society is the renewable and relatively clean electric sources throughout the past years. Its customized designs and innovations of different electric generator have given all kinds of benefits to different communities with different conditions.

The recent robot development, on the other hand, directly reduce the risks of injuries, sickness and even death rate in heavy chemical industry. The most recently updated robot with power and wheels on its own can work on the farm for basic functions. Even though it is not put into sale at the moment, it is expected to increase the overall agricultural production in Chongqing for the next few years.

Interview

Wei Liu, President

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Business information

Chongqing Kibao Robot Incorporated Company

Chongqing Kibao Robot Incorporated Company

ChinaChongqing Shi, CN
Business Website: http://www.kibao.com.cn/
Year Founded: 2004
Number of Employees: 11 to 50
Kibao is a company which focuses on high-tech development. It develops a number of products that are related to software and electrical engineering. At the beginning of its business, it focuses on the customization and effficiencies of electricity generators. Recently, the company devoted more resouces into the development of AI for labor replacement. The company has sold its products to over 20 developing countries in the world and aims to expand its scale with the robot development.