SF Express courier Ding Guoshu pressed the unloading button, and the X3 basket unmanned vehicle immediately opened automatically, unloading the baskets from the vehicle. This scene took place at SF Innovation Center in Hangzhou on August 14th. In Hangzhou, SF has deployed 192 X3 basket unmanned vehicles across Gongshu, Yuhang, Xiaoshan, Binjiang districts, as well as Linping E-commerce Industrial Park, Future Technology City, and Qiantang Commercial District.

Xia Yipeng, Operations Deputy Director of Zhejiang SF Express Co., Ltd., revealed that before the basket unmanned vehicles were implemented, couriers needed an average of 20-30 minutes per vehicle for unloading. Now, the unloading and sorting processes are eliminated. According to Xia's calculations, after implementing the basket unmanned vehicles, transportation costs from distribution centers to service points decreased by 40%, and couriers' average working time per shift was reduced by 25 minutes.

Besides the X3 basket unmanned vehicles, the Fengyi Ark 40 drone in SF Innovation Center's exhibition hall is particularly eye-catching. SF has opened two drone delivery routes in Hangzhou: from Dream Town to West Technology Park and from Jiubao to Qianjiang Century City. Flying 12 to 15 sorties daily, these drones handle SF's same-city half-day delivery service. Han Bo, General Manager of Fengyi Ark Zhejiang, stated that the drones carry a 10-kilogram payload and reduce single-trip transportation time from 30 minutes by land transport to 12 minutes.

The X3 basket unmanned vehicles and Fengyi Ark 40 drones represent just a glimpse of how SF Innovation Center supports the development of Hangzhou's smart logistics and related industries. SF Innovation Center opened in October 2020 and is S.F.Holding Co.,Ltd.'s only technology industrial park, comprising six industrial office clusters and nearly 50,000 square meters of supporting facilities.

To date, over 130 companies have settled in the park with more than 4,000 employees, initially forming an industrial cluster centered on smart logistics, artificial intelligence, and intelligent manufacturing. Smart logistics is one of the core industries at SF Innovation Center, accounting for 50% of the park's industrial concentration.

Wu Liwei, Investment Promotion and Operations Manager of SF Innovation Center, emphasized that the park places particular importance on the quality of introduced enterprises and industrial ecosystem. Besides SF-affiliated companies, introduced enterprises include green energy industrial clusters represented by Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc., Zhonghao New Energy, and Haochong Technology, as well as artificial intelligence industrial clusters represented by Ouroboros Technology, Taixi Intelligence, Zhongao Technology, and Zhengze Data.

Kazhuo Li, ranking first nationally and fourth globally in the automotive tailgate industry, is also a tenant at SF Innovation Center.

Wu Liwei noted that SF Innovation Center provides support to tenant companies in terms of funding, application scenarios, and technical talent. The incubator established by SF Innovation Center has nurtured 68 companies cumulatively, with 11 obtaining external financing. Investors include the technology innovation fund jointly established by SF Innovation Center and Zhejiang University's Jiuzhi.

Ouroboros Technology, a tech company specializing in IoT circular logistics solutions, has developed logistics boxes that can monitor collisions, temperature, and humidity in real-time during transportation, with recyclable box bodies. In April 2023, SF Innovation Center invested 5 million yuan in the company while opening its Guizhou Moutai business scenario and helping Ouroboros Technology upgrade its products.

Taixi Intelligence settled in SF Innovation Center in 2020, developing exoskeleton robots primarily for biomedicine, life health, and emergency response fields. SF opened its Xiaoshan Gualv warehouse transfer station to Taixi Intelligence, where couriers wore their products and provided feedback data to help achieve product upgrades. After testing, using Taixi Intelligence's exoskeleton robots for handling medium and large packages not only reduced workers' lumbar muscle strain but also improved work efficiency by 50%.

Wu Liwei stated that SF Innovation Center will continue enhancing operational service capabilities to increase enterprise and park synergy, while SF will open more application scenarios to park tenant companies.