As AI spreads across the globe, a highly anticipated innovation event focused on material handling has made its grand debut.
From June 29 to 30, JEAKUE held its 8th 629 New Product, New Technology and New Model Innovation Launch Conference in Anji, Zhejiang, under the theme From Material Handling to Material Moving.
The event gathered distinguished guests and industry elites nationwide to experience JK’s full-scenario autonomous movement solutions and jointly map out a brand-new blueprint for autonomous logistics.
1. Grand Opening: Changes Driven by Qualitative Shifts
As an annual innovation landmark in the material handling, JK’s 629 event has evolved over eight years, with each edition marks a turning point for the industry.
The first 629 event launched mass-produced the electric pallet trucks, kicking off the era of lithium-powered industrial vehicles.
The second 629 event in 2020 introduced fuel-to-electric conversion solutions, triggering an industry-wide green transformation.
Throughout its journey, JK has taken the 629 conference as an anchor for innovation, consistently breaking industry conventions. This year’s conference arrives at a historic turning point for the entire sector.
We are witnessing an AI boom that is comprehensively reshaping commercial values and industrial structures. AI’s ultimate value lies not only in expanding knowledge in the information realm , but also in liberating human labor through in-depth integration of robotics into real industries. Sectors like loading/unloading, material handling and freight driving face acute labor shortages and urgent automation needs, making them prime areas for large-scale AI and robotics development. The material handling industry is poised for comprehensive restructuring within the next five years.
This 629 is far more than a new product launch. It serves as a profound exchange of industrial insights and a concentrated exploration of full-scenario intelligence for material handling and transport, officially unveiling five major transformations:
From Equipment to Scenarios
From Handling to Moving
From Carriers to Goods
From Intra-Logistics to Inter-Logistics
From Human-Dominated to AI-Dominated Intelligence
These five progressive, interconnected transformations outline a vision for the industry in the age of digital intelligent mobility.
From Equipment to Scenarios underpins all these changes. After a century of development, standalone material handling equipment has entered an unmanned era, with scenarios now replacing individual machines as the core driver of industrial growth. The four core links of loading/unloading, transport, warehousing and picking take center stage, pushing the industry away from single machines toward delivering end‑to‑end, full‑scenario digital intelligent movement solutions. Building on this, the industry continuously expands its boundaries: shifting focus from transport carriers to the goods themselves, extending operations from factory premises to full cross‑domain logistics, and ultimately moving from human‑dominated workflows to AI-dominated operations.
Beyond the grand industrial narrative, JK’s X-Mover delivered a stunning technological highlight at the opening ceremony: a fusion performance of the classic Chinese folk opera Butterfly Lovers with cutting-edge modern technology, intuitively demonstrating its ability to turn demonstrative tech into industrially viable tools.
Under the spotlights, handling robots and embodied intelligent robots danced gracefully, with mechanical arms rising and falling in perfect sync with the music. Tech light effects intertwined with performers’ flowing silk sleeves, creating a vivid portrayal of a thousand-year cultural masterpiece. The audience fell silent, then burst into thunderous applause.
This precise stage performance reflects a reliable industrial deployment. By translating “demonstration capability” into “practical industrial usability,” JK showcased the precise motion and flexible operation of its robotics lineup, opening up new possibilities for intelligent industrial logistics.
2. Immersive Exhibition: Full-Scenario Dynamic Displays Bring Autonomous Movement Solutions to Life
The 629 conference is an immersive exhibition, which recreates real frontline workflows. Dynamic demonstrations follow the complete logistics chain: loading/unloading, transport, warehousing, picking. Each of the four segments presents sub-scenarios and tailored solutions, with specific products for every operational need.
Guests stopped to observe, share ideas and experience equipment firsthand. As they walked through the zones, they clearly saw how digital intelligent logistics worked and grew more confident about digitally transforming their operations through hands‑on interaction.
What you see is what you get, and what you experience was ready for immediate deployment. This bold format showed JK’s ability to deliver: every solution on display was not a concept, but a mature, ready‑to‑use system.
（1）Embodied-AI Loading & Unloading: Eliminating Logistics Disconnects Between Intra-Logistics and Inter-Logistics Operations
Loading and unloading are critical links in any logistics workflow, yet they often become the biggest bottleneck for end‑to‑end unmanned operations. Traditional solutions depend heavily on standardized bays and fixed environments. When vehicles park at an angle or cargo comes in irregular shapes, constant human intervention is still required.
At the 629 event, JK showcased a range of embodied loading/unloading robots that tackle these pain points head‑on:
2-ton embodied-AI loading/unloading robot for sliding-top trucks: Adapts to random parking positions, intelligently identifies cargo types and dynamically optimizes movement paths to complete unloading efficiently. Handling robots seamlessly take over goods for transfer to warehouse zones, enabling streamlined end-to-end workflows.
Each loading and unloading cycle takes only 60 seconds, with cargo clearance controlled within 2 cm. Compatible with multiple carrier types, this embodied-AI robot delivers superior efficiency!
1.5-ton embodied-AI loading/unloading robot for rail boxcars: Its compact body navigates narrow wagon compartments with ease. It accurately identifies and stably lifts goods in dim, confined spaces for safe operation, ensuring efficient boxcar loading and unloading.
2-ton side-shift container loading/unloading robot: Eliminates the need for vehicle repositioning to achieve precise alignment, drastically boosting container loading and unloading efficiency.
Self-loading unmanned logistics vehicle solution: Centered on the VLM801 logistics transfer vehicle and XLM101 autonomous stacker, it delivers one-stop loading, unloading and transfer capabilities to fully connect intra-logistics and inter-logistics.
Powered by the Embodied-AI Brain technical architecture, JK’s embodied-AI loading/unloading series evolved from environment-dependent passive execution to autonomous cognitive operation. Through deep integration of multi‑modal perception and independent decision‑making, the equipment proactively completes tasks rather than merely following commands.
Covering payloads from 1 ton to 3.5 tons and applicable to sliding‑top trucks, shipping containers, logistics parks, and port terminals, EP’s embodied loading/unloading robots deliver tailored performance across diverse scenarios. Loading and unloading are no longer logistical bottlenecks; fully unmanned end‑to‑end workflows are now achievable.
（2）Autonomous Transport: From Material Handling to Material Moving
Transport links every production and warehousing step. At the JK 629 exhibition, JK displayed a full range of transfer solutions, offering a complete view of autonomous movement.
Horizontal Transport: Entry‑level AGVs require no supporting systems and operated with minimal training. They enabled easy point‑to‑point and cross‑floor automatic transport.
Narrow-Aisle Transport: The 1‑ton latent forklift robot moves omnidirectionally and extended its forks, significantly cutting required aisle width.
Embodied-AI Transport: AI-powered transport robots operate without site renovation, requiring only four designated inventory zones. They autonomously locate goods at pickup points and found storage slots at destinations, shifting from following orders to making decisions independently.
Customized Transport Solutions: JK builds bespoke systems for specialized industries, including a live airport cargo transfer demonstration.
E-commerce warehouse & autonomous logistics is a miniature high-efficiency logistics hub is brought to life on-site.
The 2-ton autonomous high-speed pallet truck XPL201 for logistics runs at nearly 3 m/s, enabling long-distance high-volume continuous transport.
The 0.6-ton ultra-thin latent AMR XCD061 slid under cargo cages effortlessly to lift fully loaded units and maneuver through narrow aisles.
The 2-ton autonomous dual-lift pallet truck XSL201i transports two pallets simultaneously, accelerating loading, unloading and transfer cycles.
The 1-ton autonomous omnidirectional pallet truck rotates 360 degrees in place, maneuvering freely in confined spaces to deliver true all-directional mobility.
Coordinated operation of these diverse robots demonstrates a fully functional intelligent DC workflow covering unloading, warehousing and multi-directional transport.
Airport unmanned logistics exhibition zone showcased intelligent cargo cage transfer and empty cage recycling, addressing core aviation logistics pain points: low manual transfer efficiency, isolated data systems and difficulties with cross-area indoor-outdoor operations. The XPL201P high-speed logistics autonomous pallet truck operates without fixed storage slots, supports long-distance reverse docking with loading platforms, runs at 10 km/h with 99.99% operational accuracy, and works 24/7 non-stop. Real-time full-chain data synchronization drastically accelerates air cargo turnover.
At the indoor towing exhibition zone, the 0.6-ton indoor towing robot XTD061 pulls multiple material trolleys smoothly in loops, demonstrating high-frequency transfer performance. Designed for production line material replenishment and warehouse relocation, it features a tight turning radius for flexible navigation through narrow aisles.
At outdoor demo zone, unmanned baggage tractors replicated closed-loop apron operations. They offered a maximum towing capacity of 3 tons, ultra-long battery life, centimeter-level navigation accuracy and 360° obstacle avoidance perception, suited for complex apron and cargo terminal environments.
From entry-level point-to-point transport to heavy-duty long-distance high-speed transport, narrow-aisle flexible navigation and full 360° omnidirectional maneuverability, a complete multi-scenario, multi-tier digital intelligent transfer ecosystem was unveiled at this year’s 629 event. Material handling has evolved far beyond simple physical relocation, digital intelligent transfer reshapes logistics arteries around scenario-based demands, laying a robust capacity foundation for the industry’s transition to full cross-domain digital intelligent mobility.
（3）Warehouse@Anywhere: Stack Anything, Store Everywhere
Warehousing delivers the most tangible value of digital intelligence. Centered on the core proposition “Stack Anything, Store Everywhere”, EP’s W@W Warehouse@Anywhere showcases three distinct digital warehousing solutions at the 629 event, each engineered for a unique storage format with dedicated intelligent systems.
1.Standard Racking Zones: Vertical Expansion
In standard racking zones, the 1.6-ton autonomous indoor reach truck seamlessly transported goods from loading/unloading areas, lifting loads steadily for precise rack placement.
The 3-ton autonomous omnidirectional stacker XQO301 navigates narrow spaces with full omnidirectional movement. Its extendable mast reaches 1.165 meters deep into racking, offering a new automation option for heavy-duty high-density storage.
The 1.2-ton autonomous indoor reach truck is designed for medium-level and high-level racking. Featuring a compact body suitable for narrow aisles and compatible with various carriers including pallets and material cages, it can also connect with automated high-bay warehouses to realize full-process automation. It serves as a mature mass-production solution for intelligent upgrading of standard warehouses.
2.Narrow-Aisle High-Level Racking: Optimizes Space Efficiency
The ultra-narrow high-level autonomous rack warehouse exhibition area vividly demonstrates the optimal space efficiency solution. The 1.0–1.5 ton double-reach narrow-aisle stacking robot requires a minimum cargo aisle width of only 1.74 meters and offers a maximum lifting height of 13 meters, saving approximately 40% of warehouse floor space compared with conventional aisles.
The 1-ton single-side fork narrow-aisle stacker XCS101U conducts side fork picking without turning, requiring just 1.85m aisle width. Compatible with block pallets, wire cages and irregular carriers, it delivers multi-scenario versatility.
The 1.5-ton autonomous thin-back stacker XS1152 specializes in narrow-aisle multi-level racking, with a straight travel width of merely 1.4 meters, and seamlessly connects with robotic arms and conveyor systems.
Rows of robots maneuver nimbly through narrow-aisle rack aisles, expanding storage vertically rather than horizontally. Warehousing is no longer limited to flat space, it grows upward in three dimensions.
3.Autonomous No-Aisle Storage: Stack Everywhere
Autonomous no-aisle storage redefines warehousing philosophy: no fixed racks, no operational boundaries, and is compatible with all load carriers for stacked storage.
A 720 sq.m. floor area can accommodate 960 storage locations, cutting around 50% of usage space compared with traditional 3-tier rack warehouses and reducing costs by roughly 41% over five years. This is not merely an improvement to warehousing, but a complete revolution in storage logistics!
Also on display was a four‑way shuttle no‑aisle rack system, which used four‑directional movement to make the most of every square meter within the rack grids.
4.DASP Order Picking System: Integrated Production & Storage for Small Part Sorting
To address industry pain points for small‑material logistics — disjointed production‑storage links and low turnover — JK launched its integrated digital small-part storage solution at the event. It seamlessly connected production lines and smart warehousing systems with synchronized data.
During live demonstrations, transfer robots moved full pallets to docking stations; the XORD1‑25 and XORD1‑05 picking robots automatically destacked and fed materials to assembly lines. Finished goods then moved to the flying warehouse inbound port, where flying‑box robots weighed, sorted, and placed them accurately in one flow.
From destacking and feeding to automated storage，every link worked smoothly. This was not a conceptual blueprint, but a replicable, mature production‑storage solution that redefined turnover efficiency and space value for small materials through a unified storage‑sorting‑distribution model.
（4）Embodied-AI Humanoid Picking Robots: Taking Over Unfavorable Manual Labor
JK premiered three human robotic arm models, each demonstrating independently for real industrial tasks, attracting large crowds. They tackled common picking challenges like strenuous low‑height grabbing, high‑risk elevated work, limited reach, and poor scenario adaptability, ushering in a new era of embodied intelligence for industrial picking.
UHX01: All‑Round Station Assistant with Integrated Body and Arm
As a flagship product in integrated body‑arm intelligence, UHX01 acts as a versatile “smart assistant” for production stations, handling repetitive tasks like material picking, station delivery, and auxiliary gripping.
On‑site demonstrations showed UHX01 moving agilely through tight workspaces. It grabbed materials from docking stations to feed lines and precisely picked components from side frames, enabling seamless human‑machine collaboration.
Its stable triangular chassis and variable center‑of‑gravity technology prevent balance issues, ensuring smooth movement and gripping. Adjustable body height adapts to workstations of varying elevations, and its 580 mm width allowed navigation through narrow gaps.
Deeply aligned with flexible production needs, UHX01 replaces repetitive manual handling, freeing workers for higher‑value tasks.
XORD1‑25 & XORD1‑05: Breaking Boundaries for Heavy-Duty Picking
The XORD1‑25 & XORD1‑05 heavy-duty picking robot free from traditional telescopic arm constraints, deeply integrating vehicle chassis and robotic arms for unrestricted multi‑angle movement, including bending and forward extension. It specializes in heavy‑load, long‑span picking tasks that humans find difficult or undesirable.
In the live demo with the flying warehouse, XORD1‑25 & XORD1‑05 bent and lifted flexibly, covering all pallet operations within a 2.5‑meter working height. Using embodied gripping, it recognizes materials in real time and calculates optimal paths, completing each pick in under 10 seconds. With ±20 mm navigation accuracy and multi‑sensor obstacle avoidance, one unit handles sorting, destacking, and racking.
The product line includes:
- Light picking model – for assembly line sorting, multi‑station circular picking, and flying warehouse coordination.
- Heavy‑duty box model – for pallet destacking and full‑box racking, gripping boxes up to 40 kg to eliminate strenuous manual lifting.
- Customized variants are available for niche applications like tire assembly.
XORD2‑8500: High-Altitude Operation Specialist for Risk Reduction & Efficiency Boost
The XORD2‑8500 is engineered exclusively for high‑risk elevated work, replacing human workers to resolve safety and efficiency issues in overhead operations.
With a maximum working height of 10 meters, it performed precise high‑level rack picking in the overhead storage zone, outperforming humans in confined‑space alignment and retrieval.
It features dual modes: fully autonomous daily picking, and one‑click ground remote control for complex tasks like unpacking and maintenance, eliminating fall hazards. Its embodied gripping model handles new materials without pre‑training, and requires minimal site modeling for rapid deployment.
Beyond picking, it supports overhead inventory counting and equipment maintenance, delivering full intelligent replacement for hazardous elevated labor.
The embodied human picking lineup can operate independently or in coordinated tandem. Paired with JK’s full portfolio of handling equipment, they form a closed-loop unmanned workflow covering transport, warehousing, picking and loading/unloading, offering replicable embodied intelligence upgrade pathways for manufacturing, warehousing and other sectors.
3. Digital Intelligent Empowerment: From Independent Operation to AI-Dominated Autonomy
As material moving technology advanced and robots evolved from single-unit autonomy to full-scenario operation, outdated human-reliant models for development, sales and after-sales services created industrial bottlenecks. AI-led intelligent operation is the definitive solution to break through these limitations.
Traditional sales consulting relies on senior specialists, resulting in low efficiency and inconsistent standards. Attendees tested EP’s AI sales solution expert, which integrates project experience and product databases. By inputting client requirements, the system automatically fills in critical conditions, generates standardized deployable solutions, and drafts technical agreements. This lowers technical barriers for partners and helps them expand business efficiently.
JK’s AI remote implementation tool digitalized site surveys, solution design, and deployment debugging. It bridges pre‑sales and on‑site implementation, boosting delivery efficiency and solution precision to ensure on‑time project handover and reduce costs for channel partners.
Persistent after‑sales issues hindered service upgrades. JK’s new intelligent after‑sales platform with AI modules offered a closed‑loop workflow covering fault reporting, dispatching, spare parts, maintenance, supervision, and analysis. It works with all equipment and serves four user groups. With a nationwide service network and multi‑tier warehouses, it reaches remote areas. AI features like dialect voice recognition and image‑based fault diagnosis lower maintenance barriers, while full work order traceability ensures transparent service quality.
4. United Collaboration: Strategic Signings Build an Industrial Ecosystem, Multi-Faceted Launches Drive Industrial Transformation
The on-site demonstration of full-scenario autonomous movement solutions serves as a tangible microcosm of the digital intelligent mobility era. Meanwhile, the series of strategic cooperation signings, new product launches and cutting-edge technology releases centralized on June 30 have laid a solid ecological foundation and robust technical underpinnings for this transformative shift across the industry.
（1）Strategic Signing 1: Joining Hands with Southwest Jiaotong University to Scale Higher-Level Technology in Unmanned Logistics
At the June 30 event, JEAKUE officially signed a five-year comprehensive strategic cooperation framework agreement with Southwest Jiaotong University, alongside the simultaneous launch of the first batch of nine R&D projects, opening a brand-new chapter of powerful university-enterprise collaboration to explore the unmanned logistics sector.
The two parties have established a three-tier closed-loop cooperation system featuring “research foundation building, integrated innovation and commercial implementation”:
- Co-establish an Unmanned Logistics Technology Research Institute to jointly tackle core bottleneck technologies.
- Innovate talent training mechanisms to cultivate versatile outstanding engineers proficient in technology, industry and market operations.
- Accelerate the commercialization and industrial application of research achievements to form a sustainable virtuous cycle of “scientific innovation – production – market profitability – reinvestment in research”.
Both sides will jointly built a national demonstration model for in-depth integration of industry, academia and research. Sustained university-enterprise collaboration will continuously inject new technological momentum into the industry and accelerate the comprehensive digital intelligent mobility transformation of the material handling sector.
（2）Strategic Signing 2: Partnering with DongFeng Automobile Co.LT. to Break Barriers Between Indoor and Outdoor Operations and Build a Full-Scenario Unmanned Closed-Loop
JEAKUE and DongFeng Automobile Co., Ltd. formally inked a strategic cooperation agreement at the exhibition summit. In thorough response to the national strategic initiative of “Al+ Transportation”, the collaboration leveraged the vehicle-grade transport capacity and nationwide service network of Dongfeng’s Open VAN unmanned logistics vehicle platform, combined with JEAKUE’s mature full-scenario digital intelligent mobility solutions for indoor loading/unloading, transfer, warehousing and order picking. Together, the two parties will build a fully unmanned closed-loop covering the entire chain: warehousing, picking, transporting, loading/unloading and road transportation.
A dedicated joint technical R&D team will be set up to roll out customized solutions first for high-frequency scenarios including express end distribution, e-commerce warehousing and automobile manufacturing, with gradual expansion into cold chain logistics, industrial parks and cross-border warehousing, replicable full-scenario unmanned logistics models will be refined and promoted.
This partnership marks JEAKUE’s core strategic layout to realize industrial transformation From Intra-Logistics to Inter-Logistics. Deep integration between indoor intelligent equipment and outdoor unmanned transport evolves logistics operations from isolated single-point intelligence to integrated full-process automation, delivering critical support for large-scale adoption of full-domain autonomous movement solutions.
（3）Strategic Signing 3: Cooperating with Multiple Airport Enterprises to Advance Autonomous Airport Development and Usher in Digital Intelligence for Aviation Logistics
JEAKUE signed strategic cooperation agreements with two airport logistics enterprises.
