The 14th International Logistics Industry Exhibition (ICPI WEEK 2024) ran April 23–26 at KINTEX, spanning logistics IT, warehouse automation, cold-chain solutions, and transport equipment across 4,500 booths from 1,400 exhibitors. Below are the standout technologies.
1. Notable Exhibitors
1) EXOTEC : Skypod® ASRS
Exotec's Skypod is an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) combining robotics flexibility with high throughput. Robots travel at 4 m/s, carry up to 30 kg per trip, and autonomously ascend/descend racking to retrieve bins and deliver them to pick stations.
2) Clobot — CROMOS Fleet Management
CROMOS is a cloud-based robot management platform that unifies multi-brand, multi-OS hardware under a single interface. Its proprietary traffic-control engine assigns inter-robot priority when multiple units share the same path.
3) Wonil Robotics — Allegro Hand + AMR
Wonil showcased a mobile manipulator pairing the Allegro Hand (fingertip tactile sensors for object recognition and classification via AI vision) with an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), managed through a networked fleet-control solution enabling real-time multi-unit monitoring.
4) CJ Logistics & Coupang — Logistics Innovation
CJ Logistics demonstrated an AI-based orthogonal depalletizer, a Mini Assorting System (MAAS) for automated item sorting, and a digital-twin platform for real-time fulfillment-center optimization. Coupang announced its commitment to nationwide same-day free delivery of groceries and essentials to all 50 million residents through continued infrastructure investment.
2. Chinese Logistics Robotics — A Growing Force
Chinese logistics robot makers — Geek+, Hai Robotics, Mushiny, VisionNav Robotics, and Shenard — exhibited at scale, with booth footprints visibly exceeding those of domestic competitors. Their offerings have evolved beyond price competitiveness to match on quality.
Geek+ (No. 1 globally in AMR market share) unveiled PopPick, a goods-to-person mobile shelving solution.
Hai Robotics presented AI-algorithm-driven warehouse automation.
VisionNav debuted the VNST20, an ultra-slim unmanned pallet jack using a single 3D LiDAR for navigation, detection, and safety. Shenard's palletizing robot drew attention for its smooth, precise motion.
Industry experts have flagged the Chinese advance as a threat to the domestic robotics ecosystem — a concern already realized in the service-robot segment, where Chinese vendors now dominate the domestic food-service robot market.
Safetics helps manufacturers eliminate cost and procedural barriers in collaborative robot safety.
