Kuso sonke lesi sifo esiwubhubhane, abantu bachitha isikhathi esiningi besekhaya kunanini ngaphambili—kanye nesikhathi esengeziwe sokuchitha isikhathi nezilwane zabo ezifuywayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bakhulisa izinja, amakati noma izilwane ezihuquzelayo, abanikazi bazothola ngokushesha izinzuzo nezingozi zendawo entsha, okuhlanganisa nesikhathi esimnandi esengeziwe nezilwane zabo abazithandayo, kanye nokuchayeka okwengeziwe emisebenzini engafanelekile, efana nebhokisi likadoti lokufosholo.
UJacob Zuppke, uMongameli kanye ne-COO ye-AutoPets, ngokuziqhenya uthe eminyakeni yakhe emihlanu yokukhulisa amakati, akakaze aqoqe ibhokisi likadoti. Lokhu akubangelwa ukuthi washiyela abanye imisebenzi yasendlini engathandeki. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi i-AutoPets 'Litter-Robot isibe yimpumelelo ekhula ngokushesha kule nkampani eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala, futhi iwuqeda ngokuphelele lo msebenzi.
I-Litter-Robot iqala ku-$499, futhi iza nezici ezengeziwe, ezibiza kakhulu kunezinketho ezijwayelekile, ezimfushane. Kodwa ithegi yentengo yomkhiqizo ibonisa izinga layo lokuqamba okusha-inkani kadoti yezinga elifanayo alikho nhlobo. "Lokhu umshini wasendlini," kusho uZupke. “Kuxazulula lokho engikuchaza njengomsebenzi wasekhaya onzima kakhulu. Ngincamela ukukhipha udoti noma ukuwasha izitsha—izinto ezingaxazululwa ezinye izinto ezisetshenziswayo.”
I-Litter-Robot ihlangabezana nesidingo esinganakwa isikhathi eside; izinkampani eziningi ezinentshisekelo yokuxazulula izinkinga ezihlobene nezilwane ezifuywayo azigxili kakhulu ezinjeni. Eqinisweni, ngokwemininingwane ye-Pet Food Industry, cishe amaphesenti angu-51 abanikazi bamakati baseMelika bakholelwa ukuthi iziteshi zokudayisa ziphatha amakati “njengezakhamuzi ezisezingeni lesibili.” Manje i-AutoPets isixazulule inkinga enkulu ebhekene nemindeni yamakati, futhi izimisele ukuhlinzeka ngezixazululo eziningi.
"Ziningi izinkinga emakethe," kusho uZupke. “Isitsha sikadoti singesinye sazo. Okulandelayo esikuxazululayo yisihlahla sekati. Sicabanga ukuthi ukuklanywa kwesihlahla sekati sekungamashumi eminyaka: yendabuko, ekhaphethi, kanye nezimfoloko eziningi. Ngakho saklama izihlahla zekati eziningana Ezihlukene, ngizibiza ngefenisha yesimanje nenhle. Izihlahla zethu zamakati zinokhaphethi, u-sisal, izimbobo kanye nezindawo zokucasha-zixazulula inkinga enkulu yokuhlinzeka ikati lakho inkundla yokudlala, kodwa thina simunye Kwenziwe ngendlela enhle."
Naphezu kwentengo ephezulu, kusenesidingo esicacile sezixazululo ze-AutoPets. Le nkampani ithole ukukhula kweminyaka emihlanu ngo-1,000%, ukukhula konyaka nonyaka ngo-90% ngo-2020, kanye nokukhula konyaka okungaphezulu kuka-130% kwikota yokuqala ka-2021.
UZuppke ubalule ubhubhane futhi amandla okuthenga ezinkulungwane zeminyaka njengezici ekuqubukeni kwakamuva kwenkampani. "Abantu, ikakhulukazi izinkulungwane zeminyaka, sebeqala ukuphatha izilwane ezifuywayo njengezingane futhi bahlehlise ukuba nezingane," kusho yena. Futhi kungenzeka ukuthi usebenzise imali eningi etholakalayo ezifuyweni, okwenza ibhizinisi lethu lithandeke kakhulu manje.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-AutoPets yethulwa e-European Union, e-United Kingdom nase-China. Namuhla, imikhiqizo yayo enezinga eliphezulu kakhulu ithengiswa emazweni/izifunda ezingaphezu kwe-10 emhlabeni jikelele. Kodwa ithonya elibalulekile lenkampani alizange libonwe abanye abantu. U-Zuppke uveze ukuthi abantu abaningi abahlanganisi i-AutoPets nemikhiqizo yayo egqame kakhulu. Izindatshana zivame ukubhekisela ku-Feeder-Robot yenkampani (omunye wemikhiqizo yayo emisha) njengokuthi “I-Litter-Robot's Feeder-Robot.”
Ekugcineni, i-AutoPets ilwela ukuzibeka njengenkampani ehamba phambili yokunakekela izilwane ezifuywayo-okwenza kube into yokuqala abathengi abayicabangayo lapho bekhuluma ngemikhiqizo yokunakekelwa kwezilwane ezifuywayo, njenge-Apple lapho bekhuluma ngezinto zikagesi zomuntu siqu. "Senze umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu ekwakheni i-iPhone," kusho uZuppke ngerobhothi likadoti, "kodwa asikasithathi isinyathelo sokubuyela emuva ukuze sakhe i-Apple."
“Njengomthengi, ngithanda i-Apple. Ngizothenga cishe noma yini kwa-Apple,” kuqhuba yena. “[I-AutoPets] ayinalo ibhizinisi elinjalo. Ngakho-ke, sekunesikhathi sisebenzela kulokhu, kuleli hlobo sizoqala ukuqamba kabusha, sibeke yonke into esitolo esisodwa esiphambili, futhi sitshele ibhizinisi lethu ngendlela engcono Nendaba yomkhiqizo. "
Ukuze kuzuzwe izinhloso zayo zokuvelela, inkampani ayigcizeleli nje kuphela ukusebenza kahle nezinzuzo zemikhiqizo yayo, kodwa futhi ikhuthaza indlela yokuphila esekelwe ekuxhumaneni ngokomzwelo phakathi kwabantu nezilwane. "Kumayelana nokuthi yini esingayenzela abazali abazifuyile," kusho uZupke. “Ukungawufaki ngefosholo udoti kuzoba nobudlelwano obuhlukile nekati lami. Bengilokhu ngizwa le ndaba nabantu ababalulekile abazohlala nami: omunye unekati, omunye akanalo, bese kuba nokuphikisana ngokuthi ubani ozolikhipha. Noma Uma enye ingxenye ikhulelwe, umlingani uzozuza ngokuzumayo umthwalo wemfanelo webhokisi likadoti. Zonke lezi zinto ezincane seziphenduke isibopho esingokomzwelo nesilwane esifuywayo, futhi sidinga ukuxoxa le ndaba ethinta inhliziyo. Ngakho-ke, ukuqamba kabusha kwethu empeleni kuzungeze leli phuzu. Idizayinwe.”
Njengamanje, imikhiqizo ye-AutoPets ithengiswa ezindaweni ze-13 PetPeople, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele ku-30 ekupheleni konyaka; umkhiqizo ukhona ngendlela "yesitolo-esitolo". Kodwa ukuqaliswa kabusha kwenkampani kuzofaka, ngokokuqala ngqa, isitolo esizimele-isitolo esihlangabezana nezidingo zendawo yokudayisa yesimanje.
"Siyaqonda ukuthi umhlaba ushintsha njalo, futhi ukuthengisa manje kudinga ukuthi kube yisipiliyoni, hhayi nje inxanxathela yezitolo," kusho uZuppke. “Lena yinhloso yethu yokusungula isitolo sezilwane esikhathini esizayo.”
Isitolo sangaphambili esihle ngelinye ikhasi elidatshulwe kumbhalo we-Apple. Kunzima ukuthola abathengi abangajwayelene nodonga lwamakhethini engilazi, izimpawu ezikhanyisiwe kanye nama-Genius Bars alesi sikhulu se-tech. Ukudala okuhlangenwe nakho okuqhathanisekayo kubathengi abanakekela izilwane kuyisinyathelo sokuqala esinamandla, ukubeka inkampani njengenketho yokuqala yokuhlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo zomkhiqizo wokunakekelwa kwezilwane ezifuywayo-nokuqinisekisa isimo sayo njengophawu lwendlela yokuphila kule nqubo.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-17-2021