Since the beginning of this year, although the Chinese economy is facing greater downward pressure and the industrial economy has been slowing down, the overall strength of China's equipment industry has been continuously improved, especially high-end equipment manufacturing such as smart manufacturing is poised to become a fusion of technology and industry. New highlights.
Since the beginning of this year, although the Chinese economy is facing greater downward pressure and the industrial economy has been slowing down, the overall strength of China's equipment industry has been continuously improved, especially high-end equipment manufacturing such as smart manufacturing is poised to become a fusion of technology and industry. New highlights.
China's robot market will exceed one trillion yuan
According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in the first half of this year, the output value of high-end equipment manufacturing such as smart manufacturing, high-end rail transportation, and ocean engineering accounted for more than 10% of the equipment manufacturing industry. Among them, the robot-based smart manufacturing industry has attracted much attention.
Under the background of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial recovery, the competition around the commanding heights of science and technology and industrial development has become increasingly fierce. The industrial robot, which is hailed as the crown jewel of the manufacturing industry, will bring about a dramatic change in the manufacturing model.
Last year, industrial robots showed a booming trend. Last year, more than 300,000 industrial robots were equipped and sold globally, and Asia has become the world's highest growth rate for industrial robots.
According to statistics, 100,000 industrial robots were sold in Asia in 2013, an increase of 18% year-on-year; China has become the world's largest industrial robot market. In 2013, China purchased and assembled nearly 37,000 industrial robots, including more than 9,000 domestic robots. Taiwan, production is 3 times in 2012.
With the improvement of technology, the advantages of low robot cost, high work quality, high precision, and energy saving and emission reduction will become more obvious. The Chinese robot market will exceed one trillion yuan in one or two years.
Domestic robots need to break through to the high end
It is understood that the most widely used robot is in the automotive industry. According to Arturo Baensenelli, president of the International Robot Federation, the demand for robots in the automotive industry will continue to increase in the future. Especially in China, the rapid growth of the automobile industry will become a huge impetus for the development of the robot industry.
Following the automotive field, electronic products, electronic communications, etc. will become an important market for robots; the sanitary ware, kitchen utensils, ceramics and other industries will face difficulties in recruitment, rising labor costs, etc., and a large number of robots will become necessary; chips, photovoltaics, LEDs, biochemistry In the pharmaceutical and other industries, there are many conditions in the workshop that are not conducive to manual work, and the advantages of robots have begun to appear.
However, domestic robots are far from meeting market demand. In 2013, China purchased and assembled nearly 37,000 industrial robots, of which foreign-funded robots generally consisted of high-end industrial robots with six or more axes, and almost monopolized high-end industries such as automobile manufacturing and welding, accounting for 96% of the total. The main applications of domestic robots are mainly the handling and loading and unloading robots, and they are in the low end of the industry.
Compared with robots in developed countries, domestic robots still have a small gap. In the past, only robots could be imported, and then tigers and tigers began to explore. However, the quality and longevity of products did not increase, and international brands were not well-known. The fundamental reason was the lack of technical core competitiveness. .
Robot industry ready to go
The brewing and advancement of a new round of science and technology and industrial reform will also provide China with a rare ‘chasing-up and development’ opportunity. High-end equipment manufacturing industry is the core of equipment manufacturing industry. It is an important symbol to measure the core competitiveness of a country's industry. It must pay great attention to it, accelerate its progress, and strive to achieve major breakthroughs in a number of key areas.
It is necessary to speed up the development of key components and devices such as industrial robots, sensors, and intelligent instrumentation, and focus on breaking through a batch of “CNC Generation” products and intelligent manufacturing equipment that are geared towards the important industries of the national economy, and accelerating the implementation of special projects for the development of intelligent manufacturing equipment. Before 2020, we must choose Key industries will launch smart manufacturing pilots. After 2020, smart manufacturing will be fully implemented.
International robotics experts generally believe that robot development will be the beginning of the third industrial revolution. Experts at the same time put forward the next step in the robotics industry's urgent problem to be solved: “human-machine collaboration”, in which workers and robots collaborate in the workshop at the same time, and people perform more creative work with the assistance of robots, while robots perform high precision and repeat Strong work.
Chinese robotics companies should establish a global perspective, humbly learn from international advanced technologies and management models, rationally plan investments and research directions, cultivate their own core competitiveness, and strengthen the construction of the entire industry chain. Chinese robots will achieve “human-machine collaboration” and go abroad. No longer a distant dream.