Demand for China's robot market continues to increase. Companies are working together to break the bottleneck

Recently, the 2017 China Robotics Innovation Summit was opened in Guangzhou. The Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, former Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Li Yizhong, president of the China Federation of Industrial Economics, made suggestions on the characteristics and problems of the industrial robot industry in China and how to speed up the development of the industrial robot industry. Market demand continues to increase The output of industrial robots in China from January to July this year was more than 70,000 units, a year-on-year increase of more than 50%. The industry predicts that the sales volume of industrial robots in China will reach 110,000 units in 2017, and will exceed 200,000 units by 2020, nearly 2 times more than in 2015. By 2020, the number of industrial robots will reach 1 million units. Li Yizhong said that the technological content of industrial robots in China has gradually increased. Manufacturing companies have basically mastered the technology of ontology design and manufacturing of industrial robots, control system software and hardware design techniques, kinematics and orbit planning, and are particularly advanced in micro-control and microprocessor. The industrial robot industry has significantly increased its lead. The wide integration of applications in industry and manufacturing significantly improves the quality of industry and manufacturing, saves labor, reduces costs, and achieves precision manufacturing. Overall economic efficiency is good. The industrial robot industry is still in its growth period, but it has obtained good economic benefits. The sales profit rate of industrial robot manufacturers is mostly around 15%, which is much higher than the average level of 6% in the manufacturing industry. The core competitiveness is not strong Li Yizhong pointed out that China’s industrial robot industry has developed rapidly, but there have always been issues such as the inability of the industry’s core competitiveness. The first is that the technical level is not high and the self-owned brand rate is low. At present, most of domestic industrial robots are three-axis to five-axis robots, six-axis and higher-end robots, and 85% are foreign brands. Smart applications have only just begun. The second is the low density of robots. At present, there are only 40 industrial robots owned by 10,000 workers in China's manufacturing industry, which is less than 15% of that in developed countries. At present, there are still large gaps in accuracy, longevity, and reliability compared with foreign robots. The last is the low level of repeated construction. Many robotics companies in China do not pay enough attention to technology research and development, and lack key components and components. According to statistics, there are nearly 1,000 robot manufacturing companies in China, most of which are based on assembly and sub-processing, and there have been phenomena of a rush. Talking about some of the practices and experiences in the development of industrial robots, Li Yizhong said that the output of industrial robots in Guangdong accounts for 1/4 of the country's total, and an industrial chain with a relatively complete R&D, manufacturing, service, and use has been initially formed. In general, there are four aspects. Practical experience is worth sharing. This includes giving full play to the government’s guidance and guiding role and providing policy support; nurturing dragon skull enterprises and promoting the industry to become bigger and stronger; setting up a public service platform to provide comprehensive technical and talent training services for enterprises; and increasing funding and other policy support to support Industrial Development. Many parties break the bottleneck To speed up the development of the industrial robot industry, Li Yizhong put forward four suggestions. The first is to strengthen government guidance and promote layout planning. China should develop more detailed plans and timetables for the development of industrial robots. From the point of view of space layout, we must avoid going head-first. In addition, the artificial intelligence development plan should be further elaborated into professional planning. It is necessary to speed up development and prevent low-level repetition. The second is to integrate R&D and development capabilities and break through the shortcomings of the core key technologies. To establish a national robot innovation center, strive to break through some common technologies in a short period of time, and actively carry out frontier technologies and key technologies such as new perception, intelligent control, and human-machine collaboration to seize the commanding heights of the industry. The third is based on integrated applications, combining production, research and application to drive the development of the industry. We must do a good job in demonstrating a series of typical demonstrations with outstanding effects, strong stimuli, and high correlations, such as those widely used in machinery, simulation, chemical, pharmaceutical, dangerous goods, logistics, warehousing, and in special operations such as fire accidents and rescues. Achievements. The fourth is to introduce the combination of digestion, absorption and innovation, encourage international mergers and acquisitions, and expand the market share of self-owned brand products.