At present, the industrial scale has steadily expanded.
With the gradual promotion of "Made in China 2025 Strategy", industrial robots, the "pearl at the top of the manufacturing crown", have become the hottest investment field in manufacturing industry and an important direction for enterprise transformation and upgrading. The development of robot technology and industry in China is gradually maturing. The data shows that the output of industrial robots in China has reached 72,400 in 20 16, up 34.3% year-on-year. In 20 17 years, the domestic industrial robot market will be more rational and professional, and the industrial scale will expand steadily.
Xu Xiaolan, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the World Robotics Congress, said in his speech at the summit that China is a big country in the robot market, and under the guidance of innovation, it is constantly improving the intelligent level of robots.
In fact, China's robot industry has occupied an important position in the world. Relevant data show that in 20 15 years, the global sales of industrial robots was 248,000 units, with a year-on-year growth rate of 12%. The annual sales volume of industrial robots in China totals 66,700 units, accounting for more than 1/4 of the global industrial robot market. It is understood that this is the third consecutive year since 20 13 that China has become the world's largest consumer market for industrial robots.
On the occasion of the transformation of old and new kinetic energy, in the face of weakening demographic dividend advantage, rising labor costs and accelerating industrial competition, Ningbo clearly regards robot industry as the starting point for developing intelligent economy. In 20 16, the city realized the output value of intelligent manufacturing equipment industry above designated size of 58 billion yuan, the output value of electronic information manufacturing industry of168.8 billion yuan, the main business income of software and information service industry of 4.5100 billion yuan, and cultivated more than 350 internet enterprises. 1more than 200 enterprises have implemented intelligent transformation. As a result, Ningbo became the first pilot demonstration city in China in 2025.
According to the forecast of the National Strategic Advisory Committee for Building a Powerful Manufacturing Country, by 2020, the sales volume of industrial robots in China will exceed 6.5438+0.5 million, and the number of industrial robots will reach 800,000. By then, a new generation of robot information technology will make a breakthrough, and it is expected to cultivate two or three leading enterprises with an annual output of more than 10,000 units and an industrial scale of more than10 billion yuan, and build five or eight robot supporting industrial clusters.
In this regard, Liu Jinchang, a researcher at the High-tech Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that robots can be roughly divided into three categories: industrial robots, special robots and service robots. At present, these three types of robots in China have their own characteristics and many bright spots. Taking industrial robots as an example, China is the largest country in the application of industrial robots. The larger robot manufacturers in the world have set up branches in China, and even the headquarters of many manufacturers have moved to China. In addition to the large market, the share of domestic robots is also increasing. As a big manufacturing country, industrial robots are regarded as the core products of economic transformation and industrial upgrading, which shows that China's independent manufacturing capability is also constantly improving. "With the overall economic downturn, from high-speed growth to medium-high-speed growth, China's robot industry stands out and leads the development of manufacturing." Liu Jinchang said.
Highlight artificial intelligence as a tipping point
"Intelligent manufacturing is our only way out." Qu Daokui, president of Song Xin Robotics, said that robots in China have a market space of at least one trillion yuan. The reporter learned from the official of the Robot Summit that there were 26 projects signed in June 5438+06 with a total investment of 36.874 billion yuan, which were divided into three categories, including 7 comprehensive projects such as strategic cooperation of collaborative innovation bodies of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 8 intelligent manufacturing projects such as creating Beidou navigation, and intelligent manufacturing application integration and transformation projects such as Tai Fang Digital Factory1.
Many people in the industry told reporters that the current market price of major industrial robot products is between 6.5438+0.5 million yuan and 500,000 yuan each, and the market price of some high-end industrial robots will reach one million yuan. According to the calculation of 200,000 yuan per robot, it is estimated that by 2020, the total sales of industrial robots in China will reach about 45 billion yuan, and with other service robots, the sales of the whole robot industry is expected to exceed 50 billion yuan.
In the opinion of industry experts, not all artificial intelligence and robot industries are the "tipping points" at this stage. "In the next three to five years, robots will explode in the field of computing and perception." Qu Daokui predicted. Kevin kelly, the author of Out of Control and a world expert in artificial intelligence, also believes that the field of artificial intelligence related to data application will be more successful in the next 20 years. Such as the financial sector and the retail sector. In the opinion of many experts, in addition to industrial robots, service robots such as home care will be the next expansion space.
In addition, it is an indisputable fact that the robot industry in China is showing a trend of "low-end and high-end industries", and some insiders call for the next stage to fundamentally enhance its competitiveness. "Due to the poor autonomy of core technologies, most domestic robot manufacturers can only produce low-end robots with 3 to 5 axes, while foreign robots are mostly high-end products with 6 axes; In the future, domestic enterprises can make breakthroughs in five dimensions: core components, innovative products, market segments, after-sales service and capital mergers and acquisitions. Only by realizing independent innovation and mastering high-end core skills can we fundamentally enhance our core competitiveness and gain a foothold in the market. " An industry insider who has been studying the development of the robot industry for a long time in Shenzhen bluntly told the reporter of the Economic Information Daily.
A series of incentive support and guidance policies will be introduced.
Strong market demand has also brought signs of overheating in the industry. According to statistics, there are more than 20 provinces in China that focus on developing robot industry, and there are more than 40 robot industrial parks. In the past two years, the number of robot enterprises has rapidly increased from less than 400 to more than 800, and there are more than 3,400 enterprises related to the industrial chain. Among them, there are more than 280 robot enterprises in Zhejiang Province alone. Zuo Shiquan, director of the Equipment Institute of CCID Research Institute, said earlier: "There is a certain degree of overheating in China's robot industry, and there is indeed a phenomenon of low-level redundant construction and blind launching in some areas."
In this regard, Liu Jinchang said, "There is indeed some heat at present, and it should be developed selectively. Not everyone can be a robot, which needs long-term accumulation. At present, many robot factories on the market have switched from other fields and need scientific guidance. "
But Liu Jinchang also bluntly said, "If you make a lot of products and can't sell them, it's called overcapacity. In terms of service robots, I have never heard that it cannot be sold at all. " In his view, there are no obvious signs of overcapacity in the robot industry. According to Liu Jinchang, relevant departments are currently doing research on this matter, and the National Development and Reform Commission is also making a promotion plan for service robots. After the investigation, all parties will introduce some relevant policies to promote the development of the robot industry.
It is reported that the Ministry of Science and Technology recently approved a 2 billion yuan guiding fund for key projects of intelligent robots to support the development from basic research to key technologies and demonstration applications.
In fact, in order to promote the healthy development of China's robot industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other ministries and commissions have successively introduced a series of follow-up industrial development promotion measures. On April 6th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Robot Industry Development Plan (20 16-2020)", demanding that China's own relatively complete robot industry system be formed within five years. According to the work deployment of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the next phase of relevant industry promotion policies will start to solve two key problems: First, promote the robot industry to move towards high-end development; The second is to standardize the market order and prevent the disorderly development of the robot industry.
In addition, in order to promote the healthy development of the robot industry, China will start four application demonstration projects in the next stage, including the research and application demonstration project of key components of robots, the research and application demonstration project of core technologies of industrial robots, the research and application demonstration project of service robots and the demonstration project of robot talent training.