On August 16, the China Robot Industry Development Report 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the “Development Report”) and the China Robot Industry Analysis Report 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the “Analysis Report”) were released during the Fourth World Robot Congress.
According to the analysis report, in 2017, with the rapid growth of application demand in China’s manufacturing industry, the sales of industrial robots reached 146,000 units, an increase of 67.7% year-on-year. The density of industrial robots reached 88 units per 10000 units, exceeding the global average for the first time of 69 units per 10000 units. The report was jointly issued by Harbin University of Technology Robot Group, Bijie Consulting and China Intellectual Science and Technology Evaluation Research Center.
Robot density refers to the number of industrial robots per 10,000 workers, which is an important parameter reflecting the level of a country’s manufacturing industry.
In recent years, under the guidance of the industrial 4.0 and the “Made in China 2025” policy, the overall market scale of China’s robot industry continues to expand. In 2017, the overall scale of China’s robot industry exceeded 120 billion yuan, an increase of 25.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate remained the first in the world.
Up to now, China’s industrial robots account for about one third of the global market share, for six consecutive years to become the world’s largest application market.
According to the International Federation of Robots (IFR), China will sell more than 150,000 industrial robots in 2018, and the market will reach 6.23 billion US dollars. By 2020, the domestic market will further expand to 9 billion 350 million US dollars.
Karel Eloot, senior global managing partner at McKinsey and head of Asian operations consulting and the Internet of Things, pointed out at the keynote forum today that China’s industrial robots have a 4.5-fold growth potential compared with Japan’s. “Compared with Japan, Germany, the United States and other countries, China has the same degree of use of robots, but there is still a very large potential in terms of the density of use of robots.” Eloot said.
According to the development report issued by the China Electronics Society, the domestic market last year accounted for the highest proportion of loading and unloading robots, up to 65%. Next is the assembly robot, accounting for 15%, and the proportion of welding robot is 9%.
According to the type of products, the sales of articulated robots accounted for more than 60% last year, which is the most important type of products in the domestic market; followed by rectangular coordinate robots and SCAA robots. In recent years, the sales of these two types of robots are gradually expanding, rising faster than other types of robots.
All along, the dependence on imports of core components of China’s robot industry has been criticized. “Industry Report” pointed out that at present, domestic manufacturers have overcome some of the key core parts of the field of reducer, servo control, servo motor and other difficult problems, the trend of localization of core components gradually emerged.
Qu Daokui, founder and President of Xinsong Robotics Automation Co., Ltd. (300024.SZ), told a number of media, including Interface News, whether China’s core components, if not developed, will restrict the development of the robot industry as a whole, there may not be an inevitable logical link between the two. Department.
He pointed out that the core components of robots, such as sieve motors and reducers, are fully marketed internationally, not made in China. These products are “more market-driven than political-led”.
“Speaking from the industry chain, is China going to engage in spare parts? Be sure to. ” China is now the world’s largest robot market, and may be the largest robot producer in the future. Parts and components are naturally a good branch of the industry.
“But in less than five years, the capacity of China’s core components will be excessive.” Qu Daokui said, the key is to be independent and controllable, and the rest needs to be solved only through the market.
“Compared to parts, what really matters is the robot’s brain, which is the core competitiveness of the future.” Qu Daokui said.
The industry report predicts that China’s robot market will reach $8.74 billion in 2018, including $6.23 billion for industrial robots, $1.84 billion for service robots and $670 million for special robots. The average growth rate in 2013-2018 years is 29.7%.铜焊丝,Copper Welding Rods,铝焊丝,aluminium welding wire,镍焊条,Nickel electrode,药皮焊条,Flux Coated Brazing Welding Rods