China robot market has entered a period of rapid development

Source：Updated：2015-05-11 15:38:16

Cooking soup, baggage handling, mobile phone, precision welding assembly...... Recently, the Hannover industrial exhibition in Germany, a new robot skilled craftsmen have appeared. The latest report of the International Federation of robotics, due to the large data, cloud computing, mobile Internet and other new generation of information technology and robot technology integration to speed up the pace, the future robot revolution will create a multibillion dollar market. The report pointed out that in 2013, China has become the world's largest consumer market for industrial robots, is expected to 2017, the use amount of Chinese robots will reach 428000, become the first country to use robot. At the same time, China itself is full force, actively cultivate local robot manufacturing enterprises.
Promotion of the robot --
To create more employment opportunities
The robot is regarded as a "top manufacturing crown jewel", its research and development, manufacturing, application is an important indicator of national science and technology innovation and high-end manufacturing level.
The latest Market Research Report of the International Federation of robotics think, the next few years, the global robot market will show a growth rate of two digit, is mainly driven by the following factors: global competition drives the production line upgrade, the need of the development of energy-saving technologies and new materials production tool innovation, man-machine dialogue opens up a new application, the birth of new markets, market cycle is shortened, increased demand for flexible production, etc.. Is expected to produce intelligent as the main feature of the "4 industry" will play a leading role in the global manufacturing industry to upgrade more and more.
Headquartered in Switzerland, the ABB group said in a press release sent to the reporter, in the China robot industry forward in the process of catching up, to become the world's largest robot market is only the first step. At present, Chinese per 10000 workers use 30 robots. In contrast, the USA robot density is 5 times Chinese, Germany is 10 times for the Chinese. Considering the Chinese robot using density is very low, the future development trend of the market obviously. The robot business leader Neset said, "over the past two or three years, we have experienced Chinese robot industry almost explosive growth, which has exceeded our expectations."
The International Federation of robotics that, overall, the use of robots not only increases in unemployment, it will create more jobs. The world is "service" of the 1000000 robots directly created 3000000 jobs, and will become the main engine of employment in the next 5 years, will create 1000000 jobs in the consumer electronics, food, wind and solar battery, advanced manufacturing and other fields. The increase of the robot for investment, the increase in employment in manufacturing.
To remain competitive --
Need to vigorously promote the production automation
The International Federation of robotics Secretary General Gudrun Litzenberger said the reporter, automation is to improve the productivity and promote energy saving and environmental protection guarantee. China is the world's largest and fastest growing consumer market, large middle class demand for consumer products, medical services and high quality of life grow with each passing day. Automation trend of manufacturing industry will drive the Chinese robot industrial investment continued to increase. In addition to modernize the existing factories, enterprises of different industries also added production base in China, in order to win market share. Whether foreign automobile manufacturers or China local enterprises, announced a large-scale automatic investment plan, or for the production of fuel-efficient cars, or to improve the modern production capacity.
IRobot, one of the largest manufacturers America robot founder and CEO Colin Angel said in an interview with this reporter, Chinese robot market growth is very rapid, and sustained growth trend. This market includes both industrial robots, including family intelligent cleaning robot consumer robots. Manufacturing industry as a leading global superpower, Chinese rapid economic growth has also led to the rapid rise in wages. In order to maintain the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry, Chinese enterprises need to vigorously develop production automation. This helps to increase the promotion of industrial robot applications. Angell said, iRobot has Chinese positioning for the most important growth markets. The company also specifically for the Chinese market and actively develop products, continuously according to the optimization function and type of local cleaning robot. He said, China mature robot manufacturing technology and conditions, which is the company's choice of China as an important factor of production base.

Mizuho bank industry survey department expert Matsuda Yoshiki said, in the process of transformation from labor-intensive to technology intensive, large-scale application of industrial robots, can improve production efficiency, reduce labor costs. Chinese is expected in the future in various fields will be more actively introducing industrial robots, to promote the overall development of the robot industry.

To achieve great leap forward --
To promote the manufacturing industry to high value-added transformation
"Chinese rapid demand for automation reflects the end of large volume, low cost production mode." The British "economist" magazine recently commented, China government is clearly aware that, to overcome the challenges, must be a big leap, namely to promote the manufacturing industry to high value-added transformation.
Chinese ministry put forward a series of supporting measures, the goal is to form a perfect system of industrial robot industry in 2020, the domestic robot share in the high-end market share reached more than 45%. By 2014, Chinese has 30 under construction or completed the robot industrial park, will invest $80000000000 to 2020.
"The economist" said to copy the success of Japan and South Korea in the development of robot industry experience, China also needs to strengthen the policy, comprehensive measures of enterprise and culture, realize the whole industry upgrading. If successful, China's robot density will be doubled, is worth the attention of the world.
"Japan Times" commented that, the current account for the major share of the market or Chinese in several major international robot enterprises, but China local manufacturers catch up fast, especially in terms of sales performance is good simple function of robot. With the China government, enterprises and investors to support the robot industry, market structure Chinese robot may soon change. A consulting company headquartered in America pointed out, domestic robot vigorous development in the Asia Pacific region infrastructure projects will require more and more. But the introduction of automated production lines in the initial investment is large, may make many small and medium-sized enterprises and step back.
In the 2015 Hannover World Expo, Shanghai Tongji University Sino German College of Engineering three college students developed "3D printer" won the Grand Prix prize Xplore global electrical automation. The Chinese Embassy in Germany education counselor Dong Qi said, this work reflects the design idea of "4 industry" personalized, fast update, is more than a decade in the German university high-level talents training cooperation achievements.
Liezen Berger said that in the next few years the domestic and foreign robot enterprises will be increasingly fierce competition. There are examples of China after catching up, these robots are simple and easy to use, fast, low price into the market. But the similar function of a single robot cannot replace high-tech robot more complex, such as automobile production or other high quality and lean production process. Provides the possibility of China's huge market potential for the development of the robot.