China's robot industry is ushering in a window of rapid development. The "14th Five-Year" Robot Industry Development Plan drafted by 15 departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was recently issued. The "Planning" proposes that by 2025, China will become the source of global robotics technology innovation, high-end manufacturing agglomeration, and a new highland for integrated applications. The operating income of the robotics industry will increase by more than 20% annually, and the density of manufacturing robots will double.
It has been the world's largest consumer of industrial robots for 8 consecutive years
"my country has been the world's largest consumer of industrial robots for eight consecutive years. In 2020, the density of manufacturing robots will reach 246 units per 10,000 people, nearly twice the global average." Wang Weiming, director of the first department of equipment industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said, "Ten During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, in terms of scale, the operating income of the robot industry will exceed 100 billion yuan for the first time in 2020; during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the average annual compound growth rate is about 15%, of which the output of industrial robots has increased from 72,000 sets to 212,000 sets. , with an average annual growth of 31%. From the perspective of technology and products, key technologies and components such as precision reducers, high-performance servo drive systems, intelligent controllers, and intelligent integrated joints have accelerated breakthroughs, innovative achievements have continued to emerge, the performance of the whole machine has been greatly improved, the functions have become more abundant, and product quality increasingly optimized.
What exactly do industrial robots do? Taking Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory as an example, more than 90% of the automobile production process is completed by industrial robots. The production efficiency is comparable to that of non-human labor. The Tesla Gigafactory is the signal of the era of intelligent industrial production.
Meet difficulties and focus on overcoming the shortcomings of core technology
It is worth noting that although China's robot industry has achieved phased results, it still faces the embarrassment of "not as good as others" to a certain extent. China's demographic dividend is gradually disappearing, and the new manufacturing industry represented by industrial robots and big data is the development direction of industrial upgrading. China's industrial robot market ranks first in the world and is widely used in 37 industry categories and 91 industry categories of the national economy, but it is difficult to make breakthroughs in the reducer technology of the core components of robots. It is understood that industrial robots have three core components, namely reducer, servo system, and controller. my country still relies on imports of these core components, and the reducer is the most expensive part, which means that for every industrial product in some fields, 35% of its profits are attributed to Japan.
With the strong support of the state, Chinese enterprises have overcome many difficulties and set sail. For example, in order to break the monopoly of Japan, Green Harmony finally achieved the world's second-largest reducer industry, with a market share of 6.16%. At present, in China's domestic robot market, the share of domestic reducers has surpassed that of Japanese reducers, reaching 60%. It is not empty talk to fully replace Japanese reducers.
To achieve the goal of industrial development, we should work together
In response to the problems of insufficient technology accumulation, weak industrial foundation, and lack of high-end supply in my country's robotics industry, the "Planning" proposes five items, including improving industrial innovation capabilities, consolidating the foundation for industrial development, increasing the supply of high-end products, expanding the depth and breadth of applications, and optimizing the industrial organization structure. Tasks, as well as "robot key foundation improvement action", "robot innovative product development action", "robot + application action", and other actions.