Article from WeChat public account:CV Intelligence (ID:CVAI2019), author: Zhang Xue, from the head of FIG: Oriental IC
The field of industrial robots is experiencing a new round of reshuffle and contest, and domestic industrial robots are breaking through.
In China, industrial robots are regarded as the best field, because China has been the world’s largest industrial robot application market for six consecutive years, but at the same time the market’s main share has been tightly held by foreign companies. in.
For domestic industrial robots to occupy a place in the future competition, they must survive on the broken arm and cannot continue the old road of domestic substitution.
In the era of artificial intelligence, industrial robots are eager to be changed. Under the positive development of domestic AI, the intelligentization of industrial robots is on the verge.
At present, the industry is moving towards automation and intelligence. With the adjustment of industry demand and the receding of capital bubble, the industrial robot field is experiencing a new round of reshuffle and contest, and domestic industrial robots are breaking through.
Is it cold? The trend is going from abroad to abroad
“The sales of industrial robots will continue to decline in 2019 compared to 2018, but this is not only caused by the industrial robot industry itself, but also by the entire economic environment and economic cycle.” The famous industry insiders expressed their cognition to CV.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Miao Wei, also pointed out at the World Robotics Conference that this year, due to the impact of the international economic development environment, the growth of global industrial robots has slowed down.
In addition, the National Bureau of Statistics data in August showed that the decline in industrial robot production in China was further widened year-on-year, which was the 12th consecutive month of negative growth since September 2018.
Among the founders of many industrial robot companies interviewed by CV, they expressed their helplessness and acceptance for the development of the industry this year.
As we all know, on a global scale, the flow of automotive production is more suitable for the introduction of robots. At the same time, automotive companies are well-funded, and their welding and spraying processes are suitable for robots to improve product quality and ultimately reduce costs.
Based on such preconditions, the automotive industry has become a world-wide industry with the earliest application of industrial robots, the largest number of applications, and the strongest application capability. In addition, China is the world’s largest 3C manufacturing base, with strong demand for automation upgrades, and is the second largest industrial robot market in the automotive industry.
It is understood that in China’s domestic industrial robot application field, the total proportion of automobiles and 3C industry is close to 60%. It has the most direct relationship with the decline in sales of industrial robots. In the past two years, sales of the automotive industry and smart devices have experienced a significant decline. This causal relationship further confirms the reality of the decline in sales.
Of course, it is optimistic that during the CV intellectual interview, I have repeatedly asked, “Does the independent innovative industrial robots be based in China, does it mean that these start-ups will give up the international market in the short term?” /p>
“No”, these two words are the most heard answers.
The reason is that domestic startups are more focused on core technology development.
According to Liu Peichao, CEO of Yuejiang Science and Technology, from the launch of the first generation of DOBOT magicians, to today’s fully-aware industrial robots, collaborative robots and other international first-class performance robot products, the industrial robots in Vietnam have become the domestic brand industry in 2018. The robot export volume of NO.1 has greatly increased the proportion of the global domestic lightweight intelligent robot arm market.
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