The current robot market mainly includes industrial robots, commercial service robots and consumer service robots. In recent years, the production and sales of industrial robots in China have been growing rapidly.
According to the analysis of analysts from futu Research Institute, China is the largest market for industrial robots.
In 2013, the sales volume of industrial robots in China was 36600 units, surpassing Japan for the first time and becoming the largest producer and marketing country of industrial robots in the world. In 2015, the sales volume of industrial robots in China was 68500, accounting for 27.7% of the global sales of 247000 industrial robots, more than a quarter of the global total.
In 2017, the sales volume of industrial robots in China was 138100, with a year-on-year increase of 58.7%, which was also the fastest growth year. By 2018, the sales volume of industrial robots in China has reached 156400 units, ranking first in the world for five consecutive years.
At the same time, in recent years, China's industrial robot production has achieved rapid growth.
In 2017, China's output of industrial robots was 131100 units (sets), an increase of 81.0%.
In the first half of 2018, the output of industrial robots reached 73800. China's industrial robot manufacturers are actively expanding their production capacity, which is expected to accelerate the localization process in the future. In the face of strong demand, China's major industrial robot manufacturers actively raise funds to invest in projects, expand production capacity, and cope with the huge capacity gap in the future.
The market for various types of robots is booming
Under the global background of promoting the strategic layout of new robot industry 4.0, the industrial robot industry has set off a new round of scientific and technological innovation upsurge of competitive game. Although China's robot industry started relatively late, with the passage of time, domestic robots have gradually moved closer to foreign advanced robot technology, showing a rapid development trend. China has steadily occupied the world's largest industrial robot market for five consecutive years.
According to the report released by IFR at the meeting, in 2016, the sales volume of industrial robots in China was 90000, with a year-on-year increase of 31%, far higher than the world average growth rate of 14%. IFR forecasts that by 2018, China's industrial robot market size will reach 150000; by 2020, China's industrial robot population will be more than 800000, and the robot density (the number of industrial robots used by 10000 workers) will reach more than 150.
At present, China's industrial robots are not only used in industry, 3C industry, household appliances and other traditional fields, but also warehousing and logistics, consumer goods processing and manufacturing, surgical robots, building and indoor distribution, intelligent partner and emotional interaction, professional cleaning of complex environment and special objects, urban emergency security, film and television entertainment shooting and production, energy and mineral mining, national defense And military The application market of various kinds of robots has promoted the vigorous development of domestic robots.
It is inseparable from the strong support of national policies
The rapid development of China's industrial robot market is inseparable from the strong support of national policies. In May 2015, the document "made in China 2025" mentioned that it is necessary to break through the technical bottleneck of robot body, reducer, servo motor, controller, sensor, driver and other key parts and system integration design and manufacturing. In March 2016, 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 (2016-2020)". It was mentioned in the document that the annual output of industrial robots with independent brands should be more than 100000, the annual output of industrial robots with six axes and above should reach more than 50000, and more than five robot industrial clusters should be built.
In December 2017, the Ministry of industry and information technology's document "three year action plan for promoting the development of the new generation of artificial intelligence industry (2018-2020)" mentioned that by 2020, The intelligent home service robot and intelligent public service robot have realized mass production and application, and the medical rehabilitation, helping the elderly and the disabled, fire rescue and other robots have realized the prototype production, completed the technology and function verification, and achieved more than 20 application demonstration. It can be seen that the service robot will become the key robot to build and develop in China.
Service robot has a wide range of applications, mainly engaged in maintenance, repair, transportation, cleaning, security, rescue, monitoring and so on. Among them, personal / home robots mainly include: Homework robot, entertainment robot, disabled assistant robot, residential safety and monitoring robot, etc; Professional service robots mainly include: field robots, professional cleaning robots, medical robots, logistics robots, inspection and maintenance robots, construction robots, underwater robots, and defense, rescue and safety application robots. Service robots will become an important part of industrial robots in China.
Regional concentration of robot Industrial Park
According to statistical data, as of October 2017, there are more than 50 robot industrial parks in China. Among them, the largest number of robot industrial parks in Guangdong Province is 6, followed by Jiangsu Province with 5 and Shandong Province with 4. In addition, there are robot industrial parks in Anhui, Hebei, Shanghai, Hunan, Zhejiang, Tianjin and Heilongjiang.
In the distribution of robot industrial parks, Northeast China, as an old industrial base, is the first region in China to engage in the production of industrial robots. It has cultivated the first listed robot company such as Xinsong company, occupying one third of the market share of domestic industrial robots. At present, there are four robot industrial parks in Northeast China. The robot industry in Beijing Tianjin Hebei region has technical advantages, covering products and services such as industrial robot and its automatic production line, industrial robot integrated application, etc.

On the whole, the construction of China's robot Industrial Park presents the characteristics of "full blossom and regional concentration".

The price advantage of domestic robots is obvious
In the field of industrial robot market, China's rapid rise with price competitiveness, mainly due to large-scale mass production facilities and low labor costs, China has produced a large number of low-cost robot products.
Thanks to the government's strong support for the development of robot industry, China's professional robot enterprises have sprung up like mushrooms, which has injected strong competitiveness into China's robot industry.
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