Analysis of the Development of Industrial Robots in China

In 1985, as industrialized countries began to apply and popularize industrial robots in large numbers, China’s industrial robots were included in the development plan in the “7th Five-Year Plan” scientific and technological breakthrough plan. At that time, the Ministry of Machinery Industry took the lead in organizing spot welding and arc welding. The research and development of industrial robots such as spray painting and handling are also actively supported by other ministries and departments, forming the first climax of Chinese industrial robots.

Although the robot research in some areas has developed rapidly, the industrialization level of scientific research achievements in robot manufacturing technology in our country is not satisfactory. Cai Hexi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, said: “The universities and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have done a lot of scientific research in robot manufacturing and have accumulated a lot of achievements in the past 30 years.

China has become a veritable equipment manufacturing country, but the robot's output only accounts for 9.6% of the global robot market. From the perspective of market applications of industrial robots, Japan has more than 1,700 robots per 10,000 production workers and 1,600 Italians. In China, the number of robots per 10,000 workers is less than 90.

As the most typical mechatronics digital equipment, industrial robots have high value-added technology and a wide range of applications. As the supporting technology of advanced manufacturing industries and emerging industries of information-based society, industrial robots will become more and more important for future production and social development. The important role. Foreign experts predict that the robot industry is a new large-scale high-tech industry that has emerged after automobiles and computers. With the continuous improvement of the automation level of industrial enterprises in our country, the market of industrial robots will also grow.

China is currently developing from labor-intensive to modern manufacturing. Rejuvenating the manufacturing industry and realizing industrialization are important tasks for China's economic development. From the perspective of the development of the manufacturing industry, the means of production must inevitably undergo changes in mechanization, automation, intelligence, and information. With the rapid development of the national economy and the continuous progress in production technology and rising labor costs, how to further increase productivity, improve product quality, reduce labor intensity, and improve working conditions have become issues that many companies have to consider. As an irreplaceable important equipment and means in advanced manufacturing, the application and popularity of industrial robots have naturally become the ideal choice for enterprises. The continuous emergence of robotic workstations, especially robotic automated production lines, not only greatly enhances the competitiveness of enterprises, but also brings significant benefits to users. As the level of enterprise automation continues to increase, the market for robotic automated production lines will surely become larger and larger. Will gradually become the main form of automated production line.

Nowadays, China has been able to produce a series of products such as plane joint assembly robots, rectangular coordinate robots, arc welding robots, spot welding robots, and transport palletizing robots with advanced international standards. Many varieties have already achieved small batch production. As an industry, mature technologies and products are required. Compared with foreign countries, China's robotics industry has been able to meet the conditions for industrial development through approximately ten years of development. However, China’s robotics industry is still a truly “small” industry, and robot manufacturers are better than national large-scale pillar industries. It is even more difficult for companies to form industrial clusters and economies of scale.