China is a big manufacturing country. In the manufacturing of robots, China should be the country with the most applications. However, Chinese robots are only in application, while foreign robots are in the production and research and development of robots. There is still a 15 to 20 year gap between us and the world's advanced level.

The production scale and product performance of China's industrial robot industry are far from those of foreign countries. For example, in the fields of welding and assembly, foreign manufacturing is the main force.

US Secretary of Commerce Ross made a "toast" remarks on China's "Robot Revolution" on the 27th. He said, "China is developing industrial robots faster than any other country in the world." These words of his are also right or wrong. Compared with other countries in the world, China is developing rapidly in the application field of robots. In terms of robot production and research and development, we are still 15 to 20 years behind the world's advanced level.

When talking about robots, we generally refer to industrial robots. They are mainly robots that work on factory automation lines. Industrial robots were born in the United States, but with the transfer of manufacturing, the United States' robot industry lacks the stamina for development. Countries such as Germany, Japan, Sweden, etc. are very strong in robot industrial lines, basic components, and technological upgrading capabilities, while China is in a stage of catching up.

The production scale and product performance of China's industrial robot industry are far behind those of foreign countries. Some robots with low requirements, such as handling robots, have a high localization rate. For those requiring slightly more complicated technologies, such as robots in the welding and assembly fields, foreign manufacturing is the main force. Some of the so-called robot companies in China are actually robot system integration companies, importing foreign robot equipment, and installing industrial robots into the industrial scene with the basic integration and many surrounding supporting facilities. Those supporting technical content is not high, but the workload is very high. Big.

said that China's robots are developing rapidly, which means that we are developing relatively fast in the application field. There are a large number of manufacturing enterprises in China, and the previous automation rate was relatively low, and automation technology is needed to increase productivity. At the same time, we have invested heavily in the production and R&D of robots, but it is difficult to achieve results in the short term. It takes time to develop the core components, controllers, and reducers of industrial robots. Take reducer as an example, it involves materials and mechanical processing. If these basic problems are not solved, we will not have an advantage in performance and price compared with foreign products. We want to catch up and surpass the development of fifty or sixty. The foreign robotics industry in 2015 is unrealistic.

We also need to realize that as far as industrial robots are concerned, it is not a cheap product. We are unlikely to reduce production costs through labor-intensive production and take shortcuts to rapid development. Moreover, there are some objective constraints on the production efficiency, production quality, and the actual level of labor in China's current manufacturing industry. For example, the production of automobiles with a relatively high degree of automation does not have so many workers.

The so-called boom in China's robotics development is because a large number of manufacturing companies are in China, and industrial robots have a large application market in China. According to figures from the International Federation of Robotics, China has become the world's largest industrial robot market in 2013. But now the demand for industrial robots in China has not really been fully released. Our situation is different from Japan and Germany. In Japan and Germany, labor costs are relatively high, and robots are used as much as possible regardless of the size of the company. When the labor cost is not high to a certain level, China's demand for industrial robots will not be as urgent as Japan and Germany. China still has a large number of young laborers, and many simple and repetitive tasks can still attract a large number of employees.

In addition, we have another advantage that China has a large number of engineering and technical personnel. Although the total proportion is not high, the number is sufficient to support the development of the robotics industry.

Our weakness in the robotics industry lies in accumulation, including the accumulation of basic components, as well as the research and development of core technologies for industrial robots in production scenarios. Some people in the country have a cognitive misunderstanding, thinking that having robots is automation, and a factory that uses automation equipment is automation. In fact, behind these automated equipment, software supporting the production process is needed, such as automated management software, automated logistics, and even financial settlement. In the development of these software, we still need to work hard.