Under the influence of policy support, global aging, technological progress and other comprehensive factors, the robot industry has been fully equipped with the conditions to enter the period of rapid growth, and the collaborative robot with its light and easy characteristics different from the traditional industrial robot arm, according to the different applications of end-effector in different fields.
The collaborative robot industry trend is clear, and there are many players. However, really do it, when it comes to strategic ideas, each has its own thinking.
Commercialisation has been the Achilles heel of the collaborative robotics industry, making it difficult for some companies. In other words, technology is indeed a core competitiveness of the industry, but the development of the industry has its own rules, the user market also needs to be cultivated, enterprises need to have different strategies at different stages, do a good job in technology reserves, and expand the application scenario at the right time.
Commercialization is not only a ticket to the collaborative robot circuit, but also a food ticket.
The value of robots is to create value, not to create bubbles. For cooperative robot enterprises, the penetration rate of robot products determines the difficulty of market expansion.
In recent years, with the rapid development of the downstream demand market and the strong support of national policies, the scale of our cooperative robot industry has expanded rapidly. According to data, in the first half of 2022, China’s industrial robot market grew by 1.5% year-on-year. While the overall market growth was weak, the growth rate of cooperative robots was much higher than the average market growth rate and other models, with a year-on-year growth of 22.2%.
In terms of sales volume, with the continuous rise of the domestic robot consumer market, the cooperative robot market, as a vertical segment, also has a strong performance in sales volume in recent years by virtue of its rapid development. According to data, China’s collaborative robot market shipped more than 19,000 units in 2022, reaching a new high.
The continuous advancement of the commercialization process of the industry may stimulate the vitality of the market and open up the huge potential behind the cooperative robot market. For the enterprise itself, it is beneficial to enhance brand awareness and market influence, and it is also beneficial to improve its own competition barriers.
It can be seen that the commercialization of cooperative robot enterprises is of great significance to themselves and the industry.
Imagination in robotics in a broad sense: Robotics + the enabling industry
As one of the national strategic emerging industries, industrial robot is an important starting point for the country to develop from a manufacturing power to a manufacturing power. In recent years, in order to speed up the construction of manufacturing power and promote the development of industrial robot industry, the Chinese government and relevant departments have issued a series of policies to encourage the development of industrial robot industry, and cooperative robot, as a new type of industrial robot, has also benefited greatly.
From the perspective of industry, the robot industry is still a sunrise industry. In the foreseeable future, robots will release and replace a large proportion of the labor force in primary, secondary and tertiary industries from low-level labor.
In fact, making robots does not always show the form of human beings. Applying robotics technology to various fields is also a way to make generalized robots. “Robot plus” is actually “robot technology plus”, which enables all walks of life.
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating. The competition in the field of high and new technology is becoming fiercer in the world’s major industrially-developed countries. They are all taking digital economy, artificial intelligence, new-generation communication technology, robots, new-energy vehicles and other new technologies and new industries as the commanding heights of global scientific and technological innovation.
As an important carrier of emerging technologies and a key equipment field of modern industry, Chinese robot industry should play a more important role in leading industrial digital development, intelligent upgrading, and constantly introducing new industries and new forms of business, forming a strong atmosphere of comprehensively promoting robot application.