With the rapid progress of technologies such as the Internet, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence, industrial robots are ushering in a period of vigorous development. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology data, the installed capacity of industrial robots in China in 2022 accounted for more than 50% of the global share, making China the world's largest industrial robot market, and the density of manufacturing robots reached 392 units per 10,000 workers. Experts said in an interview with the China Economic Times reporter that with the continuous improvement of the versatility and intelligence level of industrial robots, their application fields will be increasingly expanded, and the prospect is broader. China has a huge advantage in the application market, and the key to the next step is to achieve integration in software, hardware and application scenarios to further enhance the research and development and application level of industrial robots, so as to better promote China's economic and social development. Industrial robots bring the benefits of cost reduction, efficiency improvement and quality enhancement, so they are widely used in enterprises. Li Guanggan, a researcher at the Information Center of the Development Research Center of The State Council, said that the emerging industrial robots not only reflect the reform of the structure of China's industrial manufacturing industry, but also the key to improving quality and efficiency and achieving high-quality development. It brings together the influence of a variety of factors, is the application of a new generation of information technology in the industrial field, making the intelligent, information and digital level of robots has been greatly improved.
The applications of industrial robots continue to expand, especially in the industrial sector, such as automotive manufacturing and electric vehicles. The development of industrial robots is also a response to changes in the Labour market. This has provided a solid foundation for the establishment of a new development pattern and the response to major changes unseen in a century. With the continuous improvement of the universality and intelligence of industrial robots, their versatility is also increasing. Industrial robots can be used in more scenarios and engage in more tasks. This means that the application of enterprises in the field of industrial robots will be more extensive. With the improvement of the level of universality and intelligence of industrial robots, they can perform different tasks in multiple processes, from welding to riveting and other functions. This makes the industrial robot market more promising. At the same time, the versatility of robots is increasing. How can enterprises use digital and intelligent technologies to drive transformation and upgrade and further expand the market? Li believes the robots' intelligence means they can take on more tasks. Versatility means that the robot can be adapted to more scenarios. In the case of multi-function and multi-task, enterprises will continue to increase the breadth of robot applications.
With the improvement of the universality and intelligence level of industrial robots, their functions are diversified, and the scope of application will continue to expand. In the new robot development environment, enterprises need to adapt gradually and achieve cost reduction, efficiency improvement and quality enhancement through the introduction of new robots and cooperation with development companies. Industrial robots have played an important role in the upgrading of enterprises. After the introduction of industrial robots, the supply chain is more coordinated between the upstream and downstream, thereby improving the product competitiveness and market share of enterprises, and achieving cost reduction and efficiency improvement. At present, although the number of industrial robots in China ranks first in the world, there are still some gaps in core technologies such as digitalization and intelligence. In order to break through these shortcomings, we need to start from three aspects: software, hardware and application scenarios.
Li Yongjian pointed out that we need to integrate software, hardware and application scenarios to break through the shortcomings in the development of industrial robots. This requires collaboration between developers and users, making full use of industrial big data, and improving the level of robot-related hardware research and development. These are the key to realize industrial robots to better enable the economic development of our country. Liu Dacheng, deputy dean of the Internet Industry Research Institute and director of the logistics Industry Center of Tsinghua University, believes that breaking through the shortcomings of industrial robots requires the efforts of scientific and technological workers, but also requires entrepreneurs to have advanced thinking. The government should also provide policy support. Only by working together can we catch up and narrow the gap with developed countries.
