According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's industrial robot production in 2015 was 32,996 units, an increase of 21.7%. According to statistics from the China Robotics Federation, in 2015, a total of 22,257 self-owned industrial robots were produced and sold, an increase of 31.3%. The growth rate of independent brands is higher than that of the entire robot industry.

Although there are many types of products, the overall manufacturing capabilities of domestic robots, especially industrial robots, are still in shortcomings. Wang Jiegao, chief engineer and deputy general manager of Nanjing Eston Group, stressed in an interview with the media that core technology is the competitiveness of enterprises and is more important than investment. So how much is the local enterprise in the core technology of the robot?

The upstream core components, the midstream robot body and the downstream system integration form the industrial chain of industrial robots. The upstream core components include precision reducers, servo motors and control systems.

Precision reducers account for 35% of the cost of industrial robots, but the global market is basically monopolized by Nabtesco and Hamernaco in Japan. Huang Feng, CEO of Shanghai Forsett Robot Co., Ltd. said, “Now, control systems, reducers, and servo motors that signal the joints are not able to produce themselves. Some parts of our Forsyth robots must also be imported from overseas. Some big-name manufacturers such as ABB actually want to purchase other parts, but the core design patent of the product is still in their own hands.” Therefore, Forsyth is taking a route of “independent technology plus overseas manufacturing”. The robot's underlying software and control system are in the hands of Forsett, but the product itself is done by the German R&D team.

Technology is temporarily unable to win, and there is no need to die overseas. Finding a partner to make a robot is what Affte Company realized. At the beginning of the establishment of the enterprise, the management did not find the professional off-the-shelf technology of the 6-axis robot after a round of investigation. It decided to cooperate with Harbin Institute of Technology to gather all the strengths to study the technology and finally made progress. At the same time, the combination of IT and robotics, automation companies and other international companies is also worthy of attention.

During the industry fair, companies including FANUC, Cisco, Rockwell Automation, etc. have jointly developed a solution called "FIELDsystem" that enables machine tools, robots, and automation systems. Peripheral equipment and sensor connections and advanced data analysis to improve production quality, efficiency, flexibility, and equipment reliability. FIELDsystem also implements advanced machine learning and deep learning capabilities, which are also iconic products for Industry 4.0. Therefore, Chinese companies must not only fill in the shortcomings of core technology, but also the ability of robots to extend to intelligence and big data.

Service robots seem to be simpler to design than industrial robots, but they also have components such as chips, gears, and sensors. The final assembly, operating system, and cloud systems are also very familiar. Service-oriented robots have many industries, and mass production has not yet been realized. Japanese companies that use more service-oriented robots are in a state of loss. Xinsong robots currently have public services and medical services. Promotional shopping guides, welcome displays, and leading-edge explanations have been sold in more than ten provinces and cities. In addition, the company's first ablation medical assisted robot for cancer treatment, which was developed by the company, is also in the clinical application stage. It has also launched an orthopedic traction robot.

At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's survey of the national robot industry initially showed that there are more than 800 enterprises involved in robot production and integrated applications in China, of which more than 200 are robotic body manufacturing enterprises. However, most of the companies focus on assembly and processing. The products are mainly concentrated in three-axis and four-axis low-end robots. In the future, more robots with more than six axes will be needed. At present, the scale of China's robot enterprises is also generally small, with over 90% of enterprises having an annual output value of less than 100 million yuan.

The development, manufacture and application of robots are important indicators for measuring the level of technological innovation and high-end manufacturing in a country. In March of this year, the blueprint for China's "Robot Industry Development Plan (2016-2020)" has been drawn, as one of the ten key areas for the country to vigorously promote its breakthrough development. Therefore, how to get rid of the influence of four international giants such as ABB, FANUC, Yaskawa Electric and KUKA, create high-end robot products suitable for domestic market and even export overseas, and automation solutions for Industry 4.0, the foundation of China's manufacturing industry. It is also deeper.

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