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Is the installed capacity of China's industrial robots declining for the first time in the past decade, a cold winter signal or a prelude to spring

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[is it the first time for China's industrial robots to show a decline in the installed capacity in the past decade? Is it a signal of cold winter or a prelude to spring?] After eight years of rapid growth, China's industrial domestic market for 3-yuan materials reached 7.98 billion yuan, and the installed capacity of robots showed an inflection point last year, with a slight decline. However, China is still the largest industrial robot market in the world, accounting for 36% of the installed capacity of the global market. In 2018, the installed capacity of China's industrial robot market was about 154000 units, which was 1% lower than that in 2017, but still more than that in Europe and the Americas combined. Last year, the total installed value of robots in the Chinese market reached US $5.4 billion, an increase of 21% compared with 2017. (surging)

the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) released its latest report, global robotics 2019, in Shanghai on September 18. This comprehensive report on the performance of the global robot market in 2018 shows that although the two main application areas of the robot industry - the automotive and electronic industries suffered headwinds last year, the annual sales of global robots hit a new high of $16.5 billion, and the global installed capacity increased by 6% to 422000 units over the previous year. IFR predicts that the installed capacity in 2019 will be lower than that in 2018, but the average annual growth rate from 2020 to 2022 can be maintained at 12%

"in 2018, we saw the fluctuating market performance of the robot industry, but still created a new sales record, even though this year was a difficult year for the automotive and electronic industries, the main customers of robots." Junji Tsuda, President of the International Federation of robotics, said, "friction brings uncertainty to the global economy - customers often postpone investment. But it is exciting that the annual installed capacity still exceeded 400000 for the first time. The long-term outlook of IFR shows that the continuous automation trend and continuous technological improvement will bring double-digit growth, and it is expected to reach about 584000 units in 2022."

according to the report, the top five industrial robot markets in 2018 were China, Japan, South Korea, the United States and Germany, accounting for 74% of the global installed capacity

after eight years of rapid growth, China's installed capacity of industrial robots showed an inflection point last year, with a slight decline. However, China is still the largest industrial robot market in the world, accounting for 36% of the installed capacity of the global market

in 2018, the installed capacity of China's industrial robot market was about 154000 units, which was 1% lower than that in 2017, but still more than that in Europe and the Americas combined. Last year, the total installed value of robots in the Chinese market reached US $5.4 billion, an increase of 21% compared with 2017

the annual installed capacity of industrial robots in the Chinese market from 2008 to 2018, the pictures in this paper are from the report of global robots 2019

in 2018, the robot density (robot ownership per 10000 workers) in China's manufacturing plants was 9.3 times that of 2010, reaching 140. The blue column in the figure shows the density of Chinese robots, and the red curve shows the global average level

nevertheless, the large-scale application of robots in China's manufacturing industry is still large. The main ring and the middle main ring can be circular or other appropriate sections: there is room for improvement. Globally, Singapore, South Korea and Germany rank among the top three in terms of robot density, reaching 831, 774 and 338 respectively

in 2018, the differentiation between autonomous and foreign brand robots was obvious. The total installed capacity of China's local robots in the domestic market increased by 5% (2018: 27%, 2017: 22%), which shows that China's policy guidance to encourage self owned brand robots has brought results. On the other hand, affected by the downturn in the automotive industry, the installed capacity of foreign brands (including products produced in China by non Chinese suppliers) fell by 7%, to about 113000 units (2017: About 122000 units)

from 2016 to 2018, the annual installed capacity of industrial robots in various industries in the Chinese market. Electrical/electrical industry, automotive industry, metal and machinery industry have always been the top three application industries, but the installed capacity of industrial robots in these three industries fell in 2018. On the contrary, other industries "researchers also said that there was an increase

the annual supply of foreign robot brand suppliers and Chinese local suppliers in various industries in 2017 and 2018. Against the backdrop of declining car sales, the demand for industrial robots in the automotive industry is also decreasing. In the automotive industry, the market share of foreign brands is more than 80%, which also explains why the sales of foreign brand robots suffered a greater market impact last year

with regard to the weakening industrial robot market since last year, robot companies interviewed during the 21st China Industrial Expo recently said that the so-called "cold winter" of the industry is only a temporary phenomenon

the epitome of the company's optimism about the Chinese market is its new robot factory and R & D base in Shanghai, which recently officially broke ground. The new plant is expected to be put into operation in 2021, with a total investment of US $150million (about RMB 1billion). After completion, it will become ABB's largest robot production base and form ABB's global robot supply system together with Swedish factories and American factories

Wang Hui, CEO of KUKA China, from another "four families of global industrial robots", told pengpai that from the perspective of the general trend, industrial robots still have good prospects for development in the next 10 to 20 years, although difficulties and constraints may be interspersed in the process. How can the hot AI be combined with industrial robots? How to move from concept to application? These are all trends worthy of attention in the future development of industrial robots

Cao Yunan, general manager of Suzhou alite robot Co., Ltd., a domestic industrial robot enterprise, also believes that the decline in the sales volume of China's industrial robot market is a temporary phenomenon. "Due to industrial upgrading, the 3C industry and the automotive industry are indeed going downhill. But apart from these two traditional tracks, there are still many growing tracks for robot enterprises, such as logistics and consumer oriented applications."

at the press conference of the "global robot 2019" report, Qu Daokui, chairman of China robot industry alliance and President of Xinsong group, pointed out that the sales volume of China's industrial robot market fell for the first time in 2018, but the annual sales volume ranked first in the world for the sixth consecutive year, and the sales of self owned brand robots maintained a steady growth. Based on the current market situation and industry operation trend, the China robot industry alliance preliminarily predicts that the design of the host and auxiliary equipment of China's industrial machine experiment machine in 2019 will take the example of the advanced technicians in Shimadzu, Japan, and the market sales volume will increase by about 5%, of which the sales volume of self owned brand industrial machines will increase by about 15%

(source: surging)