Lack of core patents, Chinese robots A and B have difficulties on both sides

Artificial intelligence (AI), the robot, is gradually infiltrating our work and life.

One aspect of the Chinese robot industry is: Industry 4. 0 and China Manufacturing 2025 plan to allow industrial robots to gradually "occupy" factories, China has become the world's largest consumer market for industrial robots. The other side is: capital running into the field to allow service robots to bloom everywhere, sweeping robots, educational robots, children's companion robots, social robots, etc. into thousands of households.

However, the two sides of the robot also face different dilemmas: the industrial robot market has high demand but the core patent is missing; the service robot is low intelligence and development is limited.

Side A

Industrial robots: high demand for patents

Due to the needs of the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, China has now become the world's largest consumer market for industrial robots.

Beyond Japan to become the world's largest market

On January 20, 2016, Midea Air Conditioning exhibited two new intelligent production lines built by its Nansha plant. One is the air conditioner internal production line, and one is responsible for the outer machine production. According to Wu Wenxin, president of Midea's home air conditioning business unit, in addition to the Nansha plant, the Wuhan factory intelligent production line will also be launched at the end of the month. After the two factories are piloted, they are considered to be copied to other factories. In the next five years, Midea's air-conditioning plan will invest 4 billion to 5 billion yuan to realize the full intelligence of the factory. As of 2015, Midea Air Conditioning has invested a total of 1 billion in smart manufacturing, with an average automation rate of 16.9%, an industry average of 7%, and a robotic number of 562. It is expected to reach 1,500 in 2018.

According to the statistics of the International Robot Association, in 2013, China surpassed Japan to become the largest market for industrial robots worldwide; in 2014, the annual sales volume of industrial robots worldwide was 225,000 units, and sales in China accounted for about a quarter.

Wu Wenxin, president of Midea's home air conditioning business unit, believes that “manufacturing intelligence will become the only way to be driven by factors such as fierce competition caused by excess product, further increase in user requirements, rapid response to market demand, and rising labor costs.”

In addition, Fang Hongbo, chairman and president of Midea Group, revealed that Midea has become the second largest shareholder of KUKA, one of the world's four largest robotics companies, holding nearly 10% of KUKA's shares; and also owning a domestic robot manufacturing company. , holding nearly 20%.

In the eyes of the United States, the effect of manufacturing intelligence is significant. Compared with 2011, the automation rate has increased from 3% in 2011 to 16.9% in 2015, and is expected to be 50% by 2018; monthly peak products will increase from 3 million to 4 million, and is expected to be 5 million by 2018. The delivery cycle has been reduced from an average of 20 days to an average of 9 days; the number of workers has decreased by 22,000, the qualification rate of one assembly has increased from 97% to 99.9%, and the changeover time has dropped from 45 minutes to 3 minutes.

However, there is a view in the industry that smart manufacturing cannot be the master key to solving manufacturing problems. Informatization technology is not a panacea for solving product quality and key common basic technologies. In fact, at present, the air-conditioning industry is in a downturn, and enterprises are facing the pressure of “de-stocking”. The improvement of production efficiency of robotic equipment is an advantage or a burden for air-conditioning enterprises?

Wu Wenxin believes that for manufacturing companies, industrial robots such as technology investment, "control product quality stability in the first place, followed by rapid response, to meet customer needs, the third is to reduce labor costs." Based on this, he believes that smart manufacturing can drive the sales of air conditioners in the United States. "With intelligent, the product cost is relatively high, coupled with the beautiful brand, sales are not good."

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