Industrial robots "innovate" the future

On November 5th, at the 2013 China International Industry Fair, which was opened in Shanghai, in the dedicated industrial robot exhibition hall, the Junjun brand is competing with nearly 100 domestic and foreign industrial robot manufacturers, and has received favorable comments from the industry and customers. . Prior to this, our province's “combined horses and horses” robot strategic emerging industries regional agglomeration development was selected as a pilot project in the country. Good industrial development prospects coupled with continued favorable policies, the industrial spring of our province’s industrial robots is quietly coming.

The labor productivity of the machine replaced the manual labor force to greatly improve the turning, arm extension, positioning, and spot welding, and the movements are sharpened, and arc light and sparks are emitted from time to time. At Chery Automobile Co., the welding robots were all "in one and five" and were busy in their respective positions. "Industrial robots have stable performance, large working space, fast moving speed, and strong load capacity. The overall quality of work is obviously better than manual welding. It is a good helper to replace artificial hands," said the person in charge of the company's fifth welding equipment factory.

In recent years, some enterprises in our province have replaced laborious manual operations with automated and intelligent equipment such as industrial robots, which has not only eased the labor shortage pressure, but also achieved a significant increase in labor productivity. At present, large enterprises such as JAC, Chery Automobile and Heli forklift have achieved remarkable results in the application of industrial robots. According to the general report of enterprises, the labor productivity of the positions of industrial robots is on average increased by more than 30%. In Chery, industrial robots have been widely used in welding production lines for automotive vehicles, and have been actively extended to glueing, handling, and assembly stations.

In recent years, with the increasing demand for industrial robots, the industrial robot industry in our province has grown and a number of industrial robot manufacturers with strong influence in China have emerged, such as Juyi Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. and Eft Smart Equipment. Ltd. The robots on Chery's production line were developed and manufactured by Eft. The company's annual sales revenue has increased at an average rate of 60% since its establishment 6 years ago. It has expanded the use of robotics from the automotive industry to home appliance handling, CNC machine tools, and loading and unloading. An industry scale of 1,000 units per year has been formed.

"As an important component of advanced manufacturing support technology and high-end equipment, industrial robots are an important technological means to achieve industrial transformation and upgrading. Robots are replacing the artificial trend in the future." Niu Yi, director of the provincial economy and information committee, said that industrial robots have become a measure of The important signs of regional manufacturing and technological level are conducive to the transition from heavy-duty labor-intensive primary industrialization to high-level industrialization relying on machine production.

“Demand for work” catalyzes the continuous increase in demand of enterprises. In the first industrial robot exhibition hall held at the 2013 China International Industry Fair, a merchant from Henan was consulting its relevant performance in detail and interested in a palletizing robot produced by the company. buy. The logistics company run by the merchants needs many young and strong employees. However, the enterprises cannot keep them. The difficulty in employment and employment has always hampered the development of the company.

In recent years, the phenomenon of “labor shortage” has spread from the coastal areas to the central and western regions, and labor wages have continued to rise. Recently, the topic of the near-exhaustion of the surplus rural labor force has aroused widespread concern in the society. Despite the abundant labor force in China, the decline in the number of working-age people is an inevitable trend. “In the context of the current demographic dividends gradually disappearing, the use of robots is a breakthrough for enterprises to solve their difficulties in labor and employment, accelerate industrial transformation and upgrading, and is increasingly favored by enterprises.” Director of Equipment Industry Division, Provincial Economic and Credit Commission Zhang Jianan said.

It is understood that at present, the price of a simple handling robot is about 10 million yuan, which is equivalent to a worker’s salary for 3 years and the life expectancy is more than 10 years. According to statistics, due to technological upgrading, the cost of domestic industrial robots is declining at a rate of 4% per annum, and the application advantages are further manifested.

With the acceleration of the pace of industrial transformation and upgrading in our province, the demand for industrial robots by enterprises in the province continues to heat up, and the willingness of enterprises to continuously apply will increase. According to preliminary statistics from the Provincial Economic and Information Commission, currently there are 8 industrial robot manufacturers in our province. Last year, sales revenue reached 712 million yuan, and this year it is expected to realize sales revenue of 1.143 billion yuan.

“At present, the absolute quantity of industrial robots used by industrial enterprises in our province has grown rapidly, but for a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises, there are still many difficulties and problems in the application of robotics.” Zhang Jianan said that the one-time input costs of applied robots are high, The operation and maintenance expenses are large, and the investment recovery cycle is long; in addition, the supply of general technical equipment that meets the urgent needs of enterprises is insufficient, the industrial robot industry is not yet developed, and the application service system is not yet perfect. “At present, there are no special funds to support enterprise application robots in our province. We need to strengthen guidance and support.”

The policy "benefits" related support measures to be refined as an important part of the high-end equipment manufacturing industry, the development of industrial robot industry in our province ushered in "policy favorable".

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Office of the Ministry of Finance have taken the lead in revising the implementation plan for the pilot development of Hefei Robot Strategic Emerging Industries in Penghu, Wuhu, Hunan Province. The plan calls for a breakthrough in the development of the robot industry, focusing on precision reducers, servo motors, and Drivers and other core technologies form a robotics innovation system. By 2015, 3 to 5 leading companies with an output value of over 5 billion yuan will be nurtured to form an internationally competitive robot industrial cluster."

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Special Action Plan for the Intensive Integration of Informatization and Industrialization (2013-2018)", proposing a smart manufacturing model to cultivate the operation, and explicitly speeding up the application of industrial robots in the production process. Our province has built digital workshops in key industries such as automobiles, machine tools, and construction machinery, and piloted the construction of smart factories to promote the application of industrial robots on the scale of key production lines.

“Relevant departments and localities should seize the opportunity to further refine the relevant support measures and vigorously develop the robot industry. At the same time, the use of robots and automation equipment to transform and upgrade the level of manufacturing in our province, and accelerate industrial restructuring and optimization and upgrading.” Provincial Industrial Economics Federation official said.

The industry generally believes that the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” is a critical period for the development of China’s industrial robot industry. The market demand will show blowout development. China will become the world’s largest robot market next year; by 2015, the industry scale of industrial robots in the country is expected to exceed Trillions of dollars. Faced with such a big market cake, how the province's industrial robot industry and enterprises seize the opportunity to seize the commanding height has become a problem that all parties in the province, including government, production, education, and research, must work together to think and act quickly.

Linking industrial robots, their appearance is not necessarily similar to humans, mainly refers to the machine that replaces people to do things, help people to do "simple mechanical boring thing", or do "people can not do".

Industrial robots are multi-joint robots or multi-degree-of-freedom robots that are oriented toward the industrial field. They are machine devices that automatically perform work, and are machines that rely on their own power and control capabilities to achieve various functions. It can accept human command, or it can run according to pre-programmed procedures. Modern industrial robots can also act according to the principles established by artificial intelligence technology.