On August 21, the 2024 World Robot Conference opened in Beijing. China has become an important player in global robotics innovation, application expansion and industry governance, with more than 190,000 relevant valid patents, accounting for about two-thirds of the world's total.
Robotics is an important field for the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology and the real economy, promoting human society’s acceleration into the intelligence era. At present, in the field of robotics, breakthroughs have been made in cutting-edge technologies such as multi-source information fusion perception and human-computer natural interaction. The pedigree of key components such as reducer, controller, and servo system is becoming more and more perfect; the performance and safety level of industrial robots, such as those used for welding and spraying, as well as service robots, such as in surgery and logistics, continue to improve.
Data shows that China has been the world's largest industrial robot market for 11 consecutive years, and the new installed capacity in the past three years accounts for more than half of the world's total. The density of robots in the manufacturing industry reached 470 per 10,000 workers, an increase of nearly 19-fold in ten years.
Service robots have achieved large-scale applications in family services, medical care and other fields; Special robots play an important role in air-sea exploration, emergency rescue and other fields. The average annual growth rate of operating income of the robot industry is about 15%.
However, industry insiders also said that China's robot industry started late, and there are still problems such as weak positive design capabilities, weak industrial foundation, and insufficient integration of industrial chain innovation chain.
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First published by XINHUA NET, August 22, 2024
