Guangzhou equipment manufacturing seizes the "robot revolution" front market

Guangzhou equipment manufacturing seizes the "robot revolution" front market

After the Lantern Festival, the news of recruitment difficulties in Guangzhou was reported again. According to reports, some garment factories are hard to recruit, and their daily salary is less than 400 yuan.

Manufacturing transformation has always been a hot spot in the PRD. Low-end manufacturing companies, such as foundry workers, are increasingly eroded in the context of rising labor costs and a sharp rise in raw materials and tariffs. Recently, Guangzhou officially issued the "Guangzhou Manufacturing 2025 Strategic Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the "strategic plan"), which will bring hope for solving this dilemma.

In the "Strategic Planning", Guangzhou is positioned as a national demonstration base for high-end equipment manufacturing innovation bases, national intelligent manufacturing and intelligent services, and will provide support and guidance for manufacturing transformation and upgrading in other cities in the Pearl River Delta. In the future, Guangzhou Manufacturing will focus on ten areas including smart equipment and robots , a new generation of information technology, energy-saving and new energy vehicles, and urban consumer industries. 60% of industrial enterprises above designated size will use industrial robots and smart equipment.

As a major manufacturing province, Guangdong has actively promoted “machine substitution” in recent years. Not only has the government provided many incentive policies, but a group of Guangdong entrepreneurs have also responded positively. Today, robots are installed in factories in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Foshan. The figures are becoming more and more common.

In 2014, there were 237 robotics companies in Shenzhen with an industrial output value of 48 billion yuan. Foshan is not to be outdone. There are 72 industrial robot companies in the city, and the existing scale is close to 30 billion. At the same time, data from Dongguan Robot Industry Association shows that there are currently more than 200 enterprises engaged in the robot industry in the city, and the output value of robots and the entire smart equipment industry has reached more than 20 billion yuan.

However, it is worth noting that robots still have the hidden concern of "quality" behind the soaring "quantity", and the robot industry has both shortages and excesses. According to the author's understanding, many entrepreneurs in Guangzhou are willing to promote "machine substitution". This is because they value the need not to worry about recruiting for the coming year. However, the situation is not satisfactory. According to some robot companies, robots are not easy to use due to human-computer collaboration technology. Therefore, the situation of labor shortage has not been eased.

The replacement of robots by robots is the only way for industrial upgrading. On the one hand, machine substitution can solve the shortage of labor, on the other hand, it improves the efficiency of industrial production, and broadens the road for Guangdong's manufacturing to leap from low end to high end. For example, in the most advanced automobile manufacturing industry, the application rate of robots must reach a high level in order to guarantee the scale and standardization of the industry.

Although China has been the world's largest robotic application market for many years now, the rate of market expansion has exceeded 50% for 4 consecutive years. However, the density of robots in China, that is, the number of robots installed per 10,000 workers, is less than half of the world average. This shows that there is still huge space for the development of robotics in China. The reality is that industrial robots sold in the Chinese market account for less than 30% of domestic production.

Indeed, the current robot industry also faces many challenges. In terms of basic components, the reducers , motors, and controllers that are the three basic components of industrial robots need to be imported, resulting in cost pressures for domestic robots and difficulty in competitiveness. Therefore, experts believe that in this “robot revolution” that sweeps across the globe, Guangzhou needs to find its own unique position and role, and then it will be able to make a success.

Looking at the advantages of Guangzhou, Guangzhou boasts the largest number of scientific and technological resources in the province. It has 70% of the province's universities and research institutions, and 70% of scientific and technological achievements are unique advantages. Guangzhou has not stopped in robot research and development: South China University of Technology robot sensor research also has a place in the country. The Guangdong Intelligent Robot Research Institute is currently relying on robotics to develop unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned boats, unmanned vehicles, and unmanned factories. At the same time, star robot companies such as “Guangzhou CNC” have also emerged in the industrial sector, all of which have combined to improve the basis for the development of the robot industry in Guangzhou. It can be said that the bridge built by Guangzhou to "intelligence" has been established. In the field of technology, Guangzhou can at least lead the Pearl River Delta.

The author believes that the development of the robot industry must rely on the market and target market demand. If robots are manufactured without human use and cannot satisfy the needs of social development, it will be difficult for the robotics industry to develop rapidly. Therefore, the robot industry must improve its innovation capabilities and improve the manufacturing innovation system that combines companies as the main body, market orientation, and production, education, and research.

Nowadays, Guangzhou's high-end manufacturing industry is the application of robots. For example, automobile manufacturing is already a pillar industry in Guangzhou. The more robots are used, the more they can increase the output scale and quality level of Guangzhou automobile manufacturing, and thus occupy a higher level of industry. status.

Equipment manufacturing is the focus of Guangzhou's development, and Guangzhou should become a robot producer. At this point, it is possible to lead the equipment manufacturing industry in Guangzhou to actively intervene in the field of robot production and to seize the front-end market of the “robot revolution”. Developed robots for use in different industrial categories and production processes. Therefore, the robot industry in Guangzhou must not only be “hot” but also “real”. It should dare to face challenges and bottlenecks, instead of simply mimicking it, in order to negotiate and lead the Pearl River Delta.

The robot's "follow-up market" in Guangzhou is also very promising. With the widespread use of robots, maintenance of precision and expensive robots is also indispensable. Guangzhou has trained a large number of highly qualified technical personnel. It will become a maintenance base for robots in the Pearl River Delta Region in the future, and the export of related technologies and talents is also a good development path.

Guangzhou equipment manufacturing seizes the "robot revolution" front market