Chinanews, Berlin, October 1 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The latest report of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) shows that there are currently 783,000 industrial robots in operation in Chinese factories, an increase of 21% year-on-year.
The federation pointed out that China is currently the world's largest and fastest growing robot market.
Data map: On September 5, in the exhibition area of the Service Trade Fair in 2020, the staff demonstrated the robot to help "patients" massage the meridians on the Chinese Medicine Intelligent Meridian Guidance Platform.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Xinglong
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) is located in Frankfurt, Germany, speaking on behalf of the global industrial robot industry.
It represents national robotics industry associations, education and research institutions and manufacturers in more than 20 countries around the world.
The "New World Robotics 2020 Industrial Robots" report released by the federation recently showed that there are currently 783,000 industrial robots in operation in Chinese factories, an increase of 21% year-on-year.
Among them, the sales volume of new robots in China is still high in 2019, with shipments of approximately 140,500 units.
Although it was a 9% decrease compared to 2018, it was still the third highest sales volume ever.
Milton Guerry, chairman of the International Federation of Robotics, said that China is currently the world's largest and fastest growing robotics market.
"It has the largest number of robots installed here each year, and has the most maneuverable robots. This rapid development is unique in the history of robots."
From a global perspective, Asia and Australia are still the strongest markets for industrial robots. The operating stock in the region has increased by 14%, reaching approximately 168,800 units in 2019.
Following China's 783,000 units, Japan ranked second with approximately 355,000 industrial robots (an increase of 12%).
It was followed closely by India, which set a new record of approximately 26,300 units, an increase of 15%.
In India, the number of industrial robots in factories has doubled in five years.
The report shows that newly installed robots in Asia account for about two-thirds of the global supply.
Although the sales of nearly 140,500 new robots in China are lower than the two record years of 2018 and 2017, they are still more than twice the sales volume of five years ago (57,000 in 2014).
The installation speed in the former major markets in Asia has slowed down-China decreased by 9% and Japan decreased by 10%.
The report also shows that in China, 71% of new robots are imported from foreign suppliers. Chinese manufacturers still focus on the domestic market and have gained an increasing market share in the country. Foreign suppliers sell about 29% of their products to the automotive industry, while Chinese suppliers only account for about 12%. Therefore, compared with domestic suppliers, foreign suppliers are more affected by the decline in business in China's auto industry. (Finish)