Since 2011, a total of nearly 3,000 robot investment and financing incidents have occurred in my country, with an amount exceeding 150 billion yuan
Can the investment boom detonate the robot market?
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According to the report of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the global robot market is expected to reach 36.51 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, and my country's robot market will reach 83.9 billion U.S. dollars.
As my country's labor costs continue to increase and industrial robot prices continue to decline, the cost advantage of "machine substitution" will become more and more prominent.
On November 10, Gaoxian Robot, the global leader in the field of commercial cleaning robots, announced the completion of 1.2 billion yuan in Series C financing.
So far, Gaoxian has completed three consecutive rounds of financing within one year.
Since 2011, a total of nearly 3,000 robot investment and financing incidents have occurred in my country, with an amount exceeding 150 billion yuan.
This year's "Double 11", Chongqing colleges and universities teachers and students have a new way to receive express delivery.
On November 14, the reporter saw on the spot that the rookie unmanned vehicle "Little Man Donkey" was put into use in Chongqing Transportation Vocational College. This is also the first unmanned express vehicle in Chongqing. It can deliver more than 500 orders on campus in one day. It's clear on the APP.
It can not only carry instruments and equipment, enter and exit various special environmental places for work, but also adjust the atmosphere of the scene by doing push-ups, salutes and other "selling cute" and "playing treasures"...Artificial intelligence is the world's leading technology in science and technology, and many scientific research institutions at home and abroad They are also increasing the research and development of robots.
At present, the overall scale of the service robot market is growing by leaps and bounds.
According to the report of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the global robot market is expected to reach 36.51 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, and my country's robot market will reach 83.9 billion U.S. dollars.
Service robot application scenarios "bloom everywhere"
At the World Internet Conference held in November this year, two quadruped robots developed by the robot company's quadruped robot team made a stunning appearance and attracted the attention of many on-site audiences and media.
Quadruped robots have better environmental adaptability than mobile robots such as wheeled and crawler types. They can operate in various complex terrain conditions such as mountain and jungle, and have become a hot research object in academia and industry.
The marketing service robot launched by Orion Star Restaurant focuses on "delivering food when busy, and soliciting customers when idle." Functions such as active attracting customers, autonomous walking, precise navigation, intelligent obstacle avoidance, voice interaction, and multi-machine collaboration.
At the construction site of the Xiamen North Railway Station project of China Railway Construction and Construction Technology Company, a "big eye" robot with a bright light "above the head" and capable of walking on its own is particularly eye-catching.
"This is our safety steward-an intelligent inspection robot. It can inspect regularly according to the planned route 24 hours a day, and view high-definition images in real time through mobile phones and computers." Project manager Lu Jianyong told reporters that if there are any If the helmet is not properly worn, foreign personnel, foreign vehicles, fires, etc., the robot will immediately sound an alarm and transmit the hidden danger information to the manager's mobile phone.
Wang Chao, general manager of the company, told reporters that in order to make smart construction truly reduce the burden on project management, the company has developed multiple series of robots such as smart inspection, smart side station, smart guidance, smart disinfection and unmanned scrubber, which has accelerated the company. The pace of "digital intelligence" transformation and development.
There are many patients and few doctors. In the face of a large number of patients in need, doctors are also lacking in skills.
The emergence of new robot application scenarios spawned by the epidemic has not only drove the hot sales of the robot market, but also contains a new blue ocean of industry related to thousands of households.
Industry professionals predict that the potential domestic market for flexible surgical robots is about 13.6 billion yuan per year. Taking into account the number of potential buyers and the adaptive market size, the neutral estimate of the domestic surgical robot scale will reach 7.5 billion in the future. Yuan/year.
The development space of flexible robots in the medical field is huge.
"Meeting for the first time, two hours of free talk, ten minutes to watch the product, immediately sign the contract, full delivery." This is a message recently sent by Zhang Jianzheng, the founder of Shanghai Sazhi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. in the circle of friends. The company "Sanhe The market enthusiasm of "one" disinfection robots can be seen-the original sales volume of dozens of units in half a year, now there are hundreds of orders for one month.
Robot investment boom is back
How hot is the robotics track this year?
As long as investors hesitate a little bit, they may never get a ticket again.
According to the data from Tianyan Check, there are currently over 310,000 robot-related companies in my country.
In the first 10 months of this year, a total of 299 robot projects were financed, of which 253 were concentrated in the C round and before, and 79 projects had financing amounts of more than 100 million yuan.
Linear Capital Wang Huai once used "the dawn of 5:30" to compare the industry wave this year, and "the early morning of 4:30" to the previous stage.
Walking closer to people is the general view of investors on robots this year.
As the new darling of capital, sweeping robots are coming in droves.
Catalyzed by the epidemic, the development of domestic robots is in full swing. On the one hand, all kinds of robots enter the stores and factories that resume work and production, and on the other hand, robot startups start a new round of "golden gold" craze.
As of the end of October this year, there have been more than 10 financings for sweeping robots in 2021. Almost every month, brands have completed financing above 10 million yuan: On June 15, Lesheng Intelligent announced the completion of tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing; July On the 19th, Yuli completed 50 million yuan of A round of financing; on September 21, Trifo completed hundreds of millions of yuan in C1 round of financing...In fact, the current domestic sweeping robot penetration rate in urban households is less than 8%, compared with 45.68% in cities and towns in my country. Compared with the reduction rate, the sweeping robot still has a huge market space.
Baidu recently proposed the concept of "automobile robot". With the support of powerful AI, the car "transforms" into a "model robot" intelligent body that takes into account multiple scenarios such as autonomous driving, intelligent assistants, loyal companionship, and self-learning. The industrial landing development provides a new path.
Is the spring of robots far away?
With the influx of more funds, will domestic robots speed up to the spring of landing?
Milton Guerry, Chairman of the International Federation of Robotics, said: “China is currently the world’s largest and fastest-growing robot market. The largest number of robots are installed here each year, and they have the most maneuverable robots. This rapid development is unique in the history of robots. ."
The Boston Consulting Group predicts that the global robot market will expand from 160 billion yuan to 260 billion yuan in 2030. There is still room for 100 billion yuan to develop, and the Chinese market will also expand accordingly.
Zeng Jianyong, CEO of National Patrol Robot, told reporters: "National Patrol Robot will continue to expand its technical research and development team, increase investment in scientific research, and build more data models through the accumulated safety inspection experience and future safety inspection requirements, and gradually improve The intelligent level of intelligent security inspections provides security intelligent services for more companies and more scenarios."
Cheng Haotian, founder and CEO of Gaoxian Robotics, said: "In the future, Gaoxian Robotics will continue to develop standards, build platforms, consolidate barriers, and stimulate more possibilities for cleaning services from the perspective of the industry leader. Leapfrogging, and finally building a smart service ecosystem on a global scale, making predictions come true and dreams come true."
Relevant data show that in my country, more than half of industrial robots are used in the automobile manufacturing industry, and among these industrial robots, more than half are welding robots.
In addition, the application of palletizing robots in industrial production and three-dimensional warehouses will greatly reduce the work intensity of workers, and also play an effective role in ensuring the personal safety of workers in individual harsh working environments.
Professor Yuanming Mo from Chongqing Technology and Business University said: As my country’s labor costs continue to increase and the price of industrial robots continues to decline, the cost advantage of "machine substitution" will become more and more prominent, using AGV handling robots, stamping robots, palletizing robots and other industries The cost advantage of robots instead of labor will be more obvious.
Our reporter Li Guo