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How can the robotics industry achieve a doubling of revenue

2025-11-28   

At the 2025 China Robot Industry Development Conference, the China Machinery Industry Federation released the report card for the development of the robot industry during the 14th Five Year Plan period. In terms of industrial scale, the revenue of the robotics industry reached 106.1 billion yuan in 2020, which will double to 237.89 billion yuan in 2024; In the first three quarters of this year, the industry's revenue increased by 29.5% year-on-year. In terms of exports, the industry's export value was 390 million US dollars in 2020, increasing to 1.15 billion US dollars in 2024; In the first three quarters of this year, the export value reached 1.24 billion US dollars, exceeding the total of last year and a year-on-year increase of 56%. In terms of market share, the domestic market share of independent brand industrial robots has increased from 31.4% in 2020 to 58.5% in 2024. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, China's robotics industry developed rapidly and formed a relatively complete industrial chain system. ”Xu Niansha, President of the China Machinery Industry Federation, said. At the 25th China International Industry Expo, high-performance industrial robots with stronger capabilities for heavy-duty, welding, spraying, etc. were successfully applied. The Estun heavy-duty robot grabbed a weight of 1200 kilograms, repeatedly transported it, and maintained stability throughout the entire process. End load is one of the key functional technical indicators of robots. With the integration of industrial robots into manufacturing processes, there is an increasing demand in the market for heavy-duty robots with high stiffness, precision, and reliability. ”Introduction by the relevant person in charge of Nanjing Estun Automation Co., Ltd. China's heavy-duty robots have long relied on imports, and the domestic equipment market share was once less than 3%. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, Chinese enterprises achieved group breakthroughs. Estun's 700 kilogram industrial robot launched in 2024 received over a hundred orders, and this year it has even launched 1000 kilogram products. Welding, the 'sewing thread' of modern industry. Our welding robot can achieve high-speed, high load, and high stability spot welding operations, with the fastest welding of a single weld point taking only 2.2 seconds, "said the person in charge of Shenyang Xinsong Robot Automation Co., Ltd. Let's take a look at spray painting again. Traditional production lines require 3 to 5 days for whole vehicle spray painting, while production lines using Efte robots can be completed in just over 80 seconds. The new technology launched this year enables robots to integrate intelligent process systems internally, automatically completing processes such as color matching, color changing, spraying, and cleaning. ”Engineer Wang Jinsong from Evertech Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. said. In the first three quarters of this year, China's industrial robot production reached 595000 units, exceeding the total output of last year. The localization rate of complete machine products for backbone enterprises in the industry with better supporting facilities exceeds 80%. The rapid development of the robotics industry is inseparable from the accumulation and development of the industrial chain. From high-precision reducers, high-performance servo systems to intelligent controllers, the matching capabilities of key components are steadily increasing. Harmonic reducers, the "joints" of robots, are mainly divided into flexible wheels, wave generators, and rigid wheels. Among them, the wall thickness of the flexible wheel is only 0.2 millimeters, and the machining accuracy of its surface involute tooth profile needs to reach the micrometer level. Foreign companies have high product prices and long delivery cycles. Nowadays, the domestic market share of domestically produced harmonic reducers exceeds 40%. After more than 20 years of research and development, we have basically approached the level of international leading enterprises in key parameters such as rated torque and repeat positioning accuracy. ”The Vice General Manager of Green Harmonic, Li Qian, said. Servo motors are the "muscles" of robots and the key factor for precise joint movements. Shenzhen Huichuan Technology Co., Ltd. has surpassed foreign brands in the domestic servo system market share. At the Huichuan production base located in Yueyang, Hunan, the rotor production line has achieved full process automation, and the automation rate of the stator production line has also reached 70%. The intelligent production line not only ensures high precision and reliability of products, but also makes customized services possible, "said the person in charge of Huichuan Technology. At the same time, domestic suppliers are playing an increasingly important role in the production and manufacturing of robots. Song Xiaogang, Executive Vice Chairman of the Robotics Branch of the China Machinery Industry Federation, introduced that China's robot supporting industry system is becoming increasingly perfect, with a significant improvement in technological level and industrialization ability. The self-sufficiency rate of robot complete machine products for industry backbone enterprises exceeds 80%. By the end of 2024, the number of industrial robots in China has exceeded 2 million, ranking first in the world in terms of the density of manufacturing robots with wider applications. In 2024, the sales of industrial robots in the Chinese market reached 302000 units, an increase of 68.7% compared to 2020, accounting for 54% of the global total sales. In terms of application scope, as of 2024, China's independent brand industrial robots have covered a total of 71 major categories and 241 medium categories in the national economy, accounting for 51% of the medium categories in the national economy, an increase of 19 major categories and 98 medium categories compared to 2020. Among them, the density of manufacturing robots has jumped from eighth globally in 2020 to third globally in 2024. The robot accelerates into the factory. China has built over 35000 basic level intelligent factories, more than 230 excellent level intelligent factories, and 1260 5G factories. Looking ahead to the future, intelligence and segmentation are the two key development directions. As artificial intelligence technology accelerates its penetration into vertical industries, robots and artificial intelligence technology are deeply integrated. ”Song Xiaogang stated that robots are accelerating their transformation from "functional equipment" that used to perform repetitive and programmed tasks to "intelligent partners" that possess perception, decision-making, and autonomous execution capabilities. Recently, Evertech has launched a voice interactive palletizing robot that can be operated without programming and through voice commands. Ordinary robots only have the function of 'hands', while this product has both' eyes' and 'ears'. ”The relevant person in charge of Efte introduced that the combination of "eyes" and visual technology can clearly locate the location of objects through cameras; Combining speech recognition and big data models, 'Ear' automatically inputs instructions and generates codes. Segmentation is also the direction in which the robotics industry is striving. In response to the problem of excessive concentration of a few tracks in some enterprises leading to fierce competition, Song Xiaogang said, "We will guide enterprises to expand and deepen their application fields in manufacturing and service industries, differentiate their development, and discover more business opportunities

Edit:Yao jue Responsible editor:Xie Tunan

Source:People's Daily

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