With the rise of labor cost, China's demographic dividend gradually disappears, and the "machine replacement" in manufacturing industry has gradually become the mainstream. China will form a huge industrial robot market. In the face of this big blue ocean in China, the four giants of global robotics - KUKA, FANUC, Yaskawa and ABB have taken actions one after another to accelerate their in-depth layout in the Chinese market.

With the gradual disappearance of the demographic dividend, China has become a large industrial robot market in the world. According to the Ministry of industry and information technology, by 2020, China will form a relatively complete industrial robot industry system, with a high-end market share of more than 45%. At present, the use of industrial robots in China is mainly concentrated in the automotive industry, electronic and electrical industry, arc welding robots, spot welding robots and handling robots, which are widely used in production.

Since 2016, machine replacement has become an urgent need for enterprise development. In addition, as the price of industrial robots is decreasing, the effect of machine replacement is very obvious. The huge potential of China's industrial robot market has attracted the great attention of KUKA, FANUC, Yaskawa and abb, the "four families" of robots in the world. Several companies have successively accelerated the layout of the Chinese market.

On April 24, Yaskawa electric and Changying precision officially signed a contract in Songshan Lake, Dongguan to establish a joint venture Guangdong Tianji robot Co., Ltd. As one of the four recognized robot enterprises in the world, Yaskawa electric and Changying precision will give full play to their advantages in technology, market and other fields, devote themselves to developing a cutting-edge generation of small six axis industrial robots, and improve the quality and core technology of China's local robot products.

After the establishment of the joint venture, Tianji robot plans to produce 500 small six axis robots in 2017, 2000 in 2018 and an annual output of 10000 by 2021.

As one of the four major robot brands in the world, Yaskawa has mastered the core technologies of robots such as servo motor and motion control system, and its blood is very pure. Yaskawa robot has always been in a leading position in the world in terms of cost performance. From the perspective of Yaskawa, choosing Changying precision as the research and development partner of small six axis robot pays more attention to the accumulation of Changying precision in 3C industry and the huge market it can pry open.

After the establishment of the joint venture between Yaskawa and Changying precision, Tianji robot plans to produce 500 small six axis robots in 2017, 2000 in 2018 and an annual output of 10000 by 2021.

For ABB, according to Japanese media reports, abb Switzerland, one of the top four industrial robots in the world, will open a large-scale sales and service base called "Application Center" in Chongqing, inland China in 2017. In inland China, there are increasing investment opportunities to promote economic development. ABB hopes to seize the demand for automation.

At present, abb is promoting the preparations for the opening of the application center. It is expected that the area of the center will reach thousands of square meters, and the investment amount has not been announced. The center will actually set up industrial robots, equipped with sales personnel and technical support engineers.

ABB has the same base in Qingdao and Zhuhai along the coast of China. The application center in Zhuhai plans to relocate and expand its scale in 2017. Li Gang, head of ABB's robot business in China, said that in China, three bases are not enough. In the future, centers need to be opened in the north and other regions.

Fanuc, one of the "four families", is also interested in Chongqing. It is understood that FANUC has started to build a technology center in Chongqing, China as early as 2016. At that time, Shinji Inaba, CEO of FANUC, said that with the help of Chongqing Technology Center, FANUC was hoping to cultivate talents such as robot engineers or system engineers to contribute to the development of Chongqing.

"We are ready to cooperate with Chongqing automobile factory to promote intelligent application and bring cutting-edge robot technology to Chongqing." Rice leaf good governance said. In recent years, capital investment in inland areas where economic development is lagging behind coastal areas has made progress. Fanuc is also discussing the establishment of a technology center as a sales and service base in Chongqing in 2018.

KUKA, one of the "four families", has Chinese descent. This year, it was officially acquired by China Midea Group and has become an important part of Midea's industrial ecology. In view of Midea Group's huge market foundation, perfect sales channels and good consumption viscosity in China, KUKA is expected to become one of the "four families" that has made outstanding achievements in China's robot market.

The high attention of the global robot "four families" to the Chinese market proves that the peak of the development of the Chinese robot market is far from coming, and the market potential is still huge. While strengthening cooperation with the "four families", domestic robot enterprises should also build their own core competitiveness based on the future and quality, so as to promote the sustainable development of enterprises, drive the intelligent transformation of the industry and realize the creation of China.