[Focus] Domestic robot industry is going to spring

General Secretary Xi Jinping once emphasized that robots are the crown jewel in modern manufacturing. With the opportunity of industrial upgrading and the introduction of the Intelligent Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 plans, domestic companies have more and more demands on robots. According to statistics, in 2015, global robot sales exceeded 240,000 units for the first time, and China’s sales volume reached 66,000 units, an increase of 16% year-on-year.

Then, what is the development of the domestic robot industry? What other obstacles need to be overcome? How is the current application of robots in various industries? On the eve of the upcoming 2016 World Robotics Conference, journalists from the "China Science Journal" and related personnel of the China Electronics Association visited several robot companies.

Prosperous industries

In the Shanghai office area of ​​GQY Video Co., Ltd., a banking service robot caught the attention of reporters. From the appearance point of view, "Xiaomin" is about 1 meter 7 tall, has an anthropomorphic head appearance, chest screen is its "window" with users. It supports voice interaction, face recognition technology, can help separate banking services, but also singing, dancing, chatting.

“This bank robot can help users set up credit cards in real time, and there will be many functions in the future, which are currently welcomed by some banks.” GQY video chairman Guo Qichen introduced that their R&D banking service robots are based on an in-depth study of financial industry application scenarios. , Combining the traditional banking service model with innovative technologies, using intelligent devices digital media and human-computer interaction technologies, the intelligent robot technology will be presented in a more vivid form, which can effectively improve the efficiency of banking business personnel. At present, "Xiaomin" has already appeared on the spot at China Minsheng Bank Yinchuan Branch.

In addition to bank robots, GQY Video Co., Ltd. is currently developing security robots for community security patrols.

As a member of the Heilongjiang Provincial Government and Harbin Institute of Technology, the Harbin Institute of Technology Robot Group has emerged as a new road for rehabilitation robots.

According to Qiao Hui, senior vice president of HIT Robot Group, with the improvement of China’s social development level, people’s medical concepts are changing: more and more people gradually turn to clinical treatment alone, and gradually turn into clinical treatment and postoperative rehabilitation. . In addition, the ageing of the population in our country has intensified, and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and neurological diseases has risen. Such patients have great demand for rehabilitation physiotherapy, but the rehabilitation industry in China is in the early stage of development and there is not enough groups of rehabilitation physiotherapists to meet patients. Demand. At present, the rehabilitation medical robots they have researched and developed have basically been successfully developed and are currently cooperating with some hospitals.

It can be said that robots developed by domestic robot companies are of various types and have a good market prospect.