August 31, 2017 Source: Guangming Net

On August 25th, the World Robotics Congress entered the third day, and the venue was still full of people and lively. The reporter walked all the way at the World Robot Expo and found that there are dozens of children's early education robots. Information inquiry, music on demand, and scene interaction have become the standard for robots. However, there are only a handful of robots that can really enter the homes of ordinary people. .

Beijing 301 Hospital, the little boy interacted with the robot "Xiaoman" who took on the responsibility of the guiding nurse. Photo by Zhao Naiming Bright Picture / Vision China

Xin Guobin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, pointed out in the speech that the current robot industry is in a period of rapid development, and the actual demand of the robot market, especially the potential demand is very huge. If you can't grasp the right direction and maintain rational judgment, the development of robots will not be able to maintain a sustainable development. He also mentioned this issue before. "China's robot industry has seen the trend of 'low-end industry high-end industry', and there are hidden concerns about over-investment, and hidden dangers of low-level redundant construction are gradually emerging."

"China Robot Industry Development Report (2017)" shows that in 2017, China's robot market will reach 6.28 billion US dollars. But in contrast to the "hotness" of robots, in China's huge robotic consumer market, China's domestic brand robots account for only 4%. How to get rid of the virtual fire, strong bones and strong bones, become an important issue for the experts at the meeting.

From the producers of low-end and mid-range products to the developers of medium and high-end core technologies

In just a few years, the number of domestic production robots has grown to more than 20, and the number of robotic industrial parks has reached more than 40. The number of robot enterprises has rapidly increased from less than 400 to 800, and the number of industrial chain related enterprises has reached 3,400.

Sun Fuchun, a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Tsinghua University, pointed out that when developing robots and artificial intelligence in many places in China, they did not fully consider the market demand and the local environment, but only followed suit, which caused homogenization.

“There are nearly 4,000 robot manufacturers in our country, and the fractions are more than other robot companies in the world. But some of them are language robot companies. The things they do don’t have much to do with robots.” Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences Wang Feiyue, director of the State Key Laboratory of System Management and Control, told the reporter.

Yan Yu, the head of Festo (China) Co., Ltd., also said that some companies are currently impetuous, and they can only do a good job in the robot industry if they are doing their research in a down-to-earth manner.

Compared with the problem of following the trend, the experts are worried that the independent research and development capabilities of China's robots need to be strengthened. According to statistics, the mainstream of the market is still controlled by ABB, KUKA, Yaskawa and FANUC, and the market share of robots in China is only about 30%.

"China's core software and core components are still dependent on imports, which greatly discounts the core competitiveness of China's products." Zhao Jie, professor of Harbin Institute of Technology and director of the Robotics Institute, also believes that brand awareness is low and lacking. Industry standards have seriously affected the development of the robotics industry. In order for China's robots to be based in the world, it is necessary to change from the producers of low-end products to the developers of high-end core technologies as soon as possible.

Professor Yu Haibin from the Institute of Automation of Shenyang Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences told the reporter: "There is a deep imperfection in the robot market in China. The robot industry must quickly make up for shortcomings such as basic construction, artificial intelligence, independent research and development, and originality."

To promote the healthy development of the robot industry, it is necessary to strengthen the body and strengthen the body.

Experts attending the meeting said that the structural reform of the supply side of the robot industry should be continuously promoted, and the adaptability and flexibility of robot R&D and supply to demand changes should be enhanced to avoid a series of problems in the current robot industry.

Sun Fuchun believes that "China's robot development should be ‘overtaking and overtaking' and catching up with foreign countries in service robots.” He believes that the development of service-oriented robots is very urgent at present. If China exerts its strength in this respect, it will certainly drive China's industrial transformation and effectively promote GDP growth.

"Only the technology that serves the people is a good technology. Only by considering the needs of society and the market can we make good products." Zhang Danhua, general manager of Zhongrui Funing Robot (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. said.

Zhao Wei, a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, believes that “the state should increase its support for core components. For example, the rapid advancement of service robots and artificial intelligence has opened up a path for the development of China’s robot industry, and this should be strengthened.”

To promote the healthy development of the robot industry, it is necessary to strengthen the body and further enhance the ability and level of robot development. It is also necessary to strengthen the basics and environment of robot development.

Zhao Jie said that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, China's annual investment in robots is equivalent to the sum of our previous five years of investment. With such a large investment, we hope that after five years, we can achieve a result, that is, in the frontier technology. In terms of achieving some internationally outstanding research results, especially original results.

In the past two years, the development of China's robot industry has begun to show new changes. In 2016, China's industrial robot production accounted for about a quarter of the world's total, and speech recognition and image recognition reached the international advanced level. Some advantages have also been gained in the field of robot components.

"Robots are the product of cross-disciplinary cross-disciplinary development. Its research and development and production involve many fields such as mechanics, electronics, and electrical, and it involves many disciplines such as brain science, neuroscience, and information science. To promote the advancement of the robot industry, it is necessary to form a group. Integrated innovation, as well as more professional and efficient R & D design and market services. At the same time, we must strengthen the building of innovative capabilities, improve product quality and performance, build more carriers of exchanges and cooperation, and inject more 'energy' into the industrial development." Xin Guobin said .