Recently, Shenzhen UBTECH Robotics has landed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, marking the birth of the first listed company in the field of humanoid robots. Attention has been attracted to the robotics industry once again. As a major manufacturing province, Guangdong has taken the lead in the layout of the robotics industry. It not only produces well-known domestic and foreign companies such as KUKA, Han's Laser, and Mino, but also cultivates a group of local "rising stars". Intelligent transportation robots, welding robots, and other industrial robots. All these have further promoted the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry in Guangdong and even the whole country with their capabilities.

In Guangdong, these industrial all-round robots have accelerated smart manufacturing. A batch of automatic factories have become world-renowned. The World Economic Forum recently announced the latest batch of "lighthouse factories", with 11 out of the 21 newly added factories coming from China. Guangzhou-based GAC Aion has been awarded the world's first lighthouse factory for new energy vehicles.

Today, Guangdong-made industrial robots are rapidly taking shares of the market. One out of every three industrial robots in China are made in Guangdong. The robotic arms can assemble a car in just one minute, and robots can even produce other robots by themselves... In the front line of Guangdong's manufacturing industry, there are many busy industrial robots.

For Guangdong, a major manufacturing province, traditional fields such as automobile manufacturing and metal product processing used to be the main battlefield for industrial robots to demonstrate their skills. However, with the increasingly mature technology and processes of industrial robots, their application scenarios are rapidly expanding into areas such as furniture, household appliances, food, and beverages. Various intelligent robots are now moving from factories in Guangdong to broader overseas markets, appearing in construction sites, mines, workshops, and other places around the world.

The "robots+" has become an accelerator for intelligent manufacturing. So, how will Guangdong ignite its new engine? Ren Yutong, the executive president of the Guangdong Robotics Association, analyzed that the automotive industry will still be the main application for industrial robots in the future. There are broad prospects in the fields of electronic and electrical equipment, the 3C industry, equipment manufacturing, metal processing, plastic processing, food manufacturing, and the emerging new energy photovoltaic industry.

"The output of Guangdong's industrial robot market in 2022 has reached 165,700 sets, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%, accounting for almost one-third of the national output. The output has ranked first in the country for many years." Ren Yutong added that intelligent robots as one of the top ten strategic emerging industries in Guangdong Province, the government has continuously issued policy documents to guide the development of the province's industrial robot industry, and the Robotics Association is also constantly promoting the application of robots in different industries for enterprises.

"Guangdong enterprises located in the Pearl River Delta, the world's largest robot application market, need to innovate key core technology, seize the opportunities of R&D and new applications, and promote the deep integration of robots with a new generation of information technology and artificial intelligence," said Ren, who believes that enterprises also need to strengthen the research and development and manufacturing capabilities of key components, and actively expand overseas markets, and strengthen and international exchange and cooperation in talent introduction.

Source :Yangcheng Evening News

“机器人+”已然成为广东“智造”加速器

近日，深圳市优必选科技股份有限公司登陆港交所主板，“人形机器人第一股”诞生，机器人赛道再次引发高度关注。作为制造大省，广东先行布局机器人产业，既涌现出库卡、大族、明珞等国内外知名企业，也培育出一批本土“新秀”。智能运输机器人、焊接机器人等工业机器人更是各显神通，进一步反哺全省乃至全国制造业高质量发展。

放眼南粤大地，堪称“全能选手”的工业机器人按下“智造”加速键，一批批“黑灯车间”“熄灯工厂”“灯塔工厂”已经闻名世界。日前举行的世界经济论坛公布了最新一批“灯塔工厂”名单，21座新增“灯塔工厂”中有11座来自中国，位于广州的广汽埃安获颁全球首个新能源汽车灯塔工厂。

如今，“粤字号”工业机器人快速占领市场，我国每3台工业机器人中就有1台是“广东造”。机械臂挥舞一分钟便能下线一台车，机器人可以自己“生产”机器人……在广东制造业一线，有不少工业机器人忙碌的身影。

对于制造大省广东而言，汽车制造、金属制品加工等传统领域，曾是工业机器人施展“十八般武艺”的主战场。然而，随着工业机器人技术和工艺日趋成熟，它的应用场景正在快速向家具家电、食品饮料等领域延伸，各种智能机器人正从广东的工厂走向海外更广阔的市场，现身全球各地的建筑工地、矿山、车间等。

“机器人+”已然成为“智造”加速器，那么，广东又将如何点燃“智造”新引擎？ 广东省机器人协会执行会长任玉桐分析称，汽车行业在未来仍然是工业机器人的主要应用场景，在电子电气设备、3C行业、器材制造、金属加工、塑料加工、食品制造以及当下新兴的新能源光伏产业等领域应用前景广阔。

“广东工业机器人市场在2022年产量就已经达到16.57万套，同比增长2.1%，几乎占到全国产量的三分之一，并且连续多年产量稳居全国第一。”任玉桐表示，智能机器人作为广东省的十大战略性新兴产业之一，政府不断出台政策文件引导全省工业机器人行业发展，机器人协会也在不断推进“机器人进行业”，为企业寻找应用场景。

“（广东）企业需立足于珠三角作为全球最大的机器人应用市场，攻关核心技术的创新，抓住新场景的研发和应用机遇，推动机器人与新一代信息技术、新一代人工智能深度融合。”任玉桐认为，企业还需加强关键零部件的研发和生产制造能力，并积极拓展海外市场，在人才引进与交流合作等方面加强国际化。

文｜记者 许张超 黄婷 王丹阳 实习生 张文懿