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The sports control market is declining, what is the future of robots?
Motion control is the core component of robots. In recent years, with the rise of industrial robots, the motion control and servo motor market has rapidly expanded. However, after 2018, the growth of robots has begun to slow down, further affecting the market of servo motion control. According to the latest data in the industry, global sports control product shipments in the first quarter of 2019 fell by 0.2% from 2018, but increased by 0.6% from the fourth quarter of 2018.
The report shows that in the first quarter of 2019, the largest category in the entire market was the motor, which accounted for 39% of shipments, followed by actuators and mechanical systems, which accounted for 18% of shipments, followed by electronic drives. , accounting for 17% of shipments.
Although the sales data has declined slightly, the market outlook for mobile motion control is more optimistic, as the growth trend is seen from the fourth quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019. Motion control and motor technology play an important role in the development of global automation, especially under the megatrend of smart manufacturing, these tools will become smarter, more powerful and more efficient.
The sports control market is declining, what is the future of robots?
Therefore, it is expected that sales and shipments of motion control will continue to grow in the next six months.
The robot market is slowing down and parts are affected?
During the period from 2016 to 2017, capital and policies are vigorously promoting the development of the industrial robot industry, and the global robots are developing rapidly. In 2016, the sales volume was 294,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 14%. In 2017, sales reached 387,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 31%.
However, after entering 2018, the market for industrial robots has changed and lost its previous strength. According to the latest report from the Robotics Industry Association RIA, North American robot orders in the first quarter of 2019 also declined slightly from the first quarter of 2018. From January to March 2019, North American companies ordered a total of 7,876 robots worth $423 million. This figure is 3.5% lower than the first quarter of 2018.
The slowdown in the machine industry may be one of the factors affecting the component market. According to statistics, from the first quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019, motor shipments fell by 1.8%, actuators and mechanical systems fell by 8.9%, and electronic drive shipments were flat.
From the fourth quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019, motor shipments increased by 0.6% to $373.6 million, actuators and mechanical systems decreased by 0.4% to $174.6 million, and electronic drive shipments increased by 1% to 161.1 million. Dollar. It can be seen that the entire sports control market is showing signs of improvement. According to the latest industry experts, 70% of the companies expect shipments to increase this year, while a small number of companies said orders will be flat.
Similarly, machine vision sales are not ideal. According to industry statistics, sales of visual and intelligent vision components and systems for robots and machines in North America fell by 4.5%. Trading in the entire market contracted to $674 million, sales of machine vision components fell 12.6% to $93 million, and sales of machine vision systems fell 3.1% to $579 million.
The sports control market is declining, what is the future of robots?
Total sales of machine vision components and systems in 2018 were $2.874 billion, a 9.2% increase from 2017, setting a new market record. The slight decline in 2019 does not indicate the decline of the industry. The future of machine vision is still very optimistic. With the development of edge computing technology, machine vision will create a new round of opportunities with artificial intelligence technology.
Intelligent manufacturing is an inevitable trend, and the future of robots is still optimistic
Then, the early growth was too strong, and by 2018 and 2019, there was a small decline. This phenomenon cannot prove that the industry began to reverse. From the perspective of the industry's environment, market trends and industry vision, there will still be greater opportunities for the future of robots and their automation products market.
In recent years, the world has set off a boom in manufacturing transformation and upgrading. In the new round of competition, intelligent manufacturing will become the core competitiveness of enterprises. At present, the factory is in an important stage of upgrading automation, machine substitution and building a smart factory. This process will bring many market opportunities.
In addition, the rise of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and big data will be based on automated infrastructure such as robots. The process of digitalization, informatization and intelligence will further promote the growth of the automation component market.
From the perspective of the manufacturing market environment, individualized demand is growing, and production lines may face rapidly changing production demands. For example, smartphone manufacturers basically launch a new product every year, which requires new process requirements, so the factory needs Construction of flexible production lines to meet batch batch multi-batch tasks. Therefore, the future of the robot industry is still optimistic.
