Intelligent manufacturing is gradually developed with the continuous popularization of information technology. In 1988, Professor P.K. Wright of New York University and Professor D.A. Bourne of Carnegie Mellon University published the book "Intelligent Manufacturing", which first proposed the concept of intelligent manufacturing. , and pointed out that the purpose of intelligent manufacturing is to model the skills and expert knowledge of manufacturing technicians through integrated knowledge engineering, manufacturing software systems, robot vision and machine control, so that intelligent robots can produce small batches without human intervention.

In the 1990s, with the development of information technology and artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing technology attracted the attention and research of developed countries, and the United States, Japan, and other countries established smart manufacturing research project funds and experimental bases. The research and practice of smart manufacturing have been achieved. Make great progress.

After this century, especially after the financial crisis of 2008, developed countries recognized the drawbacks of industrialization in the past and formulated the development strategy of “returning to manufacturing”. At the same time, front-end technology in the development of a number of information technologies such as big data and cloud computing has triggered manufacturing. Accelerate the transition to intelligence, regard intelligent manufacturing as the main direction of future manufacturing, and give a series of policy support to seize the commanding heights of international manufacturing technology competition.

Global smart manufacturing development

Smart manufacturing industry chain covers intelligent equipment (robots, CNC machine tools, service robots, other automation equipment), industrial internet (machine vision, sensors, RFID, industrial Ethernet), industrial software (ERP/MES/DCS, etc.), 3D printing, and The integration of the above-mentioned links into an automated system integration and production line integration.

Globally, with the exception of the United States, Germany, and Japan, the rest of the world is also actively deploying smart manufacturing. For example, the EU has made the development of advanced manufacturing an important strategy. In 2010, it formulated the Manufacturing Cloud Project for the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) and implemented the EU “2020 Horizon” Program in 2014 to use the intelligent advanced manufacturing system as an innovation. R & D priorities. The Canadian-developed 1994-1998 development strategy plan selected specific research projects as smart computers, human-machine interfaces, mechanical sensors, robot control, new devices, and system integration in a dynamic environment.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the proportion of China's manufacturing output in the world since 2010 has been between 19% and 21%. In 2016, the output value of China's smart manufacturing industry reached 1.2233 billion yuan. Based on this calculation, in 2016, the global output value of smart manufacturing was approximately USD 888.7 billion. In 2017, the global smart manufacturing industry continues to grow rapidly. It is expected that the annual production value scale in 2017 will reach around US$1 trillion.

◆ Development status of global industrial robot industry

Industrial robots are the most representative equipment for smart manufacturing. According to the latest report released by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), global sales of industrial robots continued to grow at a high rate in 2016. In 2016, global industrial robots sold about 290,000 units, an increase of 14% year-on-year. Among them, China's industrial robots sold 90,000 units, an increase of 31% year-on-year. IFR predicts that the average annual growth rate of global industrial robot sales will remain at around 12% in the next decade. It is estimated that by the end of 2017, the global sales of industrial robots will be around 330,000 units.

◆ Development Status of Global CNC Machine Tools

The numerical control machine tool wisdom is an important part of the manufacturing industry. In recent years, CNC machine tools continue to be high-end and intelligent, providing a powerful guarantee for the development of the intelligent manufacturing industry. In the global machine tool electronics market in 2016, the market size of the CNC system was US$22.4 billion, accounting for 63.9% of the total size of the machine tool electronics market; the market size of the CNC system is expected to reach approximately US$25.1 billion in 2017.

Global smart manufacturing development prospects and trends

In 2017, robots with connectivity and perception continue to lead the development of smart manufacturing. With the advancement of AI technology, industrial robots have become more intelligent and able to sense, learn and make decisions themselves. Forward-looking Industry Research Institute combined with the current status and development trend of global smart manufacturing, it is conservatively estimated that the global smart manufacturing industry will maintain an annual average compound growth rate of around 15% in the next few years. It is estimated that by 2023, the global intelligent manufacturing output value will reach 2310.8 trillion yuan. Around the dollar.