2014年中国工业机器人销量较上年增长55%,已连续两年成为全球最大工业机器人市场。过去十年来,中国制造业的劳动力成本每年增长近12%,意味着中国制造正在告别廉价时代。于是,人们将目光聚焦工业机器人,开始重视工业机器人在降低劳动成本、减少劳动风险、提高产品质量中所起的巨大作用。2014年中国市场共销售工业机器人5.7万台,较上年增长55%,约占全球市场总销量的1/4,已连续两年成为全球第一大工业机器人市场。 China’s industrial robot sales in 2014 increased by 55% over the previous year and has become the world’s largest industrial robot market for two consecutive years. Over the past decade, labor costs in China’s manufacturing industry have increased by nearly 12% annually, implying that China is making good-bye into the cheap era. As a result, people focus their attention on industrial robots and begin to attach great importance to industrial robots in reducing labor costs, reducing labor risks and improving the quality of products. In 2014, 57,000 industrial robots were sold in the Chinese market, an increase of 55% over the previous year, accounting for about 1/4 of the total global market. It has become the world’s largest industrial robot market for two consecutive years.