{"id":1454,"date":"2023-07-11T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:11:17","slug":"six-axis-robot-servo-motor-the-core-component-of-industrial-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/six-axis-robot-servo-motor-the-core-component-of-industrial-robots.html","title":{"rendered":"Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots. Industrial robots can be divided into six-axis robots, SCARA robots, Delta robots and collaborative robots.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/servo-motor-supplier\"><strong>Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to IFR data, <a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/\"><strong>global industrial robot<\/strong><\/a> sales reached $21.7 billion in 2022 and are expected to reach 23 billion yuan in 2024, of which China&#8217;s industrial robot sales account for more than 50% of the world. At the same time, with the expansion of the scope of operation activities, the emergence of consumption upgrade needs, and the evolution of AI large models and computing power, it is expected to accelerate the application of industrial robots in various scenarios. \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1455 size-full\" title=\"High-end servo motor products\" src=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/High-end-servo-motor-products.png\" alt=\"High-end servo motor products\" width=\"499\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/High-end-servo-motor-products.png 499w, https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/High-end-servo-motor-products-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>High-end servo motor products<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Six-axis robots can be further divided into large six axes (&gt; 20KG) and small six axes (\u2264 20KG) according to the size of the load.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From the compound growth rate of sales in the past five years, the large six-axis (48.5%)&gt; collaborative robot (39.8%)&gt; small six-axis (19.3%)&gt; SCARA robot (15.4%), &gt;Delta robots (8%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In 2017~2022, the shipment volume of six-axis robots will increase from 104095 units to 188238 units, with a compound growth rate of 12.6%, and it is expected that 214732 units will be shipped in 2023, with a year-on-year growth rate of 14.1%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Among them, large six-axis robots are the largest category, with a compound growth rate of 12.6% in sales of six-axis robots in 2017~2022, 188,000 units shipped in 2022, and ultra-small six-axis growth rate, which is the main contribution category to the sales growth of six-axis robots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robot arm simulation action test - robot module\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mwyx15VHW6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Robot arm simulation action test &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mwyx15VHW6o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">robot module video<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Although six-axis robots are the most widely used category in China, six-axis robots, especially large six-axis robots, have high technical barriers and low localization rate. In recent years, the growth of six-axis sales has been mainly driven by the new energy and auto parts industries, and there is broad space for domestic substitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Main categories of industrial robots:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">1. Joint robot: its mechanical structure is similar to a human arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">2. Cartesian coordinate robot: This robot has three straight joints and adopts Cartesian coordinate system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">3. Multi-joint robot: This robot has six degrees of freedom and is currently the most commonly used industrial robot.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1458 size-full\" title=\"Programmable logic controller\" src=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Programmable-logic-controller.png\" alt=\"Programmable logic controller\" width=\"573\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Programmable-logic-controller.png 573w, https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Programmable-logic-controller-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Programmable logic controller<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">4. Parallel robot: This robot is composed of parallel joint connecting rods connected to the common base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">5. Polar robot: This robot operates in a polar coordinate system by combining a rotating joint, two rotating joints and a straight joint.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Six-axis robot industry overview<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/532\/what-is-a-multi-joint-robot-what-are-the-characteristics-of-articulated-robots\">multi-joint robot<\/a><\/strong> generally refers to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/servo-drive-domestic-robot-parts-drive-industrial-robot-joints\">joint robotic arm<\/a><\/strong> with 6 axes of rotation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The advantage is that similar to the human hand, it has a high degree of freedom, suitable for almost any trajectory or angle of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">With different end effectors, the multi-joint robot can be applied to loading, unloading, painting, surface treatment, testing, measurement, arc welding, spot welding, packaging, assembly, chip machine tools, fixation, special assembly operations, forging, casting and a large number of application scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Illustration of a six-axis robot:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/servo-drive-domestic-robot-parts-drive-industrial-robot-joints\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1456 size-full\" title=\"Illustration of a six-axis robot - Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots\" src=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Illustration-of-a-six-axis-robot.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a six-axis robot - Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots\" width=\"401\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Illustration-of-a-six-axis-robot.png 401w, https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Illustration-of-a-six-axis-robot-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Illustration of a six-axis robot &#8211; Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">China&#8217;s industrial robot body presents the characteristics of &#8220;insufficient high-end production capacity and low-end overcapacity&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">While the production and sales of industrial robots are growing rapidly, many <strong>industrial robot manufacturing<\/strong> enterprises are mainly assembled and OEM processing, and are at the low end of the industrial chain, and the strong low-end market demand has brought signs of overheating in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The short-term profit-seeking of capital and the long-term development law of the industrial robot industry contradict each other, making the high-end ontology such as domestic industrial robots with more than six axes insufficient, while the overcapacity of low-end ontology (Cartesian coordinate robots based on handling and loading and unloading) is serious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China&#8217;s own brand industrial robots are mainly three-axis and four-axis coordinate robots and flat multi-joint robots, and six-axis jointed robots account for less than 6% of the national industrial robot sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Among the industrial robots sold by foreign brands, jointed robots account for 62% of the national industrial robot sales, and the independent brand products are far from meeting the development requirements of various fields of the national economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Schematic diagram of the six-axis articulated robot transmission system structure:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Six-axis robot market pattern<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">China&#8217;s high-power six-axis robot market is basically monopolized by the &#8220;four major families&#8221; Fanuc, ABB, Yaskawa and Kuka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The &#8220;four major families&#8221; business basically opens up the whole industrial chain, except for the reducer market is basically monopolized by Japanese companies Nabtesco and Harmonic, the business scope of international leading enterprises basically covers the upstream, middle and downstream of the industrial chain.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1457 size-full\" title=\"Programmable Logic Controller - Servo motor control scheme\" src=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Programmable-Logic-Controller-Servo-motor-control-scheme.png\" alt=\"Programmable Logic Controller - Servo motor control scheme\" width=\"509\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Programmable-Logic-Controller-Servo-motor-control-scheme.png 509w, https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Programmable-Logic-Controller-Servo-motor-control-scheme-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Programmable Logic Controller &#8211; Servo motor control scheme<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In 2022, the localization rate of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/531\/what-are-the-five-most-commonly-used-industrial-robots-in-chinas-manufacturing-industry\">China&#8217;s industrial robots<\/a><\/strong> will be only 35%, of which the sales volume of Fanuc\/ABB\/Yaskawa\/KUKA in China will be 4.3\/2.3\/2.3\/22,000 units, respectively, with a market share of 15.3%\/8.2%\/8.2%\/7.9%, accounting for a total of 40%. In the same period, the market share of China&#8217;s leading industrial robot Eston \/ Huichuan technology robot sales was only 5.9%\/5.2%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">With its ultimate mastery of the underlying <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/1018\/what-is-the-open-loop-cnc-system-composed-of-stepper-motors-mainly-used-for\">CNC system technology<\/a><\/strong>, the global <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/965\/what-are-the-industrial-robot-manufacturers-in-china\">industrial robot<\/a><\/strong> dragon Nako firmly holds its position as the global industrial robot leader, and the gross profit margin level is higher than that of Yaskawa Electric and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/1327\/what-is-the-fieldbus-used-by-abb-industrial-robots-in-the-training-base\">ABB<\/a><\/strong>, which are also four families of industrial robots.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1459 size-full\" title=\"Drawing of a six-axis industrial robot manipulator\" src=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Drawing-of-a-six-axis-industrial-robot-manipulator.png\" alt=\"Drawing of a six-axis industrial robot manipulator\" width=\"656\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Drawing-of-a-six-axis-industrial-robot-manipulator.png 656w, https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Drawing-of-a-six-axis-industrial-robot-manipulator-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Drawing-of-a-six-axis-industrial-robot-manipulator-600x469.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Drawing of a six-axis industrial robot manipulator &#8211; Six-axis industrial robot manipulator with servo motor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Domestic industrial robots have the advantages of local industrial chain, and in recent years, they have gradually ushered in an important window period of import substitution. According to MIR data, in 2022Q3, the domestic output of six-axis robots increased month-on-month, and the shipments of the four major families in China showed a downward trend.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1460 size-full\" title=\"Six-axis industrial robot manipulator 1820 handling welding palletizing spraying manipulator\" src=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Six-axis-industrial-robot-manipulator-1820-handling-welding-palletizing-spraying-manipulator.png\" alt=\"Six-axis industrial robot manipulator 1820 handling welding palletizing spraying manipulator\" width=\"507\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Six-axis-industrial-robot-manipulator-1820-handling-welding-palletizing-spraying-manipulator.png 507w, https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Six-axis-industrial-robot-manipulator-1820-handling-welding-palletizing-spraying-manipulator-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Six-axis industrial robot manipulator 1820 handling welding palletizing spraying manipulator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In the large six-axis link with low localization rate and high barriers, domestic head manufacturers are represented by Eston, Huichuan Technology, EFORT, Xinshida, etc., and have a certain scale and technical strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Illustration of the whole industry chain of industrial robots and some representative manufacturers:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On the whole, the hardware technology of the robot body has matured, mainly in the optimization of structure and the improvement of user experience; The advantages of foreign giants are gradually transferred to software, giving domestic ontology a window to catch up. Mastering independent operation control technology and improving added value is a development trend that continues to be verified, and China is still in a period of growth, and leading manufacturers are expected to lead domestic substitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">From the perspective of downstream demand, with the high demand for new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, photovoltaic and other industries, the demand for high-power 6-axis robots (&gt;20kg) has increased.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots. Industrial robots can be divided into six-axis robots, SCARA robots, Delta robots and collaborative robots. Six-axis robot: servo motor, the core component of industrial robots According to IFR data, global industrial robot sales reached $21.7 billion in 2022 and are expected to reach 23 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-servo-motor-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorforum.rfidepc.com\/motor-manufacturers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}