Recently, the “2023 Shenzhen Robot Industry Development White Paper” (hereinafter referred to as the “White Paper”) prepared by the Shenzhen Robot Association was officially released. Data show that Shenzhen robot industry has strong innovation ability, the number of patent applications and authorization of nearly 10 years of explosive growth, the number of patent authorization last year and 2015 increased by about 4.7 times, more and more entrepreneurs into the robot circuit, more than 10,000 new registered enterprises last year, the total output value of the industrial chain is 179.7 billion yuan.

Bi Yalei, secretary-general of the City Robot Association, said that the positive pull of the macro economy, the continuous release of policy dividends, and the continuous reinforcement of innovative vitality have provided an excellent development environment for Shenzhen’s robot industry. Last year, Shenzhen humanoid robots and other emerging fields developed rapidly, and the industrial investment and financing activity led the country.

16710-50 At present, Shenzhen industrial robots have a relatively complete industrial chain, with the upstream as the core parts, the midstream as the ontology manufacturing, and the downstream as the system integration services. The industrial chain construction of industrial and non-industrial robots in Shenzhen is basically complete, the basic technical strength is sufficient, and it has certain advantages in the fields of automation controllers and unmanned equipment. It has cultivated a number of excellent robot enterprises, and is one of the cities with a full range of non-industrial robots.

More and more start-ups are joining the circuit. According to the White Paper, as of December 31 last year, the number of enterprises operating in the scope of robots reached 59,498, with an increase of 10,408 in that year, an increase of 19.62% compared with 8,700 in 2022, of which 3,699 enterprises with robot-related patents. With the continuous improvement of industry heat, more and more entrepreneurs enter the robot circuit, and the number of new enterprises is increasing year by year. The continuous improvement of the industrial chain has lowered the entry threshold for innovative enterprises, and non-industrial robots are the main entry point.

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Last year, the total output value of Shenzhen’s robot industry chain was 179.7 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7% from 164.4 billion yuan in 2021, of which industrial robots and non-industrial robots accounted for 62% and 38% respectively; There were 11,634 patent applications and 6,982 patents granted. The robot industry in Shenzhen shows the steady growth of industrial robots, the continuous expansion of downstream applications of non-industrial robots, and the rapid development of emerging industries such as humanoid robots.

16710-50 From the perspective of industrial structure and regional distribution, the number of industrial robot enterprises in Shenzhen robot industry last year accounted for 45.46%, and non-industrial robots accounted for 54.54%. The number of registered enterprises in Baoan District accounted for 23.93%, Nanshan District and Longgang District accounted for 19.23% and 17.28%, respectively. The output value of Bao ‘an District and Nanshan District ranked in the forefront of Shenzhen, accounting for 35.01% and 34.84% respectively.

“The number of financing events in the robotics industry in Shenzhen has continued to lead for many years, and the industrial financing activity leads the country.” Bi Yalei said that last year, a total of 51 important investment and financing events occurred in Shenzhen’s robot industry, the number of domestic first. Shenzhen robot enterprises have outstanding innovation ability, and investment institutions are very optimistic about the future development of Shenzhen robot industry.

According to the White Paper, financing events are mainly concentrated in five major fields, such as service robots, industrial robots, robot parts, medical robots, and artificial intelligence, and machine vision in new core parts and artificial intelligence has become a popular direction of investment.