More Than 500,000 Industrial Robots Shipped in 2023
2023年全球工业机器人总出货量超50万台
Overall global industrial robot shipment volumes exceeded 500,000 units in 2023, according to global market research firm Interact Analysis. This was a similar level to that seen in 2022 but the average price of industrial robots decreased last year. After a record high in 2021, 2023 reached a low point in terms of revenues and shipments but the long-term forecast remains positive. The global industrial robot market is expected to grow on average, by 3.7% per year between 2024 and 2028.
根据全球市场研究公司Interact Analysis的数据，2023年全球工业机器人总出货量超过50万台。这与2022年的水平相似，但工业机器人的平均价格去年有所下降。在2021年创下历史新高后，2023年的收入和出货量达到了一个低点，但长期预测仍然积极。预计从2024年到2028年，全球工业机器人市场将平均每年增长3.7%。
Taking a look at the market by industry and region, sales of industrial robots to the automotive industry in the Americas faced significant pressure in 2023, resulting in sluggish growth for this segment of the market – one of the largest downstream industries for industrial robots in the region. Mexico in particular has high dependence on the automotive industry, therefore creating a greater impact on industrial robot sales in the region. On the whole, growth of industrial robots in the Americas plummeted by 17.3% in 2023; compared with APAC, which saw a slight increase in growth, and EMEA, which remained stable.
从行业和地区来看，2023年美洲工业机器人对汽车行业的销售面临巨大压力，导致该市场细分市场增长缓慢，而汽车是该地区工业机器人最大的下游行业之一。墨西哥尤其高度依赖汽车行业，因此对该地区工业机器人销售产生了更大的影响。总体而言，2023年美洲地区的工业机器人增长大幅下降了17.3%，而相比之下，亚太地区（APAC）增长率略有上升，欧洲、中东和非洲地区（EMEA）则保持稳定。
The American markets accounted for around 17% of global industrial robot revenues compared to 62% for APAC and 22% for EMEA. The industrial robot market enjoyed strong growth in the Americas during the immediate post-COVID period in both the automotive and non-automotive industries, where manufacturers were continually looking for ways to improve their production processes and reduce manufacturing costs by adopting the technology.
美洲市场占全球工业机器人收入的约17%，而亚太地区占62%，欧洲、中东和非洲地区占22%。在新冠疫情后不久，美洲汽车和非汽车行业的工业机器人市场增长强劲，制造商不断寻找通过采用该技术改进生产流程和降低制造成本的方法。
Top three applications: Material handling, welding and assembly
三大应用领域：物料搬运、焊接和装配
The top three most common applications – material handling, welding and assembly – accounted for over 70% of industrial robot market revenues in 2023, with material handling accounting for one third on its own. This common application is particularly dominant in the Americas and Europe. The American market has the highest market concentration globally, where the top 5 suppliers shared nearly 80% of revenues and over 2/3 of unit shipments.
物料搬运、焊接和装配是三大最常见应用，2023年它们合计占工业机器人市场收入的70%以上，其中物料搬运一项就占了三分之一。这一广泛应用尤其在美洲和欧洲占据主导地位。美洲市场全球集中度最高，前五大供应商占据了近80%的收入份额和超过三分之二的出货量份额。
Maya Xiao, research manager at Interact Analysis, commented, “The average price per unit of an industrial robot is on a downward trajectory, following a rise for two consecutive years, and we expect a price decline of around 3% per year between 2024 and 2028. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with high energy prices and inflation caused an average price increase in 2022. We originally expected robot prices to decrease again in 2023, but ongoing supply chain and inflation issues resulted in prices creeping up to levels close to those seen in 2022. This increased 'price effect' was also partially due to the market trend towards heavy payload robots, which are materially a more expensive product.
Interact Analysis研究经理Maya Xiao评论说：“工业机器人的单位平均价格在连续两年上涨后，呈下降趋势，我们预期2024年至2028年间，价格将以每年约3%的速度下降。新冠疫情、高能源价格和通货膨胀共同导致了2022年的价格上涨。我们原本预计机器人价格会在2023年再次下降，但供应链持续紧张和通胀问题使得价格回升至接近2022年的水平。这种‘价格效应’的增加也部分归因于市场转向重型负载机器人，这类产品在材质上成本更高。
“It is important to note that our robotics forecasts are underpinned by the Interact Analysis Manufacturing Industry Output (MIO) Tracker. We can see from our data that the growth profile for industrial robots reflects the manufacturing slowdown during the pandemic era and the subsequent downturn in 2023. If we take a look at the manufacturing output figures for China, Europe and the Americas, the historic manufacturing contractions are synonymous with the decline in growth for the industrial robot market that we have observed in recent years.”
“需要注意的是，我们的机器人预测基于Interact Analysis的制造业产出（MIO）追踪器。从数据中可以看出，工业机器人的增长曲线反映了疫情期间制造业的放缓以及2023年的后续衰退。观察中国、欧洲和美洲的制造业产出数据，历史上制造业的收缩与近年来我们观察到的工业机器人市场的增长下滑现象相吻合。”