Recently, the reporter visited the "Chongqing Robot World" located in the water and soil high-tech park in Chongqing Liangjiang New District. In the museum, there are not only cute and interesting dancing robots performing dances; robots that play chess with people; pet dinosaurs that can sell cute animals, and cutting-edge technology products such as muscle-controlled intelligent artificial limbs.

Li Guang, the deputy director of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Park, told the reporter that this was the result of the incubation and transfer platform jointly developed by Chongqing Liangjiang New District and the Chongqing Institute of Green Intelligence of the Chinese Academy of Sciences – Chongqing Liangjiang Robot Training Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

It is understood that since Chongqing proposed to speed up the development and development of the robotics industry and build the nation’s "robot capital," the Liangjiang New Area, as the core area for the development of the Chongqing robotics industry, has begun to take shape.

Build an ecological industry chain

At present, seven robot companies, including Wuhan Huazhong CNC Co., Ltd., Guangdong Jiateng Robot Automation Co., Ltd., and Chongqing Shipui Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd., have already settled in the Robot Industrial Park in Liangjiang New Area.

In addition, the National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center in Chongqing, the Chongqing Liangjiang Robotics Training and Application Center (College), the Kawasaki Robotics System Integration and Robotics Manufacturing Base, the Chongqing Liangjiang Robot Breeding Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the financial leasing support platform are also engaged in projects in the Liangjiang New District. The park started construction.

According to reports, the park currently has 16 projects and plans to invest a total of nearly 3 billion yuan, covering the three major functional platforms of "standard testing and assessment, training and training of talented people, transfer of achievements," and robot system integration and ontology manufacturing. The annual output value is nearly 4.5 billion yuan. It is expected that by the end of this year, the industrial park will gather more than 30 companies, forming a production capacity of 40,000 sets of industrial robots and key components, and an annual production value of 20 billion yuan.

The development of the robot industry in the Liangjiang Industrial Park has a clear positioning. Li Guang said: “Two rivers are not manufactured for development and manufacturing, but are for the sake of development and construction of ecological industrial chains.”

“We also have a clear roadmap for the technology.” Li Guang said that the robotics technology in the industrial park will drive ontology with system integration, and then use the ontology to drive the development of key components. For example, the development of basic components such as speed reducers needs a lot of Technology accumulation. The company will focus on industrial robots first and then gradually develop service robots. The ultimate goal is to develop service robots oriented to the general public.

He said that compared with Shanghai, Shenzhen and other places, the Chongqing robot industry started relatively late, but the automobile, motorcycle and electronics industries in the Chongqing area are all very developed, and the market potential of the robots needed is huge. We are confident that by the year 2020 we will achieve an annual output of 10,000 industrial robots, more than 50,000 service robots and special robots, and an annual output value of 30 billion yuan for the robotics and smart manufacturing industries. We will build a world-class, leading Chinese intelligent manufacturing highland.

Their confidence comes from multiple advantages such as market and geography. It is understood that Chongqing is one of China's three old industrial bases and one of the top ten equipment industry bases. It is also an important automobile, shipbuilding, and military base in China and has many skilled workers.

In addition, there are many well-known companies here, including Chongqing Changzheng Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Qingling Automobile (Group) Co., Ltd., and Southwest Aluminum Group Co., Ltd.

Build multiple innovation platforms

In order to attract more robot manufacturers to settle down, the park has developed a series of measures to encourage the development of robots. According to Li Guang, the water and soil high-tech park will be built into a complete robot assembly and assembly area for key components, as well as a fruition incubation and transfer platform, a public R&D testing platform, a talent education and training platform, a financial leasing support platform, and an exhibition operation and maintenance platform. District 5 platform "as one of the robot industry park.

First, the park will establish a national robot detection and assessment platform. At present, the National Robot Testing and Assessment Center is jointly established by nine units including the Liangjiang Development and Investment Group and the Chongqing Institute of Green Intelligent Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It covers an area of ​​approximately 16 acres and plans to invest 200 million yuan.

The project plans to build two platforms for robot research and development and testing. Among them, the R&D platform is mainly engaged in the tracking of robotic international standards, the revision of national standards, the research and formulation of robotic detection technologies and methods, and the research and revision of robotic products and access systems for key components.

The detection platform will be dedicated to the detection and calibration of robotic products and components. It will focus on building seven major testing centers including complete machines and safety, special testing, environmental and explosion proofing, metrology calibration, and robot parts, unmanned systems, and industrial 4.0.

According to the relevant plans, we will strive to build the Chongqing Branch Center into a united robot component inspection, ontology, complete machine, environmental testing, system assessment, standard formulation, system solutions, and personnel training training through a three-year project. National third-party robot testing and evaluation platform.

Second, the Liangjiang Robot Industry Park will establish a talent training platform. It is understood that the first robot professional education and training institution is currently under construction and the annual training will reach 5,000 people. Recently Chongqing Chongqing Mechanical and Electrical Vocational Technical College, Chongqing Guoyang Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Institute of Green Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences invested in the construction of "Chongqing Liangjiang Robot Training and Application Center (College)" in the park groundbreaking.

The project covers an area of ​​85.7 mu and invests 560 million yuan. It is currently the largest and most professional industrial robot training and education institution in Chongqing. It is understood that the school's teaching model is divided into three categories, namely, academic education, engineer promotion and social strength training.

“We are trying to open up the production, learning and research chain of local vocational colleges and research institutes and industrial parks to create a first-class talents incubation base for the development of the Chongqing robot industry.” Deng Anxuan, general manager of Chongqing Zhongke Guoyang Holdings Co., Ltd., said that by then, the college will It has formed a talent supply capacity of 3,000 students and more than 5,000 trainees per year.

Second, the park will establish a financial services system. Li Guang told reporters, "A lot of research on users and manufacturing companies has found that many small and medium-sized enterprises are facing financial difficulties. In response to this problem, we have established a finance leasing company. We have built financial platforms for manufacturing and customer end manufacturers. According to reports, the related work of Chongqing Liangjiang Robotic Finance Leasing Co., Ltd. has been started, and the company's president, Huang Jianhua, said that this company is the first domestic company to rent robots.

Create a domestic robot brand

"Through multiple efforts, our ultimate goal is to create a domestic robot brand." Li Guang said that the industrial park has adopted the "introduction, digestion, absorption, and innovation" path, relying on the intellectual support, platform support, and industrial base of the Chongqing Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Support, build national standards, calibration, testing, engineering and technology research centers and incubation platforms, integrate globally advantageous resources, and introduce well-known enterprises at home and abroad.

It is reported that the park will also promote the development of cutting-edge technologies through the introduction of world-renowned enterprises. Recently, the Kawasaki Robot System Integration and Robot Manufacturing Base project led by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan started construction at the Water & Soil Hi-tech Park in the Liangjiang New District.

The Kawasaki Robot System Integration and Robot Manufacturing Project established by Kawasaki Heavy Industries is the only company in the western region that has set up robot system integration and ontology manufacturing.

The project plans to invest no less than 200 million yuan in 3 years for robot system integration, robot manufacturing, and robot system production. After the production is completed, a total of 1,500 sets of three-axis and six-axis robots are manufactured and sold, and the annual production value is expected to reach 400 million yuan.

In order to make breakthroughs in the secondary development, the Liangjiang Robotic Breeding Center will start the construction of a breeding ground for robots. According to reports, the center will focus on industrial robots such as welding, painting, transportation, and assembly in the field of smart manufacturing equipment, as well as specialized robots for security, construction, rescue, and medical treatment, and introduce, incubate and cultivate a batch of high-tech robot companies.

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Flux-cored arc welding gas-shielded (FCAW-G) wires were introduced to the market around 1957. The flux-cored arc welding self-shielded (FCAW-S) wires were introduced to the market later, around 1961.

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