Recently, the Ministry of industry and information technology and other 15 departments issued the "14th five year plan" for the development of robot industry. At a news conference recently held by the Ministry of industry and information technology, Wang Weiming, director of the first Department of equipment industry of the Ministry of industry and information technology, introduced that the overall scale of China's robot industry is growing rapidly. In 2020, the operating revenue exceeded 100 billion yuan for the first time. Industrial robots have been widely used in 143 industries in 52 industry categories of the national economy. However, compared with the foreign advanced level, there are still some problems, such as insufficient technology accumulation, weak industrial foundation, lack of high-end supply and so on. In order to further promote the robot industry to move towards medium and high-end, the plan proposes that by 2025, China will become the source of global robot technology innovation, high-end manufacturing agglomeration and a new highland of integrated application. The average annual growth rate of operating revenue of robot industry exceeds 20%; Form a number of leading enterprises with international competitiveness and a large number of specialized and new "little giant" enterprises with strong innovation ability and good growth, and build three to five industrial clusters with international influence; The density of robots in manufacturing has doubled. "In order to achieve the above objectives, we should make concerted efforts on both sides of supply and demand." Wang Hong, deputy director of the first equipment industry department of the Ministry of industry and information technology, suggested that we should strengthen the tackling of key core technologies of robots and supplement the short boards such as special materials, core components and processing technology; Focus on the needs of key industries, gather advantageous resources, promote the development of high-end robot products, expand the series and types of robot products, and improve the performance, quality and safety; Implement the "robot +" application action, organize the accurate docking of production and demand, and promote the development of typical robot application scenarios. In view of the "robot +" application action proposed in the plan, Wang Hong believes that efforts should be made to develop and promote new robot products and explore high-end application markets in large-scale application fields such as automobiles, electronics, machinery, warehousing and logistics. Develop robot products and solutions, carry out pilot demonstration and expand application space in areas with strong preliminary applications and potential demand such as mining, agriculture, electric power and emergency rescue. In specific subdivided scenes, links and fields such as bathroom, ceramics, hardware and furniture, form professional and customized solutions, copy and promote them, and create a characteristic service brand. How to improve the innovation ability of China's robot industry? Song Xiaogang, executive director of China robot industry alliance, believes that the top priority is to strengthen core technology research. Break through common technologies such as robot system development and operating system; Research and develop cutting-edge technologies such as bionic perception and cognition. At the same time, we should give full play to the role of R & D institutions such as key robot laboratories, engineering (Technology) research centers and innovation centers, strengthen research on cutting-edge and common technologies, and accelerate the transformation of achievements. "Backbone enterprises should be encouraged to jointly carry out robot collaborative R & D to improve the efficiency of new product R & D; promote the integrated application of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5g, big data and cloud computing, and improve the level of robot intelligence and networking." Song Xiaogang said. (Economic Daily)