The latest report shows that more than 2.4 million industrial robots are operating in factories worldwide, and global sales have reached a new record of $ 16.5 billion. IFR predicts that from 2020 to 2022, nearly 2 million new industrial robots will be installed in global factories, and the development of new technologies will enable the company to respond to changing needs

At the same time, Dr. Susanne Bieller, Secretary-General of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), said: “Intelligent robotics and automation technology are essential to respond to new consumer trends, the demand for product categories or challenges brought by trade barriers. Increased production flexibility paves the way. “

It is foreseeable that global robots have entered the era of Robot 3.0, and the integration and collision of the Internet of Things, robots and AI will promote unprecedented global cross-industry cooperation. Previously, the IDC White Paper on Robot 3.0 New Ecology pointed out that the development of global robots has entered the era of Robot 3.0. At the macroeconomic level, 5-8% of China’s GDP will be driven and promoted by robots. Dr. Zhang Jingbing, Director of Global Robotics and Asia Pacific Manufacturing Research, IDC pointed out: “Robot 3.0 has the core features of interconnectivity, virtual reality, software definition, and human-machine integration.” Robot interconnectivity driven by the development of artificial intelligence technology will free people from tedious work and become a rigid need to improve the output efficiency of various industries.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s 2019-2021 fiscal special project “Research on the Construction of the Development Level of the Robot Industry in China and the Research on the Growth Point of the Intelligent Robot Industry Chain” also pointed out that because traditional robots do not have intelligent functions, only Can perform general programming and operations, so it can only be used in simple scenarios. One of the key points to give the robot intelligence is to enable the robot to effectively sense the external environment and make autonomous responses based on it. With the help of computer vision, the robot can recognize detailed information about the surrounding space, adjust its own speed, position, and attitude, and finally complete complex work tasks. Intelligent robots involve six key technologies, among which navigation and positioning, path planning, robot vision, and intelligent control all involve computer vision technology. It can be seen that computer vision is of great significance to intelligent autonomous robots.