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Robotics-Pdf.Pdf www.EUbusinessinJapan.eu Robotics in Japan January - 2015 Peter Van der Weeën Akoni KK EU-JAPAN CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION - Head office in Japan EU-JAPAN CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION - OFFICE in the EU Shirokane-Takanawa Station bldg 4F Rue Marie de Bourgogne, 52/2 1-27-6 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0072, JAPAN B-1000 Brussels, BELGIUM Tel: +81 3 6408 0281 - Fax: +81 3 6408 0283 - [email protected] Tel : +32 2 282 0040 –Fax : +32 2 282 0045 - [email protected] http://www.eu-japan.eu / http://www.EUbusinessinJapan.eu / http://www.een-japan.eu www.EUbusinessinJapan.eu TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Market Analysis.................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1. Market Overview and Key Segments...................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.1. Market Size .................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2. Industrial robots for the manufacturing industry................................................................................................. 13 2.2.1. Scope .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 2.2.2. Key Players ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.2.3. Trend and Opportunity ................................................................................................................................... 20 2.3. Service robots for industrial and personal use ..................................................................................................... 21 2.3.1. Scope .............................................................................................................................................................. 21 2.3.2. Key Players ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 2.3.3. Trend and Opportunity ................................................................................................................................... 27 2.4. RoboTech -Components for the Robot Industry .................................................................................................. 29 2.4.1. Scope .............................................................................................................................................................. 29 2.4.2. Key Players ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 2.4.3. Trend and Opportunity ................................................................................................................................... 35 3. Market Standards, Laws and Regulations ............................................................................................... 36 3.1. Safety Requirements ............................................................................................................................................ 36 3.1.1. Centre for Service Robot Safety Verification .................................................................................................. 36 3.1.2. ISO 13849-1:2006 ........................................................................................................................................... 36 3.1.3. Easing of the 80W regulation ........................................................................................................................ 37 3.2. Regulatory Organisations ..................................................................................................................................... 37 3.2.1. METI & NEDO ................................................................................................................................................. 37 3.2.2. NEDO, AIST, JARI ............................................................................................................................................ 37 3.3. Government Initiatives ......................................................................................................................................... 38 3.3.1. Robot Revolution Realization Council ............................................................................................................ 38 3.3.2. Robot City - Kitakyushu .................................................................................................................................. 38 4. Trade Fairs and Related Organizations ................................................................................................... 39 4.1. Major Robotics Related Trade Fairs ..................................................................................................................... 39 4.2. Robotics Related Events ....................................................................................................................................... 41 4.3. Robotics Related Organizations ............................................................................................................................ 41 5. Bibliographical References .......................................................................................................................... 43 EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation 2 www.EUbusinessinJapan.eu 1. Executive Summary When talking about robots, Japan is probably one of the first countries that come to mind. Several decades ago Japan was the first country to seriously delve into robotics research, and the country has remained a dominant force in the field’s research and manufacturing sectors ever since. For the past 40 years Japan has been responsible for producing the vast majority of the world’s robots and the country has an operational base of more than 300,000 robots. In this report we break the Robotics market down into the following three major sections: Industrial robots for the manufacturing industry Service robots for industrial and personal use RoboTech – Components for the Robot Industry Also the agricultural industry employs a wide range of robots, e.g. for fruit harvesting and milking, however the market share is relatively small and has been omitted in this report. Market Size and Projections Based on research by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) we can see that the overall robotics industry is currently valued at around 1.6 trillion JPY (12 billion EUR) and is expected to almost double in size to 2.85 trillion JPY by 2020. As the technology advances new products are expected to appear on the market fuelling further growth of 10-15% a year over the period 2020-2035. Robots versus Ageing Population Japan’s latest robots are being designed to take care of its greying population. With a strong emphasis on robotics, Japan has delivered a sizable contribution to the digital health revolution. However Japan’s creation of robots for the healthcare industry originates only partly from its drive towards maintaining a EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation 3 www.EUbusinessinJapan.eu technological edge. Another important reason is that its society is aging faster than any country in the world, which poses a threat to its economic prosperity. Severe labour shortage leads the need for robots in the nursing field To some degree, robots are seen as a substitute for foreign labour. Immigrant caregivers already fill many jobs in hospitals and nursing homes in western countries, but they are rather scarce in Japan due to immigration restrictions. The government has decided to expand a six-year-old guest-worker programme for nurses and care workers from the Philippines and Indonesia, but this is unlikely to address the existing labour shortage. Since the programme began in 2008, no more than 1,562 applicants have been admitted. The government is meanwhile pushing hard to speed up development and adoption of nursing technology. To stimulate the reduction in the cost of nursing care robots it has started offering 2.4 billion JPY in subsidies to developers who aim to build care robots priced less than 100,000 JPY (about 700 EUR). Industrial robots for the manufacturing industry Robots offer strength, high speed, high endurance and precision. Until five years ago, the automotive industry accounted for 70% of the global market for robots, according to Morten Paulsen, machinery analyst at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, but since 2012 that share has fallen to around 50% as the demand for nonautomotive applications has increased more rapidly. Nowadays industrial robots are widely applied in the manufacturing of automobile parts, electrical and electronic appliances, chemicals, machinery and metal processing. Typical applications of robots include but are not limited to e.g. welding, painting, assembly, pick and place (such as packaging, palletizing), product inspection, and testing. Today industrial robots are capable of lifting
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