Auto parts, equipment, vehicles, these three major businesses Cao Yang has been constantly emphasizing the need for synchronous development within Nanshan Group.

On this basis, other business divisions such as materials, robots, and precision instruments have also been extended.

As an important link in the field of equipment, Nanshan robot has naturally been highly valued by Cao Yang.

In particular, the labor cost in Huaxia has begun to rise and will continue to rise in the next few years.

Business owners will be more and more enthusiastic about machine substitution.

There are very few domestic robot manufacturers who can wrestle with international giants.

If Nanshan Robot can't do it, then this piece of fat will be eaten by international giants.

Therefore, Cao Yang has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in Nanshan robots over the years.

Li Shigui can be regarded as living up to expectations, and Nanshan Robot now has the confidence to say that it is no worse than any manufacturer.

"2009 Dongying International Robot Exhibition" is the largest robot exhibition of the year, just during the Yangcheng Auto Show, it also kicked off in the capital of Dongying, the exhibition lasted for 4 days.

189 companies and 63 research organizations around the world brought their latest research results.

The four major families of industrial robots, ABB, KUKA, Yaskawa, and Fanuc, as well as comprehensive industrial groups such as Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Nachi Fujikoshi, Omron, Epson, Denso, and Toyota, participated in the exhibition.

From mature product lines to cutting-edge exploration of new technologies and new scenarios, the overall amazement has reached a new level.

"Yoshida, Huaxia's Nanshan Robot is also coming to participate in the robot conference this time, you have to arrange for someone to pay attention to their movements."

"Especially for some new technology products, arrange for technicians to chat with their designers to see if they can get some useful information."

As the head of Fanuc's sales department, Yutaka Kawashima attaches great importance to Nanshan Robot.

After all, Fanuc's market in China was almost all snatched away by Nanshan robots.

Yoshida Yongmasa was the head of the sales department of Fanuc Huaxia Company at the beginning, but because his performance was too dismal, he was transferred back to the headquarters and became an ordinary employee.

His understanding of Nanshan robots is relatively deep within Fanuc.

So in the past few years, Yutaka Kawashima has arranged for Yoshida to lead a team to inquire about the information of Nanshan robots.

Although I can't find particularly useful information every time, I can still know some of the dynamics of Nanshan robots and let myself know what to expect.

Huaxia, which used to be relatively backward in the field of robots, has now become an indispensable one in the world's robot industry because of the emergence of Nanshan robots.

The rankings of the four old robot manufacturers have actually changed.

It's just that everyone is used to it, and they haven't changed it anymore.

"Huaxia's automobile industry has developed rapidly this year and has become the world's largest automobile market."

"Various OEMs have begun to build new factories, and the demand for various welding robots and painting robots is very strong."

"Toyota, Honda and Nissan, all have plans for this."

"This is a good opportunity for Fanuc to reopen the situation in the Chinese market."

"Although the competitiveness of Nanshan Robot has been improved in all aspects, it is impossible for them to eat all the orders from so many OEMs."

"In addition, with the expansion of the main engine factory, each supplier also needs to expand the production capacity simultaneously."

"This market size is not something that a robot manufacturer can eat."

"I don't think any new robot products that Nanshan Robot shows this time, we don't need to worry about it, what we need to worry about is whether we can grab robot orders from the main engine factory in Huaxia."

In Yoshida's view, the new technologies displayed at this exhibition are generally not used in current factories.

It is more as a future technology development direction to show you.

But for Fanuc, what is most needed now is the current market.

Otherwise, if the orders have been insufficient, there would be no need for Huaxia's factories to continue.

And once Fanuc has no factory in China, then the cost will definitely not be competitive.

At that time, the future is even more worrisome.

Don't look at Fanuc still has a certain market share in Dongying and the United States, but the automobile market in Dongying and the United States has entered a mature period, and various OEMs basically have no intention of expanding production capacity.

As a result, it means that the demand for welding robots and other products is greatly decreasing.

"What you said is also reasonable, I heard that the Yangcheng Auto Show being held by Huaxia has attracted almost all the world's auto giants to participate."

"The next step is to find a way to return to the Chinese market, so that everyone can see the superiority of Fanuc's products."

"We have a series of 240 robot products, with a load ranging from 0.5 kg to 1.35 tons, which are widely used in different production links such as assembly, handling, welding, casting, spraying, and palletizing, which can meet the different needs of customers."

"In terms of cost, we are not at all competitive, and even compared with most robot companies, our cost competitiveness is quite good."

Fanuc's robots have their own servo system and motion control system to form the robot controller, and their own machine tools and robots are responsible for the processing and production of machinery; There is a huge CNC integration application support, this cost and technical advantages, for other robot manufacturers are difficult to surpass and imitate.

This is also where Yutaka Kawashima's confidence lies.

Of course, Nanshan Robot has these advantages of Fanuc.

However, Nanshan Robot has some advantages, but Fanuc does not necessarily have it.

This is the real reason why Fanuc is in trouble in China.

Also attaching great importance to Nanshan robots is Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Their big arm robots have always been well-known in the industry, but this time Nanshan Carbon Fiber exhibited a robot known as the world's largest load capacity.

This immediately made Kawasaki Heavy Industries very nervous.

"Governor Tanaka, how long will it take if we want to develop a robot with a larger payload than Nanzan Robot?"

Ishikawa Yutake's face was complicated and he looked at the huge robot on the platform of the Nanshan robot in front of him.

"The height of this product of the difficult robot reaches 7.2 meters when fully extended, and the maximum handling weight is 2,000 kilograms."

"In the case of this kind of load capacity, it can also grasp heavy objects flexibly and quickly, and the requirements for reducers, bearings and CNC systems are very high."

"Even the last section of their robotic arm is made of carbon fiber."

"It's very difficult for us to make a load robot that is bigger than theirs."

"The most important thing is that the market demand for this kind of robot is relatively small, and we develop such a robot, and there is a high probability that the cost will not be recovered."

"Especially when we already have Nanshan robots, it is even more difficult for us to make money."

As the R&D director of Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Robotics Division, Masanao Tanaka is naturally very familiar with the characteristics of various types of robots.

Sometimes, some products you can't make at all, but they don't make them cost-effective.

If the cost is much higher than others, what is the point of making it?

Obviously, on the load robot, Kawasaki Heavy Industries is now encountering this problem.

"Although the market is not very large, the publicity effect is very good."

"As long as any technology is the first in the world, it can give people a very advanced feeling."

"If this first has been taken away by Nanshan Robot, then in the future, everyone will slowly feel that Nanshan Robot's products are the most advanced in the world."

"However, their cost is still relatively low, so we will be under great pressure when facing Nanshan robots in the future."

As the head of the sales department, Ishikawa Yuki still considers the problem relatively comprehensively.

Originally, Kawasaki Heavy Industries was not very advantageous in front of robot companies such as Fanuc and Yaskawa, and now it has to face Huaxia's Nanshan Robot.

In the future, it will be even more difficult to get orders.

"There is no way to do it, we Kawasaki Heavy Industries can't afford the failure of a large load robot, and it will waste at least 10000000000000 yen of investment."

"It's better to give this market to Fanuc, they are the largest robot companies in Dongying, and they have the responsibility and obligation to fight against the invasion of Nanshan robots."

Tanaka's righteous words made Ishikawa Yutake a little unsure of how to refute.

The truth is not without any truth.

But it's a little unwilling to admit it.

However, they are unwilling or unwilling, and Nanshan Robot does not care.

Now on the platform, Li Shigui is personally introducing a new robot product to everyone.

That's a robot that can accompany you to practice playing table tennis.

"Our robot with quick reflexes is called 'Goku.'"

"It's a smart robot that can give professional table tennis players a sparring partner."

"It is 1.60 meters tall and weighs 55 kilograms, and its eyes are cameras to capture the speed and position of the ball, and its arms are based on computer calculations to swing the ball back."

"The arm that serves has three grasping fingers, and the whole body has 30 joints that can perform their own duties and move freely, and the arm alone can do seven degrees of freedom."

Li Shigui, as the general manager of Nanshan Robot, personally took the stage today to explain his new products to the guests.

Dongying's side is actually very familiar with "Journey to the West".

Hearing that Nanshan Robot's robot that can play table tennis is called "Wukong", many people can't help but pick up the camera and shoot it.

Not to mention whether the technical level is high, the gimmick is definitely very sufficient.

This is the kind of product that the media should like the most.

"Table tennis from one end of the table to the other, the time is less than a second, to successfully return the ball, the athlete relies on experience and intuition, 'Wukong' relies on a complex identification system, positioning system, calculation system and control system."

"At the moment when the opponent hits the ball, the camera opposite the robot captures the movement trajectory of the ball at a speed of 120 images per second, and transmits the information back to the robot's 'eyes' in an instant, and through the rapid processing of the 'brain', the robot completes the calculation of the position, speed, angle, movement trajectory and landing point of the ball in an instant, and calculates the optimal response route and the best return posture, and the whole reaction time is between 50-100 milliseconds."

"In the last 0.4 seconds, the robot waved its arm and accurately sent the ball to the opponent, with an error of less than 2.5 centimeters in judging the landing point."

"It can make very precise pulling, cutting, rubbing, pushing and other actions when serving, which meets the needs of most consumers."

Li Shigui did not explain the specific technology, but this kind of more vivid content attracted the audience's interest.

You have to say on the stage what algorithm this robot is based on, what kind of CNC system is used, what function is realized, it is estimated that most of the audience is not interested in listening.

But now it's a different story.

Even a fool can see how powerful this robot is when playing table tennis.

So soon, the exhibition area of Nanshan Robot attracted a lot of visitors, and even became the most lively exhibition area in the entire robot exhibition.

This is the Dongying International Robot Exhibition, and half of the companies that come are local enterprises in Dongying.

Now it is being robbed of the limelight by a Chinese company, and you can imagine how complicated the feelings of those people are.

"Yoshida, you find someone to order a 'Wukong' of Nanshan Robot, and I want the people from the research institute to analyze the various new technologies behind this robot."

Yutaka Kawashima and Nagamasa Yoshida also stood in the exhibition area of Nanshan Robot.

They even saw personnel from several other Toei robot companies, such as Yaskawa, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Fujikoshi, who were also constantly taking pictures there.

This scene made Yutaka Kawashima feel very humiliated in his heart.

He was born in the 60s, and when he was young, he witnessed the most glorious time of Dongying.

Now that he is about to retire, he sees that Huaxia seems to be surpassing Dongying in robotics.

How can this be endured?

The average audience may not be very clear about the meaning behind this "Wukong", but he can see through one or two.

The combination of robots and the latest photography technology, and the ability to learn, such a product is very different from the traditional robots in the past.

If Nanshan Robot applies these technologies to industrial robots in the future, it is likely to bring great changes to the industry.

These are all things that need to be studied in advance by Fanuc and coping options should be considered.

Otherwise, Fanuc's position in the world's robot industry is estimated to fall again and again, and it will no longer have anything to do with the first place.

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In the midst of the surging crowds, there are several special figures, after going around the Nanshan robot, they also went to other exhibition areas one after another, and finally returned to the exhibition area of the Nanshan robot.

"Aimoha, it seems that Cao Yang didn't lie to us, the technical level of Nanshan robots is really one of the best in the world."

"We originally wanted to come to the Dongying International Robot Exhibition to inspect and see how the welding robots and other products in the Tiexi factory should be selected at that time."

"Now it seems that there is no need to think about it extraordinarily, as long as the price of Nanshan Robot is advantageous, the order can be handed over to them to do."

Phillips just flew over from Yangcheng yesterday, and he didn't expect to see Nanshan Group's enterprises in the spotlight here.

In Yangcheng, Nanshan Group is very powerful.

Why is it still so powerful in Dongying?

"I have also visited the workshop of Xingchen Automobile, and their degree of automation is indeed very high, and it should be the factory with the highest technical level in Huaxia at present."

"Even the production workshop of our headquarters is not as good as others."

"Now the robot they recommend to us is an upgraded version of the one used by Xingchen Motors, and it is theoretically more advanced."

"So when the price is right, I don't think it's a problem to directly hand over the robots from the Tiexi factory to Nanshan Robotics for production."

Aimoha didn't hesitate to give the answer.

When Cao Yang took Li Shigui and others to visit before, he had already demonstrated the advanced technology of Nanshan Robot.

Now it is just a more direct understanding of the status of Nanshan robots.

"Well, then the next thing is to see if the price of KUKA and ABB is lower than that of Nanshan Robot."

"If not, there's nothing to dwell on."

Phillips quickly made a decision in his mind.

And the OEMs participating in today's robot exhibition are obviously not only BMW.

As a foreign exhibitor, Nanshan Robot can become the most eye-catching presence at the exhibition, which has also brought a lot of potential benefits to the acquisition of new orders in the future.

In the evening of the same day, Nanshan Robot's excellent performance at the Dongying International Robot Exhibition was directly broadcast on the news broadcast of Huaxia Channel.

Although it is only a short shot of more than ten seconds, it is still very remarkable.

Even when Cao Yang saw the content on the news, he was stunned for a moment.

He didn't know that Nanshan Robot would be able to broadcast on the news this year.

At the same time, on Weibo, the matter of "robots that can play table tennis" is also on the hot search.

The Nanshan robot, which has always been unknown to ordinary people, is a small fire.

"Lao Li, you quietly sent the company to Huaxia TV and hot searches."

"How?"

"Today's exhibition was a success, right?"

After seeing the news, Cao Yang immediately called Li Shigui.

There is only an hour of time difference between Huaxia and Dongying, so you don't have to worry about the problem of black and white reversal.

"Mr. Cao, it was very successful, we were the booth that attracted the most visitors on the spot."

"In particular, the 'Wukong' who can play table tennis and the robot with the largest payload in the world have attracted a lot of attention."

"There were even quite a few competitors gathered around our platform to learn more."

"I estimate that when I go to the exhibition next year, I estimate that Dongying manufacturers will be frightened."

Li Shigui is in a very good mood.

He has been working in Nanshan Robotics for many years.

In the first few years, Nanshan Robot's performance was completely incomparable with other scenarios in the group.

However, the investment in R&D is not much less.

This made Li Shigui also feel a lot of pressure.

Fortunately, in the past two years, Nanshan Robot has begun to rise.

Now it is not only the largest robot manufacturer in China, but also the world's largest robot manufacturer soon.

Nanshan Robot's products are also becoming more and more abundant.

"Didn't the Dongying manufacturers come up with a few interesting products?"

"Not really, right?"

Although Cao Yang is very confident in Nanshan Robot, he is not arrogant enough to think that Nanshan Robot can crush all Dongying manufacturers.

After all, in the field of robots, Dongying has always been the global leader in the past.

"Not for nothing."

"For example, the 'actor' robot is a product that has attracted more attention today, it is an humanoid robot developed by Toei Kokoro, which can be used as a receptionist or a messenger."

"Through the operation, you can control her and order her to stand up, sit down, etc."

"There's also a robot called 'Hiro', which was developed by Kawada Kogyo Co., Ltd. in Toei."

"The robot has a certain level of sentience, which can sense and track a person's face."

"There are several other robots, which are also quite innovative, and there are some innovative breakthroughs in entertainment, taking care of the elderly, etc."

"However, compared with our 'Wukong', there are still some gaps between these products in terms of topicality and practicality."

"At today's exhibition, our 'Wukong' robot received an order for 103 units, which can be regarded as a big record."

Li Shigui gushed about his feelings today with Cao Yang.

This kind of good thing, the boss didn't pay attention to it, and he had already called to ask, so he naturally didn't want to miss the opportunity.

In many cases, whether the boss wants to pay more attention to you depends on your usual performance.

Nanshan Group is now thriving, both domestically and internationally.

Li Shigui naturally hopes that his position can have further breakthroughs.

For example, if you are the vice president of a group or something, your social status will be even more different.

After you reach a certain level, many things that you didn't dare to imagine will come to you by itself.

For example, many of the senior executives of Nanshan Group are representatives or committee members, from Yangcheng City to Lingnan Province, and even at the national level.

It's also an affirmation of your personal achievements.

Even Zeng Jianying, the CEO of Nanshan Carbon Fiber, has enjoyed the special allowance of the Government Council.

There is not a lot of money, but the symbolic and representative meanings are not the same.

There is a saying that the pattern of human beings is divided into six levels: the level of survival, the level of utilitarianism, the level of growth, the level of dedication, the level of wisdom and the level of perfection.

Each level represents a different pursuit and realm, and the relationship between the levels is not mutually exclusive, but a process of gradual improvement and perfection.

Li Shigui feels that now he has surpassed the utilitarian level, and even surpassed the growth level, and he hopes to have a bigger platform to contribute.

"103?"

Cao Yang really didn't expect the results of "Wukong" to be so good, "That's really a very good result, it seems that our platform has attracted a lot of attention today, no wonder Huaxia TV has reported it for the first time." ”

"It seems that the new factory laid out by Nanshan Robot in advance does not have to worry about production capacity!"

During the financial crisis last year, Nanshan Group bucked the trend and allowed many business units to expand their production capacity.

This is considered dangerous by many people.

However, judging from the current situation, those actions of the Nanshan Group are completely correct.

It can be said that Nanshan Group took advantage of the financial crisis to open up a gap between itself and its competitors.

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