China Leads Post-pandemic Recovery: IFR`s World Robotics Outlook
中國引領疫后復蘇：IFR世界機器人展望

The preliminary World Robotics data for China released by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) shows a sales increase of industrial robots by 19% in 2020.

國際機器人聯合會（IFR）發布的世界機器人初步數據顯示，2020年中國工業機器人的銷售額增長19%。

“The outlook for the robotics industry is optimistic”, says Milton Guerry, President of the International Federation of Robotics. “In China, where the coronavirus lockdown came into force first, the robotics industry started to recover already in 2020. In total 167,000 industrial robots were shipped.”

"機器人行業前景是樂觀"，國際機器人聯合會主席Milton Guerry表示。"抗疫率先取得卓越成效的中國，機器人行業在2020年已經開始恢復。總共出貨了16.7萬臺工業機器人。"

Market growth in China also has a strong positive impact on foreign suppliers – up 24% or 123,000 industrial robots were shipped from abroad. Japanese suppliers have a dominant market share. Domestic suppliers delivered 44,000 units to their home market which is an increase of 8% compared to 2019.

中國市場的增長也對外國供應商產生了極大的積極影響——外資品牌工業機器人出貨12.3萬臺，增長24%，其中日本供應商在市場上占主導地位。國產品牌向國內市場交付了44,000臺，與2019年相比增加了8%。

Worldwide, North America and Europe
全球、北美和歐洲市場

Global robot installations in 2020 were down 2%, particularly under the impact of the Corona pandemic. Still the decline in sales was more moderate than expected.

2020年全球機器人安裝量下降了2%，尤其是在新冠大流行的影響下。但銷售額下降幅度還是比預期的要溫和。

OECD projects global GDP growth to be 5.5% in 2021 and 4% in 2022. Nevertheless, the situation is mixed in different countries.

經合組織預測，2021年全球GDP增長率為5.5%，2022年為4%。但各個國家的情況不盡相同。

The order intakes of the robotics industry 2021 give reason to expect strong growth in North America and Europe. Order books in the US for example are filling up fast. In Germany, the forecast for the current year shows a strong recovery and signifies a positive turning point for the industry. Even better sales figures will be achievable if the current supply bottlenecks for key components can be quickly overcome.

2021年機器人行業的訂單量使人們有理由期待北美和歐洲的強勁增長。例如，美國的訂單正在迅速填滿。在德國，今年的預測顯示出強勁的復蘇，顯示出該行業的一個積極轉折點。如果能夠迅速克服目前關鍵部件的供應瓶頸，甚至可以實現更好的銷售數字。

Reduction of carbon footprint
減少碳足跡

The global path to climate neutrality is generating new business. In order to achieve the ambitious climate targets, economies have started to scale renewable energies and environmental technologies to unprecedented dimensions. Robotics and automation enable companies of all sizes to produce the components needed, e.g. fuel cells for hydrogen-powered cars or batteries in the transport sector and solar panels in the energy sector. The new generation of easy-to-use robotics helps to optimize performance in the production process and move manufacturing closer to regional markets at competitive cost.

實現氣候中立的全球趨勢正在產生新的業務機會。為了實現雄心勃勃的氣候目標，各經濟體已開始將可再生能源和環保技術擴大到前所未有的程度。機器人技術和自動化使各種規模的公司能夠生產所需的部件，比如用于氫動力汽車的燃料電池或運輸領域的電池，以及能源部門的太陽能電池板。新一代易于使用的機器人有助于優化生產過程中的表現，并以有競爭力的成本讓制造業更接近區域市場。

“Robotics have proven flexibility to quickly adapt production and respond to changes in demand as well as smaller batch sizes,” says Milton Guerry. “The benefits of increased productivity safeguards jobs by keeping companies competitive.”

"事實證明，在快速調整生產以應對需求變化以及較小批量方面，機器人具有高度的靈活性，"Milton Guerry說。"提高生產力的好處是通過保持公司的競爭力來保障就業。"