More Than 500,000 Industrial Robots Shipped in 2023
2023年全球工業機器人總出貨量超50萬臺

Overall global industrial robot shipment volumes exceeded 500,000 units in 2023, according to global market research firm Interact Analysis. This was a similar level to that seen in 2022 but the average price of industrial robots decreased last year. After a record high in 2021, 2023 reached a low point in terms of revenues and shipments but the long-term forecast remains positive. The global industrial robot market is expected to grow on average, by 3.7% per year between 2024 and 2028.

根據全球市場研究公司Interact Analysis的數據，2023年全球工業機器人總出貨量超過50萬臺。這與2022年的水平相似，但工業機器人的平均價格去年有所下降。在2021年創下歷史新高后，2023年的收入和出貨量達到了一個低點，但長期預測仍然積極。預計從2024年到2028年，全球工業機器人市場將平均每年增長3.7%。

Taking a look at the market by industry and region, sales of industrial robots to the automotive industry in the Americas faced significant pressure in 2023, resulting in sluggish growth for this segment of the market – one of the largest downstream industries for industrial robots in the region. Mexico in particular has high dependence on the automotive industry, therefore creating a greater impact on industrial robot sales in the region. On the whole, growth of industrial robots in the Americas plummeted by 17.3% in 2023; compared with APAC, which saw a slight increase in growth, and EMEA, which remained stable.

從行業和地區來看，2023年美洲工業機器人對汽車行業的銷售面臨巨大壓力，導致該市場細分市場增長緩慢，而汽車是該地區工業機器人最大的下游行業之一。墨西哥尤其高度依賴汽車行業，因此對該地區工業機器人銷售產生了更大的影響。總體而言，2023年美洲地區的工業機器人增長大幅下降了17.3%，而相比之下，亞太地區（APAC）增長率略有上升，歐洲、中東和非洲地區（EMEA）則保持穩定。
 
The American markets accounted for around 17% of global industrial robot revenues compared to 62% for APAC and 22% for EMEA. The industrial robot market enjoyed strong growth in the Americas during the immediate post-COVID period in both the automotive and non-automotive industries, where manufacturers were continually looking for ways to improve their production processes and reduce manufacturing costs by adopting the technology.

美洲市場占全球工業機器人收入的約17%，而亞太地區占62%，歐洲、中東和非洲地區占22%。在新冠疫情后不久，美洲汽車和非汽車行業的工業機器人市場增長強勁，制造商不斷尋找通過采用該技術改進生產流程和降低制造成本的方法。

Top three applications: Material handling, welding and assembly
三大應用領域：物料搬運、焊接和裝配

The top three most common applications – material handling, welding and assembly – accounted for over 70% of industrial robot market revenues in 2023, with material handling accounting for one third on its own. This common application is particularly dominant in the Americas and Europe. The American market has the highest market concentration globally, where the top 5 suppliers shared nearly 80% of revenues and over 2/3 of unit shipments.

物料搬運、焊接和裝配是三大最常見應用，2023年它們合計占工業機器人市場收入的70%以上，其中物料搬運一項就占了三分之一。這一廣泛應用尤其在美洲和歐洲占據主導地位。美洲市場全球集中度最高，前五大供應商占據了近80%的收入份額和超過三分之二的出貨量份額。
 
Maya Xiao, research manager at Interact Analysis, commented, “The average price per unit of an industrial robot is on a downward trajectory, following a rise for two consecutive years, and we expect a price decline of around 3% per year between 2024 and 2028. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with high energy prices and inflation caused an average price increase in 2022. We originally expected robot prices to decrease again in 2023, but ongoing supply chain and inflation issues resulted in prices creeping up to levels close to those seen in 2022. This increased 'price effect' was also partially due to the market trend towards heavy payload robots, which are materially a more expensive product.

Interact Analysis研究經理Maya Xiao評論說：“工業機器人的單位平均價格在連續兩年上漲后，呈下降趨勢，我們預期2024年至2028年間，價格將以每年約3%的速度下降。新冠疫情、高能源價格和通貨膨脹共同導致了2022年的價格上漲。我們原本預計機器人價格會在2023年再次下降，但供應鏈持續緊張和通脹問題使得價格回升至接近2022年的水平。這種‘價格效應’的增加也部分歸因于市場轉向重型負載機器人，這類產品在材質上成本更高。

“It is important to note that our robotics forecasts are underpinned by the Interact Analysis Manufacturing Industry Output (MIO) Tracker. We can see from our data that the growth profile for industrial robots reflects the manufacturing slowdown during the pandemic era and the subsequent downturn in 2023. If we take a look at the manufacturing output figures for China, Europe and the Americas, the historic manufacturing contractions are synonymous with the decline in growth for the industrial robot market that we have observed in recent years.”

“需要注意的是，我們的機器人預測基于Interact Analysis的制造業產出（MIO）追蹤器。從數據中可以看出，工業機器人的增長曲線反映了疫情期間制造業的放緩以及2023年的后續衰退。觀察中國、歐洲和美洲的制造業產出數據，歷史上制造業的收縮與近年來我們觀察到的工業機器人市場的增長下滑現象相吻合。”