On February 13, at the 2023 (10th) High-tech Robot Annual Meeting, STEP won the "2023 Enterprise Award", and its products and brand strength in the field of industrial robots were recognized again. In the closing session of the conference with the theme of "Next decade, Start a New journey", Zhou Guangxing, general manager of STEP Robotics Division, delivered a keynote speech entitled "New Bureau and Dare to do", reviewing the development course of STEP robotics in the past ten years and looking forward to the new opportunities faced by the industrial transformation.
Award ceremony (fourth from left is STEP)
Dare to - forward research and development, forging strength
Zhou Guangxing, general manager of STEP Robotics Division
From initial involvement to deep cultivation, STEP has been in the field of robotics for 13 years, and has become one of the few companies in the domestic robot industry that insist on positive research and development. It has built an industrial chain camp of robot "key components + ontology + integrated application", and the technology autonomy rate has reached 60%. We will make every effort to promote the high-quality development of Chinese manufacturing.
At present, STEP has formed 9 series with a load range of 1kg-600kg and more than 80 industrial robot product matrices. Zhou Guangxing believes that the presentation of products condenses the accumulation of technology, STEP started from control technology, and completed the "bottom" layout of the robot with industry competitiveness, that is, independently master the core technology, software and algorithms of robot control. Through dynamic high-order algorithm, vibration suppression technology, trajectory planning technology, static precision compensation technology, the robot has been significantly improved in the operation stability, positioning accuracy, running beat, noise suppression and other key indicators, to achieve and run with international first-line brands.
Continuous product iteration depends on mature and reliable independent research and development capabilities. STEP not only has a 1000+ stable R & D team, but also has a CNAS certified laboratory, so that every data and indicators of robot products can be fully tested and verified.
In 2023, the cumulative shipment of STEP robots has exceeded 40,000 units, and the innovation capacity of products is also continuing to increase, especially for 25-600KG large-load robots, the fourth generation robot control cabinet SRC4 has been launched, perfectly breaking a series of technical bottlenecks such as temperature rise, high integration, and protection level, and its volume is reduced by 80% compared with conventional products on the market. At the same time, it has the characteristics of high reliability and easy to use. SRC4 control cabinet will lead the trend of miniaturization of large-load robots.
The new bureau - "breaking through" the Red Sea, "understanding" the blue Sea
At present, the robot industry has entered the Red Sea competition stage, especially in the new troika: lithium, photovoltaic, new energy vehicle industry, the competition is particularly fierce. With its advantages in key technologies and deep understanding of customer processes and pain points, STEP robots have been applied on a large scale in many subsectors.
Zhou Guangxing shared the application of STEP robot in lithium, photovoltaic, automotive and auto parts industries.
Lithium battery industry
For the production of lithium battery electrode, cell synthesis, chemical component capacity, module and PACK line, STEP has launched the customized models of the lithium battery industry YR series SCARA and high-load series six-axis robot. The full range of STEP products can be applied to the application process of sorting, gluing, film tearing, handling, testing and other applications, and has realized the solution of lithium battery in all scenarios. Improve the automatic production efficiency and product yield of lithium battery production enterprises, in line with the development trend of flexible and intelligent industry. Among them, 500 50kg load SCARA robots have been applied to the PACK segment of lithium battery modules, and the performance of STEP load SCARA robots has been verified by the batch application market.
Photovoltaic industry
STEPSCARA, SP, SD, SR series products are used in the whole production process chain of photovoltaic, such as silicon rod handling, silicon rod gluing, battery basket loading, component typesetting, glass loading, packing and palletizing. According to the needs of industry customers, secondary customized development can be carried out, close to the actual production needs, easy to use and maintenance, so as to improve the level of production line automation and improve product production yield.
Automotive and auto parts industry
SA series welding robots enter the production line of car body in white to achieve a breakthrough of independent brands; There are application cases in auto parts stamping, testing and other process links; The subsidiary Shanghai Xiaoao has rich experience in automatic welding of the vehicle production line, and adopts multi-machine cooperation to complete the whole process from the three major parts of the bottom plate, side wall, top cover, door cover upper part, gluing, positioning welding, repair welding, and total assembly to the roller edge to achieve flexible production of multiple models.
In addition, STEP has always insisted that "the decisive opportunity for domestic brands lies in the market segment", focusing on the steel structure, tire and other segments, understanding the "blue ocean" market, accurately serving customers, and constantly mining the application value of industrial robots in more segments.
In the past ten years, STEP has created a new situation in the industry through technological innovation breakthroughs and bold attempts. In the next ten years, STEP will build the differentiation advantage of Chinese robot brands with high-quality products, comprehensive and in-depth technology and timely and thoughtful service, and win more market development space.