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(yè)和地區(qū)來看，2023年美洲工業(yè)機(jī)器人對汽車行業(yè)的銷售面臨巨大壓力，導(dǎo)致該市場細(xì)分市場增長緩慢，而汽車是該地區(qū)工業(yè)機(jī)器人最大的下游行業(yè)之一。墨西哥尤其高度依賴汽車行業(yè)，因此對該地區(qū)工業(yè)機(jī)器人銷售產(chǎn)生了更大的影響。總體而言，2023年美洲地區(qū)的工業(yè)機(jī)器人增長大幅下降了17.3%，而相比之下，亞太地區(qū)（APAC）增長率略有上升，歐洲、中東和非洲地區(qū)（EMEA）則保持穩(wěn)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(yè)機(jī)器人收入的約17%，而亞太地區(qū)占62%，歐洲、中東和非洲地區(qū)占22%。在新冠疫情后不久，美洲汽車和非汽車行業(yè)的工業(yè)機(jī)器人市場增長強(qiáng)勁，制造商不斷尋找通過采用該技術(shù)改進(jìn)生產(chǎn)流程和降低制造成本的方法。

Top three applications: Material handling, welding and assembly
三大應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域：物料搬運(yùn)、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(yùn)、焊接和裝配是三大最常見應(yīng)用，2023年它們合計(jì)占工業(yè)機(jī)器人市場收入的70%以上，其中物料搬運(yùn)一項(xiàng)就占了三分之一。這一廣泛應(yīng)用尤其在美洲和歐洲占據(jù)主導(dǎo)地位。美洲市場全球集中度最高，前五大供應(yīng)商占據(jù)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(jīng)理Maya Xiao評論說：“工業(yè)機(jī)器人的單位平均價格在連續(xù)兩年上漲后，呈下降趨勢，我們預(yù)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(dǎo)致了2022年的價格上漲。我們原本預(yù)計(jì)機(jī)器人價格會在2023年再次下降，但供應(yīng)鏈持續(xù)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(yīng)’的增加也部分歸因于市場轉(zhuǎn)向重型負(fù)載機(jī)器人，這類產(chǎn)品在材質(zhì)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(jī)器人預(yù)測基于Interact Analysis的制造業(yè)產(chǎn)出（MIO）追蹤器。從數(shù)據(jù)中可以看出，工業(yè)機(jī)器人的增長曲線反映了疫情期間制造業(yè)的放緩以及2023年的后續(xù)衰退。觀察中國、歐洲和美洲的制造業(yè)產(chǎn)出數(shù)據(jù)，歷史上制造業(yè)的收縮與近年來我們觀察到的工業(yè)機(jī)器人市場的增長下滑現(xiàn)象相吻合?！?/p>