Chinese become the biggest demand of industrial robot

International Robot Association headquarters is located in Frankfurt of Germany 23 released the latest survey report industry says, 2014 global regions of industrial robot sales demand growth rate in Asia ranked, top the list, with 54% of the growth in China as the largest demand of industrial robot.

The association said, the Chinese market in 2014 the total sales of industrial robot 56000, in which the local supplier’s sales volume is 16000, the other from Switzerland ABB group, KUKA Germany companies overseas suppliers.

The report points out, 2014 industrial robot with annual sales of about $5900000000. Sales of about 225000 units, than the 27% growth in 2013. The global and regional sales have increased, of which Asia sales accounted for almost 2/3. The report points out, the platoon is in China after last year is Korea, Japan, America and Germany, the five big market sales accounted for the total global sales of 75% industrial robot.

Two months before the scale industrial profits fell 4.2%

Yesterday, the National Bureau of statistics released data show, the first two months of this year the national large-scale industrial enterprises realized a total profit of 745240000000 yuan, 4.2% year-on-year drop.

Specific to the main industry, two months before the automobile manufacturing industry net profit of 79.73 billion yuan, down 5.4% year on year. Electricity, heat production and supply industry net profit of 74.98 billion yuan, up 30.7% from a year earlier. Net profit the top two industry, oil processing and coking and nuclear fuel processing industry profits before the losses therefrom.

He ping, an analyst pointed out that the national bureau of statistics (NBS) industrial company two months ago, because oil prices have fallen sharply, oil and gas industry achieved a profit of RMB 15.18 billion, fell 45.33 billion yuan. In addition, by reason of product oil consumption tax increase, prices fell, the loss of 20.28 billion yuan, oil processing and coking and nuclear fuel processing industry and in the same period of last year profit of 8.27 billion yuan, equivalent to reduce profits of 28.55 billion yuan. Two industries combined to reduce profit is 73.88 billion yuan. He ping stressed that if deduct these two industries, industrial profits rose by 5.8%.

Two months before he ping also points out that though industrial profits fell, but compared with last year in December, the decline narrowed 3.8%, suggesting that profit decline in monthly increase since the fourth quarter of last year the trend has changed.

Scientists create new type of detector, can through the Antarctic ice drilling through the bottom of the sea

According to foreign media reports, a research team to assemble a called Icefin detector, and make it through the 20 meters thick and 500 meters deep water reach the Antarctic sea ice. This is the first time this type of robotic probes into deep under the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica, and back to the recorded video data of Marine life.

Georgia institute of technology of earth and atmospheric sciences, an assistant professor of Britney Schmidt said: “we make this kind of detector is small detectors and Marine submersible hybrids, it can drill the hole on the Antarctic ice sheet.” Icefin detector used by these techniques can also be used to search for life on other planet, such as Jupiter’s moon Europa. Antarctica’s cold ocean is very similar to the liquid on the Europa’s ocean.

Schmidt said: “at the same time, we need to explore Europa better understand sea systems. We are also continue to develop and perfect the technology, finally let us know the polar even more realistic Europa.” This kind of machine detector carrying a scientific equipment to make it able to measure the ocean under the ice conditions.

Georgia institute of technology, a team of scientists and engineers in the Antarctic to assemble the station unmanned diving equipment. The team hope Icefin detector can log in the arctic, for the first time in the summer of 2016 and to return to Antarctica in the autumn. Icefin detector for the Antarctic ice shelf under the environment of the exploration, and record video, will help us understand the Antarctic ice shelf in the change of environment, global warming can also help us understand how organisms survive in the cold light environment.

Team leader, from the Georgia institute of technology research engineer Mick West said: “Icefin really different from other submersible striking feature is that it is quite long and thin, and it has scientists need all of the sensors. It also can be used in the instrument can be used in both navigation scientific exploration, this is what other submersibles does not have.”

The southern ocean waters up to 5000 meters, the most Icefin can dive to 1500 meters deep, and 3 km of exploration. Other submersibles Icefin size and only can submerge to a depth of several hundred meters in the seawater. Icefin shooting video showed an amazing 500 meters deep seabed under the Ross ice shelf.

Schmidt said: “we observed from video complex seabed ecosystem had never seen before, and never get the interface details. The ice and ocean biological scientists McMurdo station very amazed by the location of the ecological capacity, which contains the starfish, sponges and sea anemones creatures.”

Gold prices fell to below $1200

U.S. economic data released earlier this week, less market expectations and the international monetary fund (IMF) by the U.S. economic growth forecast for this year and next, making the dollar index hit 100 back again at the beginning of this week. But the overall trend upward at the dollar index is still in operation, make the international spot gold prices fell under pressure to below $1200 an ounce, short-term or is expected to dip to $1180 an ounce to seek support.

Fundamentals, the global economic environment remains a loose monetary policy. Especially the European central bank to further expand the scale of easing, and the Greek problem has failed to ease, the euro against the dollar on the currency markets as close to the level of 1 to 1. Display a large number of investment outflows from the region, to recent strengthening dollar index to provide strong support. Afternoon is expected as the dollar index rising, will cause heavy pressure to gold in the future.

With gold prices continued downward, the global mining companies operating under pressure. Many gold producers falling nearly half of the new mine investment, gold mineral is expected this year’s growth or will fall to the lowest level since 6 years. And the current is in physical gold sales off-season, physical gold is not too much good news of the gold market.

From the technical trend, figure display, gold in the high test $1220 an ounce on schedule resistance after back to below $1200 an ounce. Deal, it is suggested that activist investors can maintain high last week on the short train of thought, target $1180 to $1160 an ounce, break the $1208 an ounce on stop-loss exit, Pay attention to position control. Prudent investors looking for, stay gold above $1300 an ounce after is expected to reverse the medium-term downward trend.

Minimum of 3 d printing drilling machine in the world

A enthusiasts through 3 d printing, produced the world’s smallest 3 d printing drilling machine. He is from New Zealand, an engineer, called Lance Abernethy, obsessed with the little thing, also it is this obsession, let his brain hole is big, the minimum 3 d printing drilling machine in the world.

Abernethy using CAD software OnShape run on cloud platform, using 3 d printing techniques, building 17 mm high, 7.5 mm and 13 mm long drilling machine. The drilling machine by hearing aid batteries, headphones line, 3 d printing chuck, small buttons, and 0.5 mm hole and micro motor. Unfortunately, the dot is not qualified for drilling work. Abernethy said, however, continue to do it.

Sales of industrial robots increased 54%

Faced with rising labor costs artificially, industrial robots increasingly be relied on enterprises, but also to become the next star of a highly promising industry. International Federation of Robotics (IFR), said 2014 global sales of industrial robots grew by 27%, among which China’s growth Effort most vigorous, up to 54%.

By the automotive and electronics industries, particularly China and South Korea led the industry needs, in 2014 global sales of industrial robots grew by 27%, with annual sales of approximately $ 9.5 billion. International Robot Association, said 2014 global sales of industrial robots is about 225,000 units, of which sales in Asia accounted for almost two thirds.

The association pointed out that China’s industrial robot sales rose 54 percent last year, to about 56,000 units, in the meantime, China has become the world’s largest market for industrial robots.

International Robot Association pointed out that a large market for industrial robots in 2014 immediately after China, namely South Korea, Japan, the United States and Germany, both manufacturing power traditionally, only five major market sales accounted for global industrial robot 3/4 of total sales.

It is worth noting that although China is the world’s largest market for industrial robots, but the drawing of it is foreign brands. Industrial robot sales in the Chinese market, local vendors sold only 1.6 million units, while others are from Switzerland ABB, Germany Kuka, Yaskawa motor (Yaskawa) and Fanuc (Fanuc) and other overseas suppliers.

In this regard, China Insiders said that China‘s industrial robots due as foreign manufacturers of similar products in the precision, speed, etc., resulting in a low level of industrialization of these products use, market share is not high, technical standards equivalent to only some products abroad level of the mid-1990s.

Director of the Center Chinese statistics robotics industry alliance Li Xiaojia noted that in 2013 China purchased and assembled nearly 37,000 sets of industrial robots, in which foreign robotics in general to high-end industrial robots mainly a virtual monopoly on high-end automotive manufacturing industry, welding; Chinese-made robot main application or in the handling and unloading pieces robot mainly in the low end of the industry.

Robots will not completely replace the industrial workers, the man-machine collaboration is the big trend

The morning of May 12, the reporter walked into the manufacturing shop, large factory machines roar, the busy workers are few. The clock struck at twelve o ‘clock, workshop workers xiao liu to lunch. He is responsible for stamping group fin forming and blanking equipment still in work as usual. XiaoLiu said: “work is let the machine dry, and I am responsible for the daily maintenance of the machine.”

Robots have begun to replace human work, and the future of industrial workers have room for survival ? Whether robots will replace human beings, become the mainmanufacturing industry? From the developing trend of the current, robots replace human manufacturing production is the inexorable trend, but this does not mean that the industrial worker will lose living space, man-machine collaboration will be the mainstream of the future manufacturing configuration.

Why to let the robot to replace human engaged in productive labor? Reason there could be many, but in the end, is nothing more than two: first, for security reasons, some jobs are not suitable for people to do; Secondly, for cost reasons, some work let a person to do the cost too is high.

For security reasons is well understood – the world’s most valuable is the person’s life and health, in theory, as long as the life and health of the guarantee, so spend more money is worth it. Industrial upgrading from the viewpoint of this phenomenon are many, many of the traditional industries are prone to occupational diseases, big to mine mining, the small to spray ceramic glaze, who is easy to produce harm to workers health work finally certainly can make robots take over. Many of the guangdong foshan sanitary ware factory has began to spray glaze work to be done to the robot.

Is a better understanding for the sake of cost – the entrepreneur is not a philanthropist, the market is always profit, if a method can reasonable and lawful to reduce cost, so why not? According to the xinhua news agency, the United States Boston consulting group, says a new report in the next decade, cheaper and better robot will speed up instead of factory workers, promote labor costs by 16%. For manufacturing power, the effect of the robot to cut labor costs will be more significant.

But with all robots thousand good, but after all is not people. Robots are no mood swings, the benefits of stable working efficiency, to be involved in risk, effective work time is long, the long-term use of low cost. Yet shortcomings have many – no creative, subject to the conditions of the robot itself process, some special work is not completed, such as “eyes” of the robot (camera) resolution is limited, it is not easy to distinguish color difference is small, small volume, stacked highly unified object shape. In addition, even if the lower labor costs in the long run than artificial robots, but from the point of current reality, robot labor costs are still far higher than that of workers, a wide range of USES robot production, especially to build “unmanned workshop” is not realistic.

To sum up, let robot to replace human in mechanized production is an unstoppable trend, but the robot in the short term is not competent for all the manufacturing work, still need a lot of process operating sophisticated robot and skilled workers to cooperate to complete. And the experienced industry workers and improved understanding of the process, thinking, robot is impossible. Industrial workers should understand two things: first, in the short term, the robot will not affect the workers their jobs; Next, want to keep your job for a long time, in addition to enhance technical proficiency, more need to give a full play to the superiority of the people, enhance personal qualities. Robot, after all, is the essence of the machine and the control of the machine, after all.

America mills sought to limit plate imports

According to the U.S. Census Bureau released statistics show that the United States imports of plate in January reached the peak of 19.1 million tons, despite continuous two months to fall, February imports to 16.3 million tons, imports in March were to 14.1 million tons, but the early influx of imported resources still to make steel concern.

According to statistics, in March America plate Inventory Service Center for 1210000 tons, about 3.1 months of supply. Given the high plate stocks remains, a number of steel mills in the United States for plate import restrictions, especially in Chinese and Russian sources.

Nucor and SSAB recently to the U. S. Department of Commerce put forward the complaint said China plate factory is using adding a small amount of alloy elements to avoid the United States anti-dumping sanctions, as alloy steel exports to the United States of the plate, in the United States market positioning and price still and plain carbon and medium thickness plate the same, to the detriment of the interests of the local steel mills. At present, in addition to the Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., the United States to other Chinese in medium and heavy plate plant of anti dumping tax rate is 128.59%.

Amy, Nucor and SSAB American company officially to the U. S. Department of commerce application terminated with Russia on the plate tariff agreement, and the imposition of anti-dumping duties. If the U. S. Department of Commerce decided to terminate with Russia on the plate tariff agreement, the United States on Russia’s Severstal steel anti-dumping tax rate will revert to the presented, other Russian steel mills and exporters is 185%.

2014 Russia to export to the United States in plate 5.5 million tons, compared to 2013 surge 2800%, one quarter of this year, imports decline, about 9500 tons. In October last year, due to the escalation of the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, the U. S. Department of Commerce decided terminated with Russian coil limit and a quota arrangement.

Human intelligent robot race stamped out sooner or later

According to foreign media reports, at present, a veteran U.S. computer experts warned that the human fly in the face of intelligent robot “killer” there is no defense ability, can in a short period of time were killed.

At the university of California, Berkeley, Stuart Russell, says professor unmanned aerial vehicle is only limited to their physical ability, is not restricted to the intelligent degree. It is reported, he visited some experts, show its legislation, want the future to avoid no one to stop the killing machines.

He stressed that the current race toward the techniques of unmanned aerial vehicle is likely to be deadly weapon automatic system “termination point”. Such weapons and destroy targets can be selected by the artificial intelligence system, rather than by human choice, it can be deployed in the next ten years. This is a high risk of science and technology, lethal weapon system is described as the third generation of the battlefield after gunpowder, nuclear arms race revolution.

The study is published in a recent issue of the journal nature, russell said, lethal weapon system ability to more is limited by physical, for example, distance, speed and payload, and is not affected by artificial intelligence system for any defects. Once the flying robots designed to be smaller, their mobility will enhance, become a directional target probability greatly reduced. Likely future small flying robots can launch a 1 gram of conical ammunition, enough to puncture the human skull, their agility and lethal can make the human no defense capability.

New Zealand to the investment bank capital injection of $87 million

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key 15 days on routine press conference announced that New Zealand officially became the Asian infrastructure investment bank founding member of, to the Asian investment bank recapitalization 1.25 billion New Zealand yuan ($87 million).

John key said at a news conference, New Zealand was the first to join the investment bank talks of the western developed countries, the Asian infrastructure investment bank investment, promotes the development of Asia, is also beneficial to economic development in New Zealand. , he said New Zealand became a member of the Asia investment banking can strengthen closely with Asian economy, trade and investment ties.

New Zealand deputy prime minister and finance minister bill English lehi, said in a statement on the same day, the New Zealand capital injection will pay off for five years.

Eng lehi, told xinhua in April New Zealand from the rapid and stable economic development in Asia gained great interest in the process, the negotiations can participate in the investment Banks to ensure that New Zealand’s growing influence in Asia. Impact in the critical area agencies, he argues, will play an important role on the New Zealand economy development.

New Zealand foreign minister Murray McCulley said on the same day, Asia driving the development of the global economy brings development opportunities to the New Zealand, New Zealand will benefit from the Asian rapid and sustainable development. The next step, he says, the New Zealand will participate in a formal signing ceremony held in Beijing this month.

China’s ministry of finance announced in January this year, the New Zealand officially became the investment intention founding member.