At present, in the mobile robot market, AGV is still the mainstream, and AMR accounts for a relatively small proportion. The data shows that last year, the sales of AMR mobile robots were about 6,900 units, accounting for 16.83% of the total market, and the market sales scale was about 1.4 billion yuan, accounting for the overall market size. Of 18%.
However, from the perspective of growth rate, AMR shows very strong momentum. According to MIR Rui Industrial data, AMR shipments in 2020 have increased by 175% year-on-year in 2019, far exceeding the growth rate of AGV.
InteractAnalysis predicts that factors such as the demand for manufacturing flexibility, shortening and accelerating product cycles, reducing costs, and increasing demand for personal safety, are expected to explode in global mobile robot demand, revenue and sales for AMR by 2022 Type growth.
Compared with AGV, AMR is more intelligent, has the advantage of sensing obstacle avoidance, and is more suitable for working in complex and dynamic environments. There are more application scenarios, so the growth rate is faster. Recently, AGV also has a trend towards intelligent obstacle avoidance.
However, the characteristics of each application scenario are different, so the customization requirements for mobile robots are high, which drives up the cost. Therefore, in the fixed business and simple operation scenarios, more mature AGVs still have advantages. This is also the current AGV. This is the main reason for the market, but as AMR technology matures, the cost will also drop, which will further highlight its advantages and become the main direction for the development of mobile robots in the future.
Compared with other types of robots, domestic mobile robots can be said to be the world of domestic-funded manufacturers. The degree of localization in the AGV market exceeds 95%. In the AMR market, there are also companies such as Jiazhi Technology and Stande catching up with MiR, Omron and other foreign countries. The market share of brands and foreign manufacturers is decreasing year by year.