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2016 Korea Robot Industry Survey: (1) Overview of Korea¡¯s Robot IndustryDomestic robot business increases by 13.9% over previous years
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The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy released its “2016 Research on the Actual Conditions of the Robot Industry.” The Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement (sponsoring agency) and the Korea Association of Robot Industry (supervising agency) has been conducting surveys related to the robot industry – the country’s new growth engine – since 2006 after establishing the government’s statistics, in order to provide continuity to the surveys and to establish a statistics system.

This year’s survey examines the current state of Korea’s robot businesses, production and shipping performance according to each item, the state of manpower (workforce) and the state of research and development performance as of the end of December 2016. This was undertaken to provide basic data on the business strategies of the companies and government policies, with the final objective of giving impetus to the Korean robotics industry. The survey was carried out from June 2 to July 31, 2016 by survey professionals who conducted interviews at the respective companies. The survey categories comprise the type of robot business, number of employees, financial status, production and shipment status, and import status by item. The main contents of the finalized status report will be delivered in three parts.


1. Overview of Korea’s Robot Industry
2. Sales and Production Status
3. Export & Import Status


The results of the survey show a total of 2127 domestic robotics companies, an increase of 260 companies (about 13.9%) from the previous year. The largest growth rate occurred in personal service robots (16.7%), followed by manufacturing robots (15.8%), robot parts and accessories (13.9%) and professional service robots (8.5%). The main companies in the robotics industry are those in “robot parts and accessories,” which make up 969 companies (45.6%), and those in “manufacturing-robots” which make up 702 companies (33.0%).

Among the 2127 companies in the robotics-related industry, small and medium sized companies make up the bulk of the industry (2061 companies, 96.9%), followed by medium enterprises (46 companies) and large corporations (20 companies). In the case of the SMEs – which account for the largest portion – the most common business area was “robot parts and accessories” (959 companies, 46.5%), followed by “manufacturing robots” (668 companies, 32.4%). Over half of the companies (63.0%) were found to have annual sales of less than 1 billion won.

In terms of when the companies were launched, most of the companies – 1138 of them (53.5%) – were founded after 2005. Of these, most of the companies were in the business of providing personal service robots (74.0%); next were professional service robots (62.6%), manufacturing robots (57.4%) and robot parts and accessories (44.6%).

Looking at the current situation regarding investments in facilities, 18.7% (391 companies) invested in facilities related to the robotics industry. The manufacturing robot field had the highest investment in facilities, making up 22.7% (391 companies) of all the companies, with a total investment amount of 116.3 billion won. Of this amount, investment in “production facilities” amounted to 74 billion won, followed by investment in “R & D facilities” (W27bn) and “Other facilities” (W15.4bn). The total investment amount by manufacturing robot enterprises (159 companies) was 57.4 billion won; of this, investment in “production facilities” was highest at 40.1 billion won.

¡ãScale of business by sector(Unit:One company)
In terms of research and development, 27.8% (578 companies) produced R&D results. Of the different robotics fields, research and development achievements were highest at 44.7% for “professional service robots” businesses. Of the 578 companies that achieved R&D results, their total funding was 290.3 billion won, of which “Government-funded R&D” was the highest at 173.2 billion won. “In-house R&D” came in second (102.1 billion won), followed by “Foreign government-funding for technology introduction” (10.6 billion won), and “External expenditure research and development” (4.4 billion won).

In 2016, the labor force for the robot industry increased by 11.2% over the previous year to 20,812, while the labor force for professional service robots and personal service robots decreased by 18.6% and 4.1%, respectively. By occupation, “technicians (production)” had the most manpower with 11,323 working in this area. Occupations in “research and development” (8160 workers) was next, followed by those in “office work and others” (5030 workers), “sales/marketing (3,970 workers), and “other simple labor” (328 workers). Of the workers in R&D (8160), “university graduates/continuing education graduates” was the largest group to fill these positions at 5390 people. “Master’s graduates/partial completion” was next (1401 people). “Ph.D. graduates/ partial completion” followed (707 people). Technical college graduates (620 people), and those with education less than high school (41 people) followed. Looking at the regions in which the robot companies do business, 1381 companies are located in the Seoul and metropolitan area (64.9%), 440 companies in the Yeongnam area (20.7%), 178 companies in the Chungcheong area (8.4%), and 127companies in the Honam area (6.0 %).

¡ãMajor industries by region
The survey also looked at suggestions or complaints from the robot industry and found that government funding was most needed for “research and development expansion” (46.9%), “low interest funding (25.7%)” and “recruitment incentive support” (7.7%). For companies in the “manufacturing robots,” field, the demand for recruitment subsidies was higher than that of the other fields. In the field of technological development, respondents indicated that the greatest burden was in the “initial investment cost” (34.8%), “lack of specialized workers” (22.2%), and “lack of or outdated production facilities and research equipment” (17.0%). In addition, respondents indicated that the greatest difficulties concerning sales and exports were the difficulty of opening up a market (33.9%), excessive competition (23.0%), lack of market information (22.9%), and narrowness of the market (12.3%). The difficulties in management were cited as, in order, financing (43.4%), the impact of economic fluctuations in the market (21.7%), financial and tax burdens (14.3%) and rising costs of raw materials (11.2%).
Compared to 2015, the business environment in 2016 “improved” according to 22.6% of the companies, and 35.5% expected the 2017 business environment to “improve.” Respondents in the “manufacturing robots” field anticipated a “worsening” business environment, which was comparatively high at 22.0%. Securing future competitiveness in the robot industry, the respondents said, “technology” (40.3%) is most needed, followed by “strengthened sales” (27.9%), and “marketing” (19.3%).

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