The Influence Of Industrial Robot Application On Export Competitiveness Of Manufacturing Industry

Echnology level,productivity,labor cost and other factors are subtly changing the map of "global manufacturing export competitiveness" year after year.Automation and intelligence represented by industrial robots are the core of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution currently in full swing.From the theoretical point of view,the application of industrial robots will help promote the transformation of intelligent manufacturing and enhance the export competitiveness of the manufacturing industry through promoting technological progress,improving labor quality,improving production efficiency and other channels.However,in practice,due to the differences in the development level of different economies,there are still many shortcomings such as the relatively high price of industrial robots,the lack of management concepts and skills,and the shortage of highly skilled personnel,so it remains to be seen whether the application of industrial robots can really improve the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry.Through sorting out the existing literature,we found that in the research on the application of industrial robots,the relevant research mainly focused on the impact of the application of industrial robots on the performance of manufacturing enterprises,labor force employment and other aspects,and few scholars have studied the relationship between the application of industrial robots and export competitiveness.In the research on export competitiveness of manufacturing industry,scholars mostly analyze the influencing mechanism of export competitiveness from technological innovation,labor cost,financing cost and other factors.The application of industrial robot itself is also the introduction and promotion of automation technology.Therefore,the theoretical mechanism of the influence of industrial robot application on the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry can be analyzed from this perspectives.Specifically,this paper holds that the application of industrial robots is essentially the promotion and application of universal technology,so it has permeability and substitution,which can create human capital accumulation effect and r&d incentive effect respectively,and improve the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry through these channels.In the empirical aspect,this paper use transnational panel data to verify the influence of industrial robot application on export competitiveness of manufacturing industry.At the same time,this paper also tested the robustness by replacing the core explanatory variables and testing by sample,and then tested the mechanism and channels of influence by intermediary effect.The main conclusions are as follows: The application of industrial robots helps to improve the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry.Among them,it is found that the higher the technology density of manufacturing industry is,the more significant the positive effect is on its export competitiveness.Meanwhile,the application of industrial robots improves the export competitiveness of manufacturing industry through the effect of human capital accumulation and R&D incentive.Therefore,while promoting industrial robots,the government should pay attention to matching the national human capital level with the technological level,helping enterprises to clarify the business model of intelligent manufacturing,improve the capital investment capacity of technological transformation,improve the data collection of enterprises,and gradually promote the competitiveness of industrial exports.