Monday, August 1, 2011

iPhone Maker Foxconn Employs 1M Robots to Do Grunt Work

iPhone Maker Foxconn Employs 1M Robots to Do Grunt Work

Foxconn chairman Terry Gou addresses journalists at aproduct-testing facility.during a media tour of the factory. Photo courtesy of Thomas Lee. Foxconn has a reputation as maker of our much-beloved iDevices. It also has a reputation for inhumane living and working conditions for employees in its Shenzhen-based plants.

One way to potentially fix that tarnished image: replace some of those workers with robots.

One million robots, in fact, hopefully all in place within the next three years. The robots will be tasked with mundane tasks such as welding, spraying and assembling, which humans currently do.

Gadget Lab, iPhone Maker Foxconn Employs 1M Robots to Do Grunt Work

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