Foxconn’s robot strategy is progressing smoothly: some plants are almost fully automated

According to foreign media reports, Foxconn is making adjustments to the entire factory as hardware hardware and software for Apple’s iPhone and iPad, hoping to replace most of the labor force with robots. According to Dai Jia-peng, general manager of the Foxconn Automation Technology Development Committee, the company’s plan will be divided into three phases. The first stage is to set up automated workstations for jobs that are too dangerous or that employees are not willing to do. The second stage is to automate the entire production line. The third stage will realize the automation of the entire plant, leaving only a few human employees responsible for supervising the production and management of logistics, and deploying tests and visual inspections. Some plant sites are almost completely automated. Dai Jiapeng said that the Foxconn factories in Chengdu, Shenzhen, and Zhengzhou have already achieved the second or third phase. Some factories are in the “light-off state” and only a few human interventions on the production line are required.
Foxconn automates its production line by developing its own robotics technology. The company can produce up to 10,000 robots each year. Currently, more than 40,000 robots have been deployed in factories across China. The poor working environment of Foxconn has caused many employees to become overwhelmed and even commit suicide by jumping out of buildings, triggering the famous “N-stop” incident. In order to prevent similar situations from happening, the company had to install a safety net at the factory. Before using robots to replace humans, there are often rumors that robots may replace human workers and cause some panic. But unlike in the past, this so-called “rumor” became a reality in more and more companies and industries in the past year. For example, Uber tries to use driverless cars instead of drivers. Google also partnered with Fiat-Chrysler to launch a special car service in hopes of using driverless cars to replace taxis in many cities. Similarly, the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is also developing unmanned aerial vehicles and hopes to replace the pilots of civilian airliners. And because Hitachi produces robots that understand English and Japanese and can even communicate with human users, customer support representatives may also be unemployed. However, the largest number of unemployed people may be the fast food industry. Wendy's is currently installing self-service dining tables in 6,000 restaurants, and the United States' minimum hourly wage of 15 US dollars has become the main incentive for this adjustment. McDonald's is also testing a similar buffet table. Ed Rensi, McDonald's former US CEO, said last year that the $35,000 robot is better than the $15 per hour human staff, both from a cost and efficiency perspective. This trend of change can also be seen at the National Catering Conference in the United States. Robot manufacturers often take the opportunity to present their latest products. Last summer, a company called Momentum Machines developed a robot that can produce 400 hamburgers per hour, and launched the first "robot burger" restaurant in San Francisco without human employees. Similarly, California startup Zume is also developing robots capable of making pizzas. The founder of the company stated that they used the money originally spent on human employees to make high quality pizza ingredients. There are many similar robots, and the products produced include sandwiches, sushi, and noodles. In short, a large number of human employees will need to look for new jobs in the future, because companies must use profits as their primary goal and replace human employees with cheaper, more efficient robots.

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