Foxconn will put on the conveyor 1 million robots

    Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its employees with robots. At the moment, 10,000 robots are working on the assembly line, next year their number will reach 300,000, and within three years - up to a million. Thus, Foxconn is trying to reduce costs, increase production efficiency and at the same time respond to the criticism recently made by human rights activists. Allegedly, Foxconn factories turned into a “sweatshirt” with poor working conditions and low salaries, and among the employees there was a high suicide rate.

    Robots will perform simple and routine work, such as painting, welding, and arranging devices. The news was announced by workers as company founder and director Terry Gow at an employee Friday party.

    Foxconn is the world's largest manufacturer of computer components, which carries out orders from Apple, Sony and Nokia. The company employs 1.2 million people. Perhaps 50-70% of them can be fired after the automation of production. In general, all Chinese factories should follow a similar path if they want to maintain a low cost of production in the context of the current increase in wages and higher living standards.

    On specific models of robots are not officially reported. But it is known that a contract for the supply of FRIDA robots manufactured by ABB was discussed several months ago .





    via Xinhua

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