Foxconn To Employ One Million Robots Within Next Three Years
01/08/2011 |
To those of you who scoffed at Steve Wozniak when he said that machines will one day take over as superior beings, leaving us humans as the “dogs of the house,” take note: It seems Woz’ vision is very much becoming a reality for some Foxconn workers, who are set to be replaced by robots over the next three years.
The Foxconn factories in China are where many of Apple’s popular gadgets are assembled, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod. It already employs 10,000 robots, in...
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