In 3 years, it could use as many as 1M robots
(NEWSER) - Foxconn, the suicide-plagued maker of millions of Apple products in China, plans to use as many as one million robots on its assembly line within three years—compared to just 10,000 today, a Chinese report says. Increasing labor costs is a major driver behind the move, reports Reuters . "This year's wage increase has been quite significant and I don't expect the pace to slow down next year," says an analyst. "If they don't do this, they will have to move their factories elsewhere." More»
