There is no reason to assume the 590 workers were replaced 1:1 with robots. The number of robots is unknown. The known values are FiredWorkers:590 CurrentWorke

There is no reason to assume the 590 workers were replaced 1:1 with robots. The number of robots is unknown. The known values are FiredWorkers:590 CurrentWorkers: 60 PiecesPerPersonOLD: 8000 PiecesPerPersonNEW: 21,000 DefectsOLD: 25% DefectsNEW: 5% Using this data it would appear that the factory produces less as philipkglass's math indicated. dingleberry's math assumes a 1:1 ratio of persons turned into robots. The article never says this. It only says "pieces per person." Robots are not yet persons. A better written article wouldn't require this reading between the lines.