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I'm sorry but you're just wrong here. There's a lot robots can do but there are still people on most assembly lines because robots still aren't capable of prec
by TomOfTTB 15y ago
I'm sorry but you're just wrong here. There's a lot robots can do but there are still people on most assembly lines because robots still aren't capable of precision (I know that sounds stupid but it's true). This is why companies like Foxconn still employ people.
Now this might change in the near future (see Foxconn's recent talk about going robotic) but for the moment you still need people for most electronics work.
- sophacles 15y agoHonest question: Is it that they aren't capable of precision, or aren't capable of precision cheaply? I mean, look at flexpickers, those are pretty precise, as are the robots that attach trace wires to chips in an IC package. Plenty of other precision tasks are done by robots as well such as screwing things together and various other tasks. I also am very curious to find out what people do at foxconn that can't be automated rather than can't be automated cheaply.