Apple has a history of embracing robotics, so this is in line with their DNA (circa 1984): https://thenextweb.com/news/steve-jobs-designed-apple-factory-the-bir

Apple has a history of embracing robotics, so this is in line with their DNA (circa 1984): https://thenextweb.com/news/steve-jobs-designed-apple-factory-the-birthplace-of-the-macintosh-considered-for-historic-status https://thenextweb.com/news/steve-jobs-designed-apple-factor... This also implies that the work could be onshored if the supply chain can handle it. As @hyperhello pointed out: automation comes at a cost of lost jobs and we need to figure out how to make an automated society work that is not completely dystopian. My hopes are tempered in that regard.