11.12.2012 20:06 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Foxconn automates workforce prior to US expansion

Foxconn spokesperson Louis Woo told The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) that Foxconn will automate its assembly factories with "the best robots in the business" as a supplement to human labor. During a recent shareholders meeting, Foxconn CEO Terry Gou noted that automated workers will perform many of the "monotonous, repetitive tasks" that are currently handled by low-paid employees. Automation lowers assembly costs, and Computer World's Patrick Thibodeau recently theorized that

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