To ramp up iPhone production at Foxconn factories, the manufacturer closed a deal to start using more humanoid robots. With the process of making iPhones becoming more complicated, these robots could help improve the reliability of processes involving the most delicate parts.
According to the South China Morning Post, UBTech and Foxconn signed a “comprehensive long-term partnership” to deploy more robots in the iPhone maker’s factories. The company’s chief brand officer, Michael Tam, said the robots are being trained to handle different tasks required for modern-day manufacturing.
“For car manufacturing, there [are] thousands of tasks on our list,” he said. “In areas like 3C production (computers, communication, and consumer electronics), [there are] totally new skills for humanoid robots to learn.”
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