replace staff with one million robots

[osrb]

Apple factory finds answer to worker suicides... replace staff with one million robots

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple's iPhones and iPads in China, plans to use more robots, with one report saying the company will use one million of them in the next three years, to cope with rising labour costs.

Foxconn's move highlights an increasing trend toward automation among Chinese companies as labour issues such as high-profile strikes and workers' suicides plague firms in sectors from vehicles to technology.

Contract manufacturers such as Foxconn, which also counts Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Nokia among its clients, are moving parts of their manufacturing to inland Chinese cities or other emerging markets.

Apple factory finds answer to worker suicides... replace staff with one million robots

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[Bob]

The jobs lost here to China are being lost to robots...

wonder how long before the robots have demands..

[Justin Thyme]

The sad thing is that the only real purpose to make all this "stuff" we make is to give people something to do. If the robots are doing it all what's the point?

[pompey]

The sad thing is that the only real purpose to make all this "stuff" we make is to give people something to do.

Nonsense. These technological advances (what you call, "stuff") enhance our lives in countless ways. They create billions in value and help bring wealth to millions.

[gridbug]

Love it! When robots commit suicide all you do is get replacement robots. Someone has to build them. That means more JOBS!

Oh wait, isn't it an old Chinese tradition when a lot of your people die, to just make more people? Meh... Increased demand for funerary services and personal lubricant equals MORE JOBS!