Foxconn to Build ''Robotic Kingdom'' in Taiwan

[Marco925]

Toms... you shouldnt really be reading Xinhua News, half the shit on that site is lies and government propaganda.

 

[NightLight]

just don't put a hal 9000 unit in control of these robots!

 

[g-thor]

So, will the employees at Foxconn have to build the robots that will replace them? Wouldn't that be fun? Will they licence the Cortex A9 for these robots, or go with Intel or AMD?

For the record - I am not serious.

 

[Guest]

I have a robot vagina

 

[CaedenV]

[citation][nom]oxxfatelostxxo[/nom]Not really entirely true. We employ many robots where i work, not only do you need higher trained people to operate them, you also need a tech trained person that knows how to fix them when they break down.Id say on average the robots fault out anywhere from 1 to 15 times in a shift. Simple things. And prob have to be worked on once a week or so on average. (usually programming adjustments, always changing)Alot of it depends on how complex the operation its doing is also. But programming and the items it works with are never perfect, so they always run into things that dont line up correctly for the robot.Also not to mention, robots dont pick up on defects like a human would. And most robots if something breaks (like a tool) and they dont have anything setup to check the tool. it will keep right on making bad parts till stopped. causing lots of scrap parts.[/citation]
Indeed, most people seem to think that a robot is somehow 'perfect' and 'low maintenance' when reality is nothing close to that. They are great when they work because they can churn through material quickly and 24/7 if everything is prepped correctly, but if anything is off then everything falls apart until it is reset.
All that being said, they are getting better and more sophisticated, and if they work out then it will mean better jobs for those who work there, but probably less people working.

 

[wooodoggies]

^ its the same people that come to you with a crashed harddrive and insinuate that you don't know what you doing when you tell them stuff is gone. They don't understand anything beyond face value and the final product.

 

[noblerabbit]

well how about them apples.

 

[ElectroGoofy]

Foxconn revealed that it had plans to replace a portion of its staff with one million robots

So how big is "a portion"? Later in the article it said:

...create about 2,000 jobs.

Hmm... so they are creating jobs by using robots to cut down on labor costs? I may have missed something, but how does that work? If they are getting rid of people and replacing them with robots, how are more jobs being created? (unless more jobs are opening than are being removed)

 

[Guest]

"You have no idea how a business operates.

First of all, an employee costs a business TWICE what that person's wages are. There are insurance premiums and taxes to be paid by the business on behalf of that employee EVEN IF THE EMPLOYEE HAS NO BENEFITS. There is unemployment insurance, workman's comp, and FICA taxes. If the employee has any benefits at all, then the costs are even higher. Pension programs, 401K contributions, vacation pay, holiday pay, sick leave, maternity leave, training, union dues, health insurance, and so forth.

If the employee makes $15 per hour the company is paying about $30/hour or more.

Robots don't get any benefits. Robots are property that depreciates over time. A business is allowed to use depreciation as a tax deduction. This means that robot the company bought for $100k doesn't really cost that much to the company."

You clearly have no idea how the big corporations in China operate. You think they have all the regulations over there that America has? Of course not, that is why our industry went there instead of staying here.

 

[xerroz]

"...and create about 2,000 jobs."

Creates 2,000 jobs but kills over 100,000

 

[eddieroolz]

Robot Kingdom gave me the impression that we were going to see Robot Mouse and Robot the Pooh.

 

[gokanis]

Don't they already have 1.2 million robots working already?

 

[Belardo]

So in order to compete with China, we need to get rid of min. wage, benefits, health care.

Sure Americans may get more jobs at half or 1/4 the current rates, but at least they will be working.

Why is that so much to ask for?

 

[xophaser]

you can work the robot 24/7 for 356 days a year. The people at foxxcom take a nap and had to go to the restroom, are less productive and only able to work 23/5. That is money in the bank for apple.

 

[arlandi]

[citation][nom]sunflier[/nom]I thought the humans employed there turned into robots after having worked there 6 months??[/citation]
they probably got somekind of Borg implant already working...

 

[verbalizer]

as long as the employees there stop committing suicide then I'm good with whatever they want to build and invest in...
I guess that's why a robotic city, question is though...
how does a robot commit suicide.?
like in the Terminator when Arnold lowers himself into the depths of the furnace.?