Although Foxbots have been used in the company’s production line ever since June…
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Apple assembler Foxconn now has 40,000 ‘Foxbot’ robots working at factories in China
The Foxconn Group has installed 40,000 robots for handling manufacturing jobs at a number of its plants in China…
Apple supplier Foxconn replaces 60,000 factory workers with robots
Thirty-five Taiwanese companies, including Apple’s supplier Foxconn, spent a total of 4 billion yuan…
Foxconn CEO disappointed with current-gen iPhone-assembling robots; next-gen ‘Foxbots’ in the works
Foxconn – who is responsible for assembling the new iPhones – is failing to meet the high demand…
Foxconn to deploy ‘Foxbot’ robots for iPhone assembly
Each robot will be able to assemble an average of 30,000 iPhones…
Why Foxconn’s iPhone robots could create American jobs
These Foxconn factories won’t be like the auto plants of the 1950s…
Whatever happened to Foxconn’s one million iPhone-assembling robots?
Nowadays, young workers are picky about their workplaces…
Foxconn’s 2012 plan: More robots, no layoffs, zero suicides, new factories
Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer which assembles products for Apple has big plans for 2012…
Foxconn to replace some workers with 1 million robots within 3 years
Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its workers…
Apple assembler Foxconn’s Q2 profit up 11.7%
Major Apple assembler Foxconn reported on Wednesday an 11.7% rise in second-quarter net profit, beating market estimates…
iPhone assembler Foxconn’s billionaire CEO Terry Gou chafes at China’s ‘unreasonable’ overtime caps
The billionaire chief of Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc.’s main iPhone assembler…
$10 billion Wisconsin plant to accelerate Foxconn transformation
The decision by Foxconn Electronics to invest US$10 billion in the US…
The depiction of robots in popular entertainment has destroyed our objectivity
Of all the futuristic technologies that seem closer to becoming mainstream each day, robotics…
Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots; production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%
After a factory in Dongguan, China, replaced most of its workers with robots, it witnessed a spectacular rise in productivity…
Foxconn has 10 lights-out production lines, aims to fully automate entire factories
Foxconn Electronics is automating production at its factories in China in three phases…
10,000 robots to help assemble Apple’s iPhone 6; robots expected to impact low-skilled workers worldwide
Foxconn parent company Hon Hai is set to deploy an army of 10,000…
Robots, not people, led Apple to make new Mac Pro in the U.S.A.
In October, when Apple announced its redesigned Mac Pro…
Foxconn Labor disputes said to disrupt iPhone production for 2nd time
Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. iPhones…
Apple’s reported Foxconn protest not actually about Apple, but about Microsoft
Another group of workers at Foxconn have taken to the roof and threatened to kill themselves…
Chinese Foxconn workers protest wages, threaten to jump off roof
Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Foxconn…
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends globalization, walks tightrope on privacy in rare public speech in China
Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Tim Cook defended globalization in a rare public speech in China…
President Trump’s vision of massive U.S. Apple iPhone assembly hinges on robotics
President Trump has visions of a massive Apple factory opening in the U.S. to churn out the latest iPhone…
Under pressure from President Trump, Apple CEO stresses commitment to U.S.; says company spent $50 billion last year with U.S. suppliers
Apple spent roughly $50 billion last year at U.S.-based suppliers, Chief Executive Tim Cook said..
Advantech boss: China will suffer if President Trump makes good on vow to make Apple iPhones in America
The Chinese economy could be hit hard if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his vow…
Can President Trump bring Apple iPhone factories back to America?
As President Donald Trump pushes U.S. companies to make more products in the U.S…
Apple iPhone production in the U.S.is actually straightforward and not expensive
There is a misconception that the reason most electronic devices are manufactured in China is because of low labor costs…
President-elect Trump tells Apple CEO Tim Cook that he’d like to see Apple make products in the U.S.
It’s a big thing, we’ll make the robots too. Right now we don’t make the robots. We don’t make anything. But we’re going to…
Could President Trump be the catalyst for an all-American iPhone?
On the back of every iPhone are engraved the words…
Apple could make iPhones in the U.S.A. under President Trump, sources say
Apple’s iPhones might one day soon carry “Made in America” labels…
President Trump’s Made-in-America hurdle: Asia
When Jabil Circuit Inc., the world’s third-largest contract manufacturer by revenue, needed to quickly ramp up production…
Apple assemblers in China scramble for workers ahead of iPhone 13 launch
Apple assemblers in China are scrambling for workers ahead of iPhone 13 launch. Foxconn is dangling hiring bonuses and Lens Technology…
Inside the most ambitious push yet to make iPhones outside China
Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., opened its first India factory four years ago. It now operates two assembly plants, with plans to expand those and open two more…
Elon Musk: Robot software will make Tesla worth as much as Apple
Elon Musk thinks his robot software can make Tesla Inc. worth as much as Apple Inc…
Cost for Apple to bring iPhone assembly to USA: $4.2 billion per year
Foxconn, Pegatron and others employ several hundred thousand people across China…
Tim Cook: Apple’s ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Mac will be built in Texas
We’re investing $100 million to build a Mac product line here in the U.S…
Apple to move Mac mini production line to U.S., sources say
Apple is reportedly set to move its Mac mini production lines back to the US with Foxconn…
Apple’s revolutionary move into robotic manufacturing or something
Apple is about to become one of the world’s biggest buyers of industrial robots…
Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to make more products in U.S.A.
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook said he would like to see more of the company’s…
United Students Against Sweatshops: In China, Apple is facing its ‘Nike moment’
As Apple Inc, the world’s most valuable listed company, braces itself…
Trump to Tim Cook: Make Apple products in the United States
After a New York Times article described abject working conditions at China-based Foxconn…
Microsoft Xbox assembly workers threaten suicide in China labor dispute
Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof…