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Tag: robotics

Apple assembler Foxconn now has 40,000 ‘Foxbot’ robots working at factories in China

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 10:00 amWednesday, October 5, 201615 Comments

The Foxconn Group has installed 40,000 robots for handling manufacturing jobs at a number of its plants in China…

The All-American iPhone: Presidential candidates say Apple should make phones in the U.S.

Thursday, June 9, 2016 11:04 am18 Comments

Donald Trump says that if he becomes president…

What is Apple actually doing besides building that ridiculously expensive new headquarters?

Monday, June 6, 2016 2:02 pm18 Comments

The highest-profile new thing Apple is working on seems to be its own headquarters, a massive cylindrical campus…

Apple supplier Foxconn replaces 60,000 factory workers with robots

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:07 pmWednesday, May 25, 201619 Comments

Thirty-five Taiwanese companies, including Apple’s supplier Foxconn, spent a total of 4 billion yuan…

Apple hires Nest’s former head of technology

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 5:24 pm8 Comments

Apple has hired famed robotics expert Yoky Matsuoka, one of the co-founders of Google’s X lab and former head of technology at Nest…

Apple unveils Liam recycling robot that takes apart iPhones

Monday, March 21, 2016 4:38 pmMonday, March 21, 201611 Comments

Apple Inc on Monday unveiled a robotic system called Liam to take apart junked iPhones and recover valuable materials…

Woz and over 1,000 other AI experts: Ban weaponized robots

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:29 amTuesday, July 28, 201518 Comments

Artificial Intelligence technology has reached a point where the deployment of such systems is feasible within years…

Why Apple is developing artificial intelligence

Friday, May 29, 2015 10:58 amFriday, May 29, 201533 Comments

Apple will seek to apply this intelligence in other fields, such as self-healing machines, robotics and artificial intelligence…

Apple’s Coherent Navigation acquisition a big boost to Apple Maps

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 1:27 pmWednesday, May 20, 201515 Comments

Coherent Navigation was founded in 2008 by a group engineers from Stanford and Cornell…

Protesters stage anti-artificial intelligence rally at SXSW

Sunday, March 15, 2015 2:05 pmSunday, March 15, 201556 Comments

I say robot, you say no-bot!

Foxconn robots better, but still not precise enough to assemble Apple iPhones

Friday, December 5, 2014 3:58 pmFriday, December 5, 201421 Comments

Although Foxbots have been used in the company’s production line ever since June…

Foxconn CEO disappointed with current-gen iPhone-assembling robots; next-gen ‘Foxbots’ in the works

Monday, September 22, 2014 6:28 pmMonday, September 22, 20149 Comments

Foxconn – who is responsible for assembling the new iPhones – is failing to meet the high demand…

10,000 robots to help assemble Apple’s iPhone 6; robots expected to impact low-skilled workers worldwide

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:24 pmTuesday, July 15, 201418 Comments

Foxconn parent company Hon Hai is set to deploy an army of 10,000…

Foxconn to deploy ‘Foxbot’ robots for iPhone assembly

Monday, July 7, 2014 10:01 amMonday, July 7, 201421 Comments

Each robot will be able to assemble an average of 30,000 iPhones…

Robots, not people, led Apple to make new Mac Pro in the U.S.A.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:27 amTuesday, January 21, 201486 Comments

In October, when Apple announced its redesigned Mac Pro…

Apple dives deeper into designing and inventing robots, other manufacturing tech

Friday, November 22, 2013 4:29 pmFriday, November 22, 201320 Comments

Apple is putting a record $10.5 billion to work in new technology…

Apple iPhone and iPad assembler Foxconn said to plan Pennsylvania investment

Thursday, November 21, 2013 5:31 pmThursday, November 21, 201311 Comments

Foxconn Technology Group, the Taipei-based assembler of Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad…

Anki, blessed by Apple, takes Artificial Intelligence and robotics to consumers

Monday, June 10, 2013 9:49 pmMonday, June 10, 201315 Comments

Anki, which was handpicked for a coveted slot…

Tim Cook: ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Mac will utilize ‘many’ US-made components

Friday, May 17, 2013 11:25 am43 Comments

Cook confirmed that the computer set to roll off Apple’s first US-based production line in nearly 20 years…

Whatever happened to Foxconn’s one million iPhone-assembling robots?

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:01 pmWednesday, May 15, 20139 Comments

Nowadays, young workers are picky about their workplaces…

Apple suppliers Hon Hai, TSMC to add 5,000 jobs each

Monday, March 11, 2013 8:30 am8 Comments

TSMC, the world’s top contract chip maker and Apple Inc supplier Hon Hai…

Robots made Apple switch to ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Macs

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:00 pmTuesday, December 11, 201241 Comments

Apple switching some of its products to being manufactured in the USA…

Foxconn Labor disputes said to disrupt iPhone production for 2nd time

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:30 amTuesday, October 9, 201224 Comments

Foxconn Technology Group, the assembler of Apple Inc. iPhones…

How NASA landed a Mac on Mars using MacBook Pros

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:52 pmTuesday, August 14, 201232 Comments

Now that Apple has successfully landed on Mars, I think it’s time the company…

Apple’s revolutionary move into robotic manufacturing or something

Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:19 amThursday, June 14, 201217 Comments

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.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:43 amWednesday, May 30, 201214 Comments

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook said he would like to see more of the company’s…

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