Manufacturing hub starts work on first zero-labor factory
A manufacturing hub in South China’s Guangdong province has begun constructing thecity’s first zero-labor factory, a signal that the local authorities are bringing into effect its"robot assembling line" strategy.
Dongguan-based private company Everwin Precision Technology Ltd is pushing towardputting 1,000 robots in use in its first phase of the zero-labor project, China NationalRadio reported. It said the company has already put first 100 robots on the assembly line.
“The ‘zero-labor factory’ does not mean we will not employ any humans, but what it means is that we will scale down the size of workers by up to 90 percent,” said Chen Qixing, the company’s board chairman.
After the work on smart factory started, Chen predicted that instead of 2,000 workers, the current strength of the workforce, the company will require only 200 to operate software system and backstage management.
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But don’t worry. They’ll still be work for humans. Until they train artificials to run the software system and backstage management. And then to depose Chen Qixing.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/120924671152