Hon Hai subsidiary Foxconn, the company that builds iPhones for Apple, is installing 10,000 robots on its assembly lines and plans to have them operational in time to build the iPhone 6. News of the robotic assembly line comes from Hon Hai CEO Terry Gou speaking at a shareholder meeting, and follows reports that the company is hiring some 100,000 workers to build the next iPhone.
Foxconn is building robot assembly lines to build new iPhones
The robot workers are in the final testing stage and should be online in time to build iPhone 6 units for Apple. The robots will be used to build products faster and more efficiently than their human counterparts, and will save upwards of US$25,000 per person in employee expenses, according to IT Home (english translation).
Foxconn didn't address its human hiring spree, or what will become of those people once the robots are online and working.
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