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Robohub roundtable: Job loss through automation, Foxconn controversy
Robohub Editors
21 Jun 2016
Every few weeks, Robohub will post a roundtable chat and discuss an engaging topic relating to robotics. In this edition, we looked at the controversial job loss of 60K jobs by Foxconn. Is this substa...
Foxconn shopping for robot manufacturer to keep pace with brisk Pepper sales
Frank Tobe
05 Jan 2016
In an article about the pace of sales for the SoftBank Pepper robot, the China Post reported that Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision (AKA Foxconn) has sent a team of 30 to survey the US market for futu...
Foxconn and Alibaba invest in SoftBank Robotics as Pepper goes on sale in Japan
Frank Tobe
19 Jun 2015
In a strategic move sure to have long-term ramifications, Foxconn and Alibaba each invested $118 million for a combined 40% share of the new SoftBank Robotic Holdings Group, an entity which holds Alde...
Forget Google and unicorns, Asian dragons are going to dominate robotics
Andra Keay
19 Jun 2015
Yesterday SoftBank, FoxConn and Alibaba cemented a strong robotics initiative. Having acquired a majority stake in Aldebaran in 2012 (just after the Amazon acquisition of Kiva), SoftBank’s interest...
Foxconn begins selling noodle-making robot
Frank Tobe
28 Feb 2015
Early in 2014 Foxconn invested $25 million in Fu Jiang Robot Technology, a Shenzhen robot maker which had a dough-slicing device that was beginning to sell....
10,000 robots to be used on new iPhone 6
Frank Tobe
24 Jul 2014
MacRumors has done a roundup of iPhone 6 rumors, and reported that the new phone will come in two models: 4.7” and 5.5”, and will be released starting this September.
The new phone will be fas...
IFR Maker/User Panel at AUTOMATICA
Frank Tobe
11 Jun 2014
In a crowded back room at AUTOMATICA 2014 in Munich, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) sponsored a panel of prominent robot users explaining their needs to a panel of executives represent...
The robots behind your Internet shopping addiction: How your wallet is driving retail automation
Erin Rapacki
25 Feb 2014
When you're shopping for the best online deals you're probably not thinking much about the massive distribution network required to bring that pair of shoes to your doorstep. Is your quest for the bes...
Foxconn and Google cooperating to make robots
Frank Tobe
13 Feb 2014
In a Wall Street Journal story by Lorraine Luk, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou met with Google Robotics Division Andy Rubin in Taipei recently and they discussed new robotic techno...
Foxconn Foxbot update
Frank Tobe
08 Mar 2013
Ilian Bonev, a robotics prof at the ÉTS in Quebec, blogged “The truth about Foxconns Foxbot industrial robots,” and included a 2008 Foxbot brochure which shows the specs for their entire robotics...
The rise of the robots | chinadaily
Andra Keay
05 Oct 2012
Rising labor costs, innovation drive prompt companies to use more machines in manufacturing.
As seen from a chinese perspective
See on usa.chinadaily.com.cn...
Companies transitioning from industrial to service robots
Frank Tobe
07 Jun 2012
A version of this post originally appeared on Singularity Hub, June 6, 2012.By Frank Tobe, Editor and PublisherThe Robot ReportRobot manufacturers are beginning to shift theirattention from industrial...
The future of Chinese-manufactured Apple products
Frank Tobe
30 Jan 2012
China's economic miracle has lifted countless millions of supremely poor people out of poverty. But this progress has come at a price. The Apple Corporation's experience in manufacturing its popular i...
The Future of Chinese-manufactured Apple Products
Frank Tobe
30 Jan 2012
China's economic miracle has lifted countless millions of supremely poor people out of poverty. But this progress has come at a price. The Apple Corporation's experience in manufacturing its popular i...
Robotics is a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms
Frank Tobe
06 Dec 2011
Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for...
Huge employer in China makes big step toward robots
Frank Tobe
18 Nov 2011
Foxconn, a big contractor for Apple and others, breaks ground for robot facilities. It plans to replace 500,000 workers with 1 million robots.
Workers are seen inside a Foxconn factory...
Lots of robots coming onboard in 2013, 2014 and 2015
Frank Tobe
11 Nov 2011
Pure science is an integral part of robotics and often leads to solutions for strategic needs for an audience of willing buyers. Here are a few examples of that process from companies with products sc...
