"Robotic Army" Of Model Workers (China)

China Is Building a Robot Army of Model Workers (+Video)

Can China reboot its manufacturing industry—and the global economy—by replacing millions of workers with machines?

Will Knight | April 26, 2016

Inside a large, windowless room in an electronics factory in south Shanghai, about 15 workers are eyeing a small robot arm with frustration. Near the end of the production line where optical networking equipment is being packed into boxes for shipping, the robot sits motionless.
“The system is down,” explains Nie Juan, a woman in her early 20s who is responsible for quality control. Her team has been testing the robot for the past week. The machine is meant to place stickers on the boxes containing new routers, and it seemed to have mastered the task quite nicely.

"China Building A Robot Army Of Model Workers, Millions Will Be Jobless." Source: http://endtimeheadlines.org/2016/04/china-building-a-robot-army-of-model-workers-millions-will-be-jobless/

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