Foxconn unveils a million "Machine Army" plan, which the industry believes is a double-edged sword

Recently, Foxconn rushed to the front line of people's attention and received much attention. why? Because Foxconn’s millions of "robot army" plans were officially announced recently. Foxconn plans to place the robot project first in Shanxi Jincheng. What impact will a large-scale robot put into the production line?

The staff are happy and worried.

Foxconn, as the world's largest foundry company, can imagine the jobs it provides, but most of the employees in the production line are engaged in mechanical, duplication and low-tech boring work. Employees naturally want to be freed from this kind of work. If robots are introduced, this is the greatest liberation of human resources.

But on the other hand, employees are worried that they will not be replaced by robots and lose their jobs. Although Foxconn has always stated that robots only “assistance” rather than “replace” human production, this concern has left employees with a two-sided attitude toward Foxconn’s "robot armies" program.

Industry experts believe that "the army of robots" is a double-edged sword and needs to coordinate many fields.

With the development of science and technology, robots are gradually being favored, especially in the fields of industry and manufacturing. The use of robots by enterprises is an important way to promote industrial automation. Before discussing this issue, let's talk about what is a robot? Many people think that robots are smart machines that resemble people's shapes. Actually, according to a preset program, mechanical devices that autonomously perform prescribed actions or operations can be called "robots." The shape of the robot can also be varied: the animal's shape, crawler, robotic arm, or human shape can all be.

The use of robots has many advantages. For example, robots operate accurately without human error; robots are more efficient because robots do not need to rest, and they are not affected by emotions, energy, etc.; robots are more tolerant than employees, and Foxconn appeared before. Many employees jumped from the building and were also the main factor that prompted Foxconn to make a million-dollar robotic army program. After using the robot, the robot will not perform extreme behaviors due to mental abilities. In addition, labor costs have also increased dramatically. For OEM companies like Foxconn, the use of robots will undoubtedly reduce labor costs.

But on the other hand, the induction of robots may also result in the crowding of human positions. Many people think this is the drawback of using robots. In fact, robots merely liberated mankind from boring and repetitive labor, and allowed mankind to engage in higher-tech work, improving the quality and ability of front-line workers. At the same time, it will also create more job requirements, such as the development, manipulation and maintenance of robots.

However, although robots have many advantages, the use of robots by enterprises is still a "double-edged sword." Because the input cost of robots is very high, Foxconn robots cost 140,000 yuan each, and IQ is comparable to that of children aged seven or eight. For a large-scale "robot army" like Foxconn, how to recover the cost of funds has to be considered. Moreover, the process flow of related production lines must also be transformed, and robots are not universal, especially for IT companies, how robots can adapt to the replacement and upgrading of IT products. How to coordinate the assignment of labor and robots? These have to be considered.