Machines in Pipeline to Supplant Workers as Pay Soars and People Age
By PAUL MOZUR and EVA DOU
The Wall Street Journal - September 24, 2013
A new worker's revolution is rising in China and it doesn't involve humans.
With soaring wages and an aging population, electronics factory
managers say the day is approaching when robotic workers will replace
people on the Chinese factory floor.
A new wave of industrial robots is in development, ranging from
high-end humanoid machines with vision, touch and even learning
capabilities, to low-cost robots vying to undercut China's minimum wage.
Over the next five years these technologies will transform China's
factories, executives say, and also fill a growing labor shortage as the
country's youth become increasingly unwilling to perform manual labor.
How the transformation plays out will also go a long way in deciding how
much of the electronics supply chain remains in China.
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