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Posted on 02/27/2025 9:30:54 AM PST by yesthatjallen
The rise of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed industries worldwide, and manufacturing is no exception. One of the most significant shifts in recent years is the concept of dark factories—automated manufacturing facilities that require little to no human intervention. But are these factories the future of industrial production, or do they pose challenges that outweigh their benefits? This article explores the rise of dark factories, their advantages, drawbacks, and how companies are implementing them globally.
What Are Dark Factories?
A dark factory, also known as a lights-out factory, is a fully automated facility where robots, AI-driven systems, and IoT (Internet of Things) devices handle all production processes. These factories are designed to operate 24/7 without human intervention, making traditional labor-intensive processes obsolete. Since no workers are needed on-site, these facilities do not require lighting—hence the term “dark factory.”
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I’ve seen a couple of machining outfits make this claim but it still required the workpiece to be precisely fixtured for machining. I didn’t observe that being done only by robots - it did involve human labor. Of course, this was before widespread AI & early in the advent of IoT.
The factory of the future will have just two beings: a Man and a dog.
The dog will be there to make sure the man doesn’t touch the machines. The man will be there to feed the dog..............- Warren Bennis
Dark Factory?
Dare they call it a Black Factory, it IS kind of like slavery, of machines.
> dark factories could help rebuild the US industrial base <
True that. But America was built by middle-class factory workers. So I wonder what will become of folks who would have otherwise worked in those factories.
Will America become a nation of relatively wealthy professionals with everyone else on the dole?
When robots can make other robots like themselves using only raw materials, we’re in trouble. Probably before then, but this means they don’t even need us anymore.
Beat me to it.
Well said.
Semiconductor fabs have been automated for decades and never sleep.
No surprise. Most of us have seen this coming. Young people will need to acquire skills more difficult to mechanize and automate.
Yup—those were the Van Neumann machines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_machine
They are an excellent way for a sentient species to spread itself throughout a galaxy without risk to biological beings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft#Von_Neumann_probes
“Dare they call it a Black Factory, it IS kind of like slavery, of machines.”
Yeah!! that’s raciss ... they should call it FAFO ... Fully Automated Factory Operations.
The same reason we need illegals to do jobs Americans won’t but robots will take those jobs anyway.
Free Trade and it’s demonic sister, off shoring, are cults and a religion. Using American workers is always the last choice. These traitors hate the USA.
Dark factories
Sounds raciss, must keep negros in there or something nefarious.
You didn't get the point, why are those automated factories in CHina? If labor is no issue then why not here?
Fixed it.
There have been lights out factories since the 1990s. Allen Bradley had one of the first.
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