This is another reason for tariffs. We need to stop offshoring our factories now so they can be automated HERE and not OVER THERE. It keeps the technical know how in house.
They can house all their robots in their dozens of ghost cities! win-win
They should visit a UPS of FedEx sorting hub where high-speed automated sorting equipment has been sorting millions of parcels per day for years.
Their media is obviously as tech-ignorant has ours.
>>A viral video showing an army of little orange robots sorting out packages in a warehouse in eastern China is the latest example of how machines are increasingly taking over menial factory work <<
Pretty much every factory in the USA is 80-90% robot-automated. Sorting is a very simple task and has been automated for decades.
Interestingly, long after they are abandoned or after hours they still have active power and the entire factory can be activated by people who have never been there before. This has been a boon to crime lords and Christopher Walken.
>>A viral video showing an army of little orange robots sorting out packages in a warehouse in eastern China is the latest example of how machines are increasingly taking over menial factory work <<
Pretty much every factory in the USA is 80-90% robot-automated. Sorting is a very simple task and has been automated for decades.
Interestingly, long after they are abandoned or after hours they still have active power and the entire factory can be activated by people who have never been there before. This has been a boon to crime lords and Christopher Walken.
“Amazing in a country where the average wage is around $900 a month robots are now cheaper.”
Great point. No vacations, Holidays, Sick time, Insurance costs. But a nation of unemployed is a formula for catastrophe. And how does our domestic manufacturing have any hope of being competitive against even $900 a month labor?
The other part of this is that Technology is owned my Amazon. They bought the company that invented those type of bots. I wonder if the Chinese bought a license or just stole the tech? I did not see any mention of Amazon in the article.