Foxconn robots can undertake the assembly tasks of precision parts in production lines, and can replace manual work in poor working environments such as spraying, welding and assembly. It can also be combined with CNC machine tools such as CNC super-precision milling machines to improve production efficiency and replace some non-technical technologies. worker.

      "We have been grinding a sword for 20 years and created the world's first three. The fourth world first is the robot project. This is not a dream. It is a fact that will be presented before our eyes." Foxconn Jincheng held recently At the launching ceremony of the Jinshi Science and Technology Industrial Park project, Guo Taiming, chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, declared that. Since then, Foxconn's eye-catching robot strategy will be officially put into practice in Shanxi Jincheng.

On July 29, 2011, Guo Taiming announced at the employee's party that the company will add millions of robots within three years. As soon as the news came out, many media outlets pointed out that the important starting point of this move was to point to the 2010 Foxconn N-Jumping event. At that time, many media outlets also regarded Foxconn as the epitome of China, the great work of comedy master Chaplin, "Modern Times." Machine-to-human enslavement, repeated boring labor and alienation of human beings, and the transformation of economic development mode are urgently becoming a deep reflection of the Foxconn jumping off the building.

Over the past year or so, from raising the wages of employees to carrying out activities to care for employees, and then accelerating the adjustment of the mainland's industrial layout, Foxconn has carried out a series of remarkable efforts to try to get out of the "modern era". But the simple and repeated high-intensity labor will not deteriorate due to these measures. Slamming the "modern era", Foxconn finally offered this "robot" plan.

 "We hope that people will no longer be controlled by machines, but people will control the machine, handing over the monotonous and repetitive work to the robot, and letting the employees liberate." Guo Taiming explained to the reporter that Foxconn's positioning of the robot. At the end of the "Modern Times", the dawn of the light, the heroes and heroes encourage each other, and walked hand in hand with a smile. After a century, can robots become the dawn of young workers in Foxconn?

       As early as 2006, Foxconn launched the FOXBOT industrial robot that will play music and has complete independent intellectual property rights. Guo Taiming told this reporter that the basics of robot manufacturing are hardware, key components, software, system integration and remote control, and these five technologies are now available at Foxconn. At present, Foxconn robots can undertake the assembly tasks of precision parts in production lines, and can replace manual work in poor working environments such as spraying, welding and assembly. It can also be combined with CNC machine tools such as CNC super-precision milling machines to improve production efficiency and replace parts. Unskilled workers.

       Since the beginning of last year, Foxconn's first batch of robots have been put into production in Jincheng Park. This year, the park's robot production capacity will reach 10,000 units. According to relevant sources, in the next five years, Foxconn robot project investment in Jincheng will reach 9 billion yuan. In 2016, its output value can exceed 50 billion yuan.

 Why do Foxconn robots choose Jincheng inland? Cheng Lin, director of the Administrative Committee of Jincheng Economic Development Zone, told this reporter that Jincheng has a unique location advantage in addition to Guo Taiming's hometown complex. The city is located at the southeast gateway of Shanxi, in the middle of the Foxconn Group Taiyuan Park and Zhengzhou Park. It can match Taiyuan and cooperate with Zhengzhou. More importantly, Foxconn Group has established a precision mold training base in Jincheng since 1994, and vigorously cultivates precision manufacturing talents. Jincheng Training Center has already become the “Whampoa Military Academy” of Foxconn Group's precision manufacturing talents. It is the largest professional mold talent training school in China. This has accumulated a solid human base for Foxconn to develop the robot industry in Jincheng.

       In addition, the local government's strong support is also an important factor. "Foxconn not only creates a working environment for employees, but also creates a living environment for everyone, not only let employees feel the value of labor, but also let them feel the value of life." Wang Qingxian, the mayor of Jincheng City, appreciates the Foxconn robot strategy.

       At present, Foxconn's robots are more accurately said to be "manipulators". Their wisdom is only equivalent to humans from 3 to 6 years old. Foxconn has set a higher goal for this. In the future, the wisdom of robots will be equivalent to 18 years old. Humanity. Guo Taiming told this reporter: "In the past, we used robots and robots as an aid. In the future, Foxconn will change from 'supporting role' to 'protagonist'. It may appear in polishing, polishing, laser marking, welding, spraying, etc. Dangerous, mechanical work jobs."

       The “liberated” Foxconn young workers will re-learn the robot software, application and maintenance, and become a robot application engineer and software engineer. They will successfully complete the production by manipulating the "hands" and "joints" of the robot. "As the robots are put into production, the manpower will be transferred to higher added value," said Guo Taiming.

       This "transfer" highlights another layer of deep understanding of the Foxconn Group in the context of transitional China. In the words of Guo Taiming, "delivering monotonous and repetitive work to robots is a signal that Chinese manufacturing has sent to the world." Since the financial crisis, "Made in China", which relies on traditional labor-intensive forms, has been unsustainable. In Guo Taiming's view, China's success in becoming a "manufacturing kingdom" is to turn "population dividends" into "mind dividends." He said that the robots currently produced by Foxconn are not enough for the inside of the group. After the development to 1 million units in the future, the cost will be lower and lower. At that time, more robots in the manufacturing and service industries will be started to promote the Chinese manufacturing industry. Towards mechanical automation, unmanned, higher value-added, more innovative manufacturing.

       "The manufacturing industry around the world should start to change." Guo Taiming said, "To give employees higher wages, to make them live more independent, more innovative, and more dignified. This is in line with the trend of humanized management, in line with China 80 The psychological characteristics of the post-90s generation. Their strength is not in manufacturing, but in innovation."

       Promoting or actively participating in the changes in China's manufacturing industry is Foxconn's long-term vision. The help for the transformation of Jincheng, a resource-based city, is clearly visible. Foxconn robots have reached an output value of over 50 billion yuan in five years, equivalent to 50% of the industrial output value of Jincheng City at the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan, which is more than 8 times the output value of the existing equipment manufacturing industry in the city. Five years later, only the robot industry is expected to become the second largest industry in Jincheng after coal. "Within the Foxconn robot project, our development zone will plan supporting industrial parks and software parks, introduce precision machinery supporting industries, develop software industry, attract high-end software development talents, and play the role of Foxconn's investment promotion to promote the city's industrial upgrading." Tell this reporter.