Chinese robotics firm UBTech aims to revolutionise Apple supplier Foxconn’s manufacturing
UBTech and Foxconn have signed a ‘comprehensive long-term partnership’ to deploy more robots in the iPhone maker’s factories
Shenzhen-based UBTech Robotics, China’s largest maker of humanoid robots, will deploy its robots in Apple supplier Foxconn’s factories to help with “complicated and delicate production”, according to a senior executive.
The company is training its robots to handle different tasks required for modern-day manufacturing, chief brand officer Michael Tam said on the sidelines of the China conference in Nansha organised by the South China Morning Post.
“For car manufacturing, there [are] thousands of tasks on our list,” he said. “In areas like 3C production, [these are] totally new skills for humanoid robots to learn.” 3C refers to computers, communication and consumer electronics. In the manufacturing industry, it is used to describe products and technologies related to these three categories.
Hong Kong-listed UBTech on Wednesday announced a “comprehensive long-term partnership” with Foxconn, which assembles iPhones and is venturing into making electric vehicles, to deploy more robots in its factories.