It's started: Robot Uprising Begins as China Turns to Machines to Fill in Gaps in the Workforce

[cirr]

How dumplings are made, packaged, stored and distributed in China these days

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@Bussard Ramjet India? The whole affair is used to be rather skill and labour intensive

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

How dumplings are made, packaged, stored and distributed in China these days

http://v.ifeng.com/video_8618090.shtml

http://v.ifeng.com/video_8949843.shtml

@Bussard Ramjet India? The whole affair is used to be rather skill and labour intensive

My friend, India is where China was 15 years ago.

Today's India should not focus on technology, but on jobs and low end manufacturing, since there is a lot of scope for improvement there.

After a decade however I am confident India will also rise in technology.

Also, kudos to China, it has risen extremely fast in Science and Technology.

 

[GS Zhou]

India is where China was 15years ago?? In terms of what? life expectancy? Hunger control? literacy rate?

- India's current life expectancy is about 68-years old; China reaches this at 1980s'

- Literacy rate (>15 years old): India's current Literacy is about 70%, which is lower than where China was 30years before

- Global Hunger Index. India's current performance even much WORSE than where China was in early 1990s'

Ops, India's current military spending (~$50 billion) is in the area of where China was 15years ago. Our Indian friends have every reason to brag for this fantastic achievement, because they made this at the cost of: low life expectancy, poor education, and worse-than-North Korea hunger situation! IMPRESSIVE!

 

[Martian2]

According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), China has the world's largest installed-base of 340,000 industrial robots (see IFR article below).

In a country-to-country comparison, this means China is more "mechanized" economically than the United States.

Anecdotal evidence suggests industrial robots increase average Chinese productivity by 17% when humans are replaced (see China Daily article below).
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Humans are disappearing from China's assembly lines. Prior to robots, 40 workers produced 800 computer mouse devices per hour. After incorporating robots on the assembly line, 10 workers produce the same output of computer mouse devices per hour. In this extraordinary example, the productivity gain was 400%.

"CNNMoney
Published on Oct 26, 2015

CNN's Andrew Stevens looks at how robot automation of factory lines in China is changing the face of the workforce on the mainland."
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Due to improvements in microprocessor power and computer software, robots are expanding their capabilities. Robots are now capable of precision soldering and humans are no longer required.

By the way, Shanghai Cambridge Industries Group (featured in the video) is a Chinese company. The CEO is Gerald Wong.

"MIT Technology Review
Published on Apr 26, 2016

China's automation ambitions are to reboot its manufacturing industry by replacing millions of workers with machines."
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Robots: China breaks historic records in automation | International Federation of Robotics (August 16, 2017)

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Robot pushes productivity gains at manufacturing hub | China Daily (May 25, 2015)

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Industrial robotics is the future.

The current market for manufactured products is very competitive, you want high standards and reliability for the lowest possible cost. If you aren't at the cutting edge of technology you can quickly lose your market share.

 

[AndrewJin]

Interesting era

 

[dy1022]

Supa powa 2012 with 1.5billion Jobless people gonna die soon

 

[Martian2]

China's fully-automated production line (staffed by industrial robots) and Cobot manufacturing

The videos of industrial robots operating in China can be quite shocking.

In this video from China's NIDE (located in Ningbo city), there are no workers! The stator (ie. "the stationary winding in an electric motor") production line is fully automated.

"Fully automatic stator production line with robot from NIDE, China

Jack Jiang
Published on Sep 25, 2016

Established in 2007, Nide is a company devoted in the field of electric motors manufacturing, providing one-stop service for its customers. Nide has three main business divisions. The first division is to provide different kinds of motor manufacturing machinery, including stand-alone machine, fully-auto complete line for armature and stator production, and the motor assembly line. The second division is to supply the full range of motor components such as commutator, ball bearing, carbon brush, insulation paper, shaft, magnet, fan, motor cover, etc. The third division is to provide technical support and consulting, project support and turn-key service for some motor manufacturing.

Presented by Jack Jiang
Ningbo Nide Mechanical Equipment Co.,Ltd
Email: sales1@nide-group.com
Mob: 0086-13615880237
Tel: 0086-574-87295610"
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In this video about Cobots ("collaborative robots" that can operate safely next to humans), the Cobots appear to contribute more to the manufacture of the product than the humans. Universal Robots is the company that sold the Cobots to China. Universal Robots is a Danish company that pioneered Cobots.

"Cobots enables Xiamen Runner Industrial Corporation to achieve flexible manufacturing

Universal Robots
Published on May 16, 2017

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of bathroom accessories and auto parts, Xiamen Runner Industrial Corporation in China, has installed 64 UR cobots to upgrade the efficiency of the production process by establishing a highly-efficient, flexible, and reliable production line. The UR robots are installed in 10 different applications ranging from injection molding machine tending, gas testing and product assembly."

 

[AndrewJin]

Supa powa 2012 with 1.5billion Jobless people gonna die soon

Joblessness in demoncrazy is sacred.

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

Robotics and AI are the corner stones of pushing Chinese products up in the value chain.

Not only the end products... this development also pushes HDI as the Chinese workers need to be better educated and more up-to-date in skills to do high value-added work.

The days of manual labour are ending... this also explains the push the Chinese company are engaging in to move lower end industries to OBOR/BRI countries.

Win-Win in economic development.

CPEC in phaseII will demonstrate this paradigm as more Chinese companies set up shop there in SEZs.

Good days ahead!

 

[lcloo]

Large employment of robots in China is due to shortage of labour and sharp increases in minimum wages in industrialised cities, mainly on coastal areas.

It is ironic that China having the largest human population actually faces workers shortages, this is mainly due to opening up of inland area economies that encourage domestic immigrant workers to return back to their home provinces.

The result is that (1) labour intensive industries have to move out of China due to high wages, and (2) the need to replace shortage of workers meant automation, thus the employment of robots.

Robots are far more cost effective and their lack of human fatigue, error, emotion and accidents, plus no requirement of over-time wages, meant 24 hour factory operation with minmum human supervision would be normal.

The way China going foward with robots also mean that the impact of population aging on economy will be minimized. And future adoption of robots in household will help the needs of old folks.

 

[antonius123]

Large employment of robots in China is due to shortage of labour and sharp increases in minimum wages in industrialised cities, mainly on coastal areas.

It is ironic that China having the largest human population actually faces workers shortages, this is mainly due to opening up of inland area economies that encourage domestic immigrant workers to return back to their home provinces.

The result is that (1) labour intensive industries have to move out of China due to high wages, and (2) the need to replace shortage of workers meant automation, thus the employment of robots.

Robots are far more cost effective and their lack of human fatigue, error, emotion and accidents, plus no requirement of over-time wages, meant 24 hour factory operation with minmum human supervision would be normal.

The way China going foward with robots also mean that the impact of population aging on economy will be minimized. And future adoption of robots in household will help the needs of old folks.

That means China has successfully provided job to their people and reduced the unemployment rate effectively.

The ex workers who have returned to their home province means there must be huge employment opportunities created in their home province that compel them return back.

 

[lcloo]

That means China has successfully provided job to their people and reduced the unemployment rate effectively.

The ex workers who have returned to their home province means there must be huge employment opportunities created in their home province that compel them return back.

The fruits of China's economic policy shift from export oriented to domestic consumption, thus the expansion of consumer sector and service sector in China's economy.

 

[AndrewJin]

The fruits of China's economic policy shift from export oriented to domestic consumption, thus the expansion of consumer sector and service sector in China's economy.

The interior of China has great opportunities

 

[cirr]

TCM student creates an acupuncture robot

2017-11-03 08:55

China Daily Editor: Mo Hong'e

A college student in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, has designed a robot that he says can perform acupuncture.

Xu Tiancheng, a postgraduate student at Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said he was inspired by Baymax, the healthcare robot from the hit animated movie Big Hero 6. He said his robot can treat several ailments, including insomnia, stomachache and muscle fatigue.

"My father is an acupuncturist, and I noticed in his clinic that the most diligent acupuncturist can only treat about 100 patients a day," Xu said. "Robots can free practitioners from exhaustive, repetitive labor so they can focus on designing better treatment plans."

He said that although people have different body shapes, the acupoints - the right positions to perform acupuncture - are all in the same places on the human body.

"For example," Xu said, "one frequently used acupoint is the hegu, between the first and second dorsal metacarpal bones. To be exact, it is in the midpoint of the radial part of the second metacarpal bone, regardless of different body shapes. We only need to set up an accurate model for the robots to find the right acupoints."

Xu said his robot can measure a person's height and subcutaneous fat before calculating where and how deep to insert the needle. It also has ultrasonic sensors on its "hands" to prevent the needle going too deep.

"With the help of built-in sensors, the robot can also calculate muscle tension to avoid excessive pain for the patient," he said. "We have also designed 27,000 acupuncture treatments for the robot to perform."

Xu conceded that robots cannot be trusted with crucial parts of the body, such as the head, neck and waist.

More experiments are required before the robot can be used clinically, he said, but he added that several enterprises have already been in contact about collaborating.

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