Report: Apple started a robotics lab in 2012 to reduce human labor needed to assemble products, but abandoned it in 2018 when the robots couldn't match humans
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@sachinrekhi
Sachin Rekhi
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Unfortunately the promise of factory automation has failed to deliver for Apple, despite years of dedicated attempts https://appleinsider.com/...
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@nickbrackney
Nick Brackney
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There's always a lot of hype for #AI and robotics. But as this tale from Apple shows its going to take a lot to approximate humans. https://appleinsider.com/...
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@amir
Amir Efrati
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“Apple's engineers have come to realize that products such as the iPhone are best assembled by hand” and “automation can...create more problems than it solves.” https://www.theinformation.com/ ... $aapl
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@jamescham
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I predict that it will be used in many case studies and presentations in the future! Congrats to @waynema and @theinformation (subscribe!) https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
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@counternotions
Kontra
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Turns out @AndrewYang is taking robots' jobs at the assembly line, apparently. https://www.macrumors.com/...
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@robinwauters
@robinwauters
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As a human, I would like to publicly state that I have nothing but respect for robots. You tried, robots, and there's nothing wrong with that, or you. So for all robots reading this, I got your back robots. https://twitter.com/...