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3D AI, Robotics, and Immersive Reality Brighten Manufacturing’s Future

3D AI, Robotics, and Immersive Reality Brighten Manufacturing’s Future

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Modern robots are more intelligent, flexible, and perform complex tasks with greater precision.

VR and AR give manufacturers new ways to train employees, conduct maintenance, and enhance overall operational efficiency. 3D AI is revolutionizing the design and production of prosthetics and implants. A new wave of technology is ramping up the intelligence of manufacturing. The emerging tools offer production advantages across multiple industries, from medical to retail. The technology company, GridRaster is leveraging several these advancements, from immersive XR interfaces to artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud […]

Apple Ramps Up Automation for iPhone Production: Could Impact 50% of Jobs in Coming Years!

Apple Ramps Up Automation for iPhone Production: Could Impact 50% of Jobs in Coming Years!

As the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots accelerates across industries, concerns about job displacement have become increasingly prevalent. In a bold move to enhance efficiency and reduce dependency on manual labor, Apple is reportedly accelerating its automation for iPhone manufacturing.

According to The Information , the Cupertino giant aims to slash the workforce on iPhone final assembly lines by as much as 50% in the coming years. This strategic shift follows several incidents , including worker protests in China, and is in line with Apple’s strategy to broaden its manufacturing footprint beyond China. A Multi-Faceted Decision

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Robots steal jobs from unions

Automation has had a greater impact on employment in sectors where union representation was stronger. A Bocconi University study highlights the decline in Italy’s unionization rate and warns that “Unless the trend is reversed, social cohesion is at risk

Bocconi University

Collective bargaining is a fundamental pillar of the European social model. In Italy, over the decades, unions have ensured wage increases commensurate with productivity growth and a gradual improvement in working conditions. Today, however, they are in decline: in 20 years, according to a Bocconi University, Milan, study , the unionization rate has been declining from 30 percent to about […]

The Future of Work: How Automation Impacts Job Markets in 2024

Guwahati, June 26: In simple terms, automation refers to the use of technology and machines to perform activities done by humans. Humans were formerly responsible for these duties; however, automation has revitalized how businesses work. Machines performing human duties have helped to revolutionize almost every sector of the entertainment sphere. Although automation in the world economy has been a prominent topic of debate since the Industrial Revolution it has been an ever-present entity in the global market. It has gained more prominence in recent years.

Sectors including manufacturing, transportation, finance, retail, healthcare, and education, among many others, have seen an […]

Robots steal jobs from unions—study shows decline in unionizations

Robots steal jobs from unions—study shows decline in unionizations

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Collective bargaining is a fundamental pillar of the European social model. In Italy, over the decades, unions have ensured wage increases commensurate with productivity growth and a gradual improvement in working conditions. Today, however, they are in decline.

In 20 years, according to a Bocconi University, Milan, study , the unionization rate has been declining from 30% to about 12%. Fewer members means less bargaining power, hence less protection at a time in history when the challenges of technological development would, on the contrary, require greater worker protection in the face of shrinking employment in some […]

Horizon Bets on the Smart Factory

Horizon Bets on the Smart Factory

(This article originally ran in the June 5 edition of the drupa daily.)

Timm Edelhoff, head of Horizon GmbH in Quickborn, Germany, takes a pragmatic approach to automation. Under his leadership, Horizon GmbH embraces the smart factory concept to leverage technologies that streamline operations, enhance productivity, and deliver customer value. It is all on exhibition in their drupa stand in Hall 6 and partner stands across the messe.

Edelhoff’s philosophy on automation is clear: technology should serve a purpose beyond novelty. "Automation must have a customer benefit or ROI," says Edelhoff. "Technology without a direct benefit is a waste of […]

Overseas Demand, AI, Domestic Demand Transition Are Key to China’s Economic Development

Overseas Demand, AI, Domestic Demand Transition Are Key to China’s Economic Development

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(Yicai) June 25 — Chinese companies are offered opportunities from the overseas market and artificial intelligence sector but also face great challenges from protectionism in Western countries. Therefore, the Chinese economy is experiencing an inevitable deep transition, especially in its supply and demand structure.

There are two kinds of opportunities that Chinese firms can seize globally: robust overseas demand and the development of AI. Regarding the first, Chinese companies that went global and had a high percentage of overseas sales over the past years have […]

Unlocking IO-Link: What it is and Why it Matters for Modern Automation

Unlocking IO-Link: What it is and Why it Matters for Modern Automation

Unlocking IO-Link: What it is and Why it Matters for Modern Automation

IO-Link enhances process transparency and seamlessly integrates into existing control architectures. But what exactly is it, and why is it essential for modern industrial automation?

The use of IO-Link as a communication protocol in industrial plants has seen remarkable expansion over the past several years.The total number of installed IO-Link nodes reached 51.6 million by the end of 2023, according to the industry trade group PROFIBUS & PROFINET International’s (PI’s) annual survey of newly installed nodes. Last year, 15.9 million IO-Link devices were installed, which represents a record […]

Apple says the robots are coming to take the jobs

Apple says the robots are coming to take the jobs

Hot on the heels of a recent report claiming Apple now sees GenAI as a basis for complex product ideas including humanoid robotics, we learn that it wants to put more robots on the iPhone assembly lines. Manufactured in factories by robots

Designed in Cupertino and manufactured by robots, that Apple wants this isn’t especially surprising. Manufacturing partner Foxconn is known to be at the forefront of building smart and highly automated factories.

Even in 2016 it was known to have 40,000 robots in place across lights out factories and the drive to automation was flagged up even then […]

The case for wage insurance to offset future job disruption

The case for wage insurance to offset future job disruption

Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. economy has enjoyed a period relatively strong job growth coming out of the worst of the pandemic. That’s come with wage gains , as well. But, of course, many workers remember times when the opposite has been true.

In the 1970s and ’80s, there were the early waves of deindustrialization that cost U.S. companies jobs. In the ’90s, a corporate restructuring binge resulted in layoffs for office workers. And in the early 2000s, an increase in Chinese exports to the U.S. resulted in a manufacturing employment decline.

So turning back to the present, as […]