Chinese factory: 250% productivity boost without humans

Humans replaced with robots at Chinese factory: 250% productivity increase, 80% decreases in defects.

Anthony Garreffa

Gaming Editor

Published Feb 10, 2017 12:56 AM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 11:56 AM CST

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The world is quickly stumbling into the world of fully autonomous everything, and it looks like factories are going to really win with robots if the results of a Chinese factory are anything to go by.

Chinese factory: 250% productivity boost without humans | TweakTown.com

Changying Precision Technology Company (CPTC) replaces 600 human workers with robots, and saw a gigantic 250% increase in productivity, while they also noted an 80% decrease in defects. Factory workers can't be happy with that, as I don't think that even with the best training, they could provide a 250% productivity boost overnight like their robotic overlords did.

CPTC has 60 human workers remaining, which will be sliced down to just 20 in the coming months. Now we've all got to sit back and think: where will we all be in 10-20 years, and is your job truly safe from robotics or a fully advanced AI-based system?

Read more: NVIDIA and Foxconn discussing the deployment of humanoid robots to make AI servers in the USA

News Sources:vr-zone.com and techrepublic.com

Anthony Garreffa

Gaming Editor

Anthony joined TweakTown in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of tech products. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.