Foxconn’s Foxbots Reportedly Not Performing Up To Scratch

Earlier this year it was reported that one of Apple’s assembly partners, Foxconn, had announced that they will be deploying robots called Foxbots to help assemble Apple’s new iPhones. Presumably with the aid of these Foxbots that the production of the new iPhones would be faster, but unfortunately that does not seem to be the case.

According to a report from the Taiwanese media, it seems that Foxconn’s CEO Terry Guo is not particularly pleased by the efficiency of the company’s new Foxbots as they have failed to meet his expectations. Apparently the first-gen Foxbots fell short in terms of efficiency and flexibility

This has since prompted Foxconn to start looking into building a second-generation fleet of Foxbots that will hopefully address the issues. Unfortunately there’s no telling when the new Foxbots will be deployed, but presumably they won’t be arriving anytime soon. According to reports, Foxconn has been stretched thin by the overwhelming demand of the new iPhones.

For example the iPhone 6 Plus has shipping estimates of about 3-4 weeks. Apple has also managed to sell 10 million iPhone 6 units over its launch weekend which is a million more than last year, so safe to say that Foxconn has their work cut out for them, and the reported inefficiency of the Foxbots probably aren’t helping much either.

Tyler Lee
Categories: General, Robots
Tags: foxconn