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technitecho t1_je46e02 wrote

Reply to comment by reddebian in Made-in-India iPhone shipments jump 162% by Sxzym

I believe the robots we use in cars are mainly to produce the main body and larger parts. Engines and smaller stuff like circuit boards etc are still made by hand.

Phones are really small and need precision. Perhaps that's why robots aren't used

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irk5nil t1_je4j58q wrote

Circuit boards by hand? IIRC circuit boards were one of the first technological artifacts the manufacturing of which was fully robotized. You can't really place modern SMT components by hand anyway -- not repeatedly and quickly at least.

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technitecho t1_je4kdk2 wrote

I don't mean that kind of circuit board... I mean things like connecting the wires of headlights, dashboard info, autolocks etc etc

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irk5nil t1_je4lapp wrote

But...wiring isn't circuit boards. It's wiring.

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HankKwak t1_je4b7e6 wrote

We certainly have the precision technology to automate the assembly of phones however, due to the dexterity required, variety of tasks and constant re-calibrating every year for a new model, people are still the cheaper option…

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