Manufacturing Industry will have the biggest impact of AI coupled with automation. AI is playing a vital role in improving enterprise software. Right from Predictive maintenance & optimization of industrial facilities and Machines, Interpreting the data that flow across departments, Improving material management and the list goes on and on.
Robots already have a significant presence in Manufacturing automation and it seems to increase further. Changying Precision Technology, a China-based mobile phone manufacturer had 650 human workers. After the recent AI automation, the factory is run by 60 workers and 60 robot arms that work round the clock, which led to 250% increase in productivity and 80% drop in defects. This clearly makes a case for AI automation.
In 2013, Google acquired 8 robotics companies in roughly six months and that’s said to be the heart of Google’s moonshot program. Clearly, Google is not only developing its own software but also hardware to make the final product more compatible and robust. This gives a hint of creating much more advanced robots over a decade.
Japan is also investing a lot to build 30 million robots, as a workforce that can make Japan the number one manufacturer again.