The rapid rise of the automated robotics industry has made workers' positions replaced by it. In terms of productivity, it is inferior to machines. With the development of society, better performance in the market will be highly praised, which will lead to the elimination of some manpower; This is a historical stage show of "how things will eventually change" presented by the changes of the times.

In terms of the screw locking process, a fully automatic screw locking machine can cover several employees, which is higher than the labor standard, and can be used for one year to cover the labor cost. A self-locking screw machine costs tens of thousands. Many companies buy it. An employee’s salary costs 50,000-60,000 a year to fully recover the equipment cost. That is to say, the company spends one year’s labor cost. It can be exchanged for an automation equipment, an automation equipment generally has a life of 100,000 hours, which is equivalent to 10 years, and the annual maintenance cost is less than 10,000 yuan. In this way, if an enterprise spends one year's labor cost to purchase automation equipment, it can exchange about 10 years of productivity and greatly reduce production costs.

In addition, the robot will not "scream tired", "rest", or "absent from work". The production can be performed in three shifts, and the accuracy of the robot is higher than that of manual labor, and the technology and effect are higher. It can be based on the production of the enterprise. Schedule and needs, make production on time and in quantity.

At present, the demand for intelligent transformation and upgrading of production and manufacturing in my country is increasingly prominent. The market demand for industrial robots is still strong. Automobile manufacturing, metal product processing and electronics are the traditional application areas of industrial robots. In recent years, as industrial robot technology and technology have matured, The application gradually extends to the fields of furniture, household appliances, hardware and bathroom, food and beverage. Industrial robots are not only the key supporting equipment for advanced manufacturing, in recent years, with my country’s increasing support for industrial robots, the scale of the industrial robot market has continued to rise, and my country’s industrial robot market has also developed rapidly, accounting for approximately one-third of the global market share. One is the world's largest industrial robot application market.

In the past 30 years, the world's cheap labor and capital have been in Dongguan. The miracle created by China's manufacturing industry has also changed the lives of millions of migrant workers.

With the gradual disappearance of China's demographic dividend, Dongguan's industrial structure is also evolving. Old companies are falling in the dark, and new companies are breaking ground. In the context that China has long become the world's most important market for industrial robots, the Dongguan factories that have transformed from "manufacturing" to "intelligent manufacturing" have already taken the lead in the larger environment.

Now in the Dongguan factory, those who haven't found a job are still waiting silently. Some have started to switch to other jobs, and some have reluctantly chose to leave.

Because there is no need for so many people in the factory now, to be precise, there is no need for so many people on the assembly line. It's not like the labor shortage in Dongguan in the past, and I'm worried about finding employees. Now we are discussing the issue of robots.

On January 26 this year, the Dongguan Municipal Government issued the "Opinions on Vigorously Developing the Robot Intelligent Equipment Industry to Build an Advanced Manufacturing Base with Global Influence", announcing the full implementation of the "Robot Intelligent Manufacturing" plan, introducing 50 pragmatic measures, and vigorously developing robots The intelligent equipment industry will become the leading market in China's robotics industry by 2020 and an advanced manufacturing base with global influence.

Dongguan started robot application promotion in 2014. As of the end of 2015, Dongguan enterprises had declared 1262 "machine substitution" projects, with a total investment of over 10 billion yuan. It is expected to reduce the employment of 71,000 people, and the unit product cost will drop by an average of 10%. Productivity increased by 65% on average.

Obviously, Dongguan's vigorous development of robots is mainly out of consideration of stimulating local economic development. But for ordinary workers, this is not good news.