{"id":126534,"date":"2025-11-07T08:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/126534\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:47:08","slug":"foxconn-hires-humanoid-robots-to-make-ai-servers-for-nvidia-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/126534\/","title":{"rendered":"Foxconn hires humanoid robots to make AI servers for Nvidia \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn has confirmed it will use humanoid robots to make Nvidia servers in America.<\/p>\n<p>Foxconn CEO and chairman Young Liu yesterday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/editor-s-picks\/interview\/foxconn-to-deploy-humanoid-robots-to-make-ai-servers-in-us-in-months-ceo\">told<\/a> Japanese outlet Nikkei the company will deploy the bots \u201cwithin six months or so\u201d and that they will help to speed production.<\/p>\n<p>The company made a passing reference to the bots last week in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxconn.com\/en-us\/press-center\/events\/csr-events\/1867\">press release<\/a> that said Foxconn is working with Nvidia \u201cto build a next-generation smart manufacturing plant for AI servers\u201d that will be \u201camong the first to deploy humanoid robots powered by the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N model on its production lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liu didn\u2019t say how many bots Foxconn will put to work, didn\u2019t describe the machines and their capabilities, didn\u2019t say what roles they will take on, or whether they would obviate the need for human workers. Nor did he explain why humanoid robots are a good fit for Nvidia\u2019s factory, a significant issue as building robots that replicate human anatomy is generally considered wasteful unless they will work in environments built for people. Robots built specifically to work in factories are therefore common, and humanoid contraptions largely remain a curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>Foxconn\u2019s decision should not be a surprise, as in May The Register attended a keynote address delivered by Liu in which he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/05\/20\/foxconn_chair_ai_manufacturing_predictions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">predicted<\/a> generative AI and robotics will destroy low-end manufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Computex conference in Taiwan, Liu said nations have historically done two things to help put downward pressure on the cost of manufactured goods: Outsourcing to countries where wages are low, and immigration policy that brings in more people willing to work for low wages. Both approaches, he said, will lose their potency as AI takes over some manufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n<p>News that Foxconn and Nvidia will use humanoid robots in Houston is therefore a mixed blessing for the Trump administration, which promised to bring more factories and high-paying manufacturing jobs to America. Foxconn\u2019s plan to use bots may cost some jobs while also leaving better-paid gigs available to humans. Whatever tasks Foxconn\u2019s mecha-humans take on, they\u2019ll do them in a new factory on American soil. \u00ae<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn has confirmed it will use humanoid robots to make Nvidia servers in America. 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