Hon Hai, Adlink form robotic venture‘SWARM TECH’: Joint venture FARobot is to develop autonomous mobile robots that would first be deployed in Hon Hai’s factories to optimize production efficiencyBy Angelica Oung / Staff reporterHon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) and Adlink Technology Inc (凌華科技) have formed a robotic venture that aims to use “swarm technology” to create robots that can communicate with one another on the factory floor to optimize production efficiency. Hon Hai is Apple Inc’s leading iPhone assembler and the world’s largest contract electronics maker, while Adlink supplies industrial computers and Internet of Things solutions. Through a subsidiary, Hyield Venture Capital Co (鴻揚創投), Hon Hai holds a 51 percent stake in autonomous mobile robot (AMR) developer FARobot (法博智能移動), while Adlink owns the remaining 49 percent. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co chairman Young Liu, left, and Adlink Technology Inc chairman Jim Liu pose for photographers at the launch of their robotic venture FARobot in New Taipei City’s Jhonghe District on Wednesday. “This will reduce the amount of time spent waiting rather than in operation.”FARobot’s AMRs are to be deployed in Hon Hai factories within three years, he said.

Source: Taipei Times September 24, 2020 15:56 UTC