along the line constantly checking that specifications are met brad bennett the companys senior vice president of global operations said small robots will soon be installed in the booths to do the inspection work we wont have to reduce people he said those workers will move to other tasks the new machines will help avoid what happened during the pandemic he said during covid we were literally running with 30 of the plant down because we couldnt get a 15anhour guy to show upalso readjapan may opt for milder chipequipment curbs on china than us says lawmakerjapan last month agreed with the netherlands and the united states to halt exports of equipment that china could use to manufacture advanced chips bringing tokyo and amsterdam in line with sweeping restrictions announced by us president joe bidens administration in octobersee more details reuters published on feb 10 2023 at 0449 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app electric vehicle workers labor market robots battery factories united states canada mexico covid homenewsindustrynorth american companies notch another record year for robot orders