Robotic arms lift freshly pressed plastic parts out of hot metal moulds and onto a conveyor belt at Midea's air-conditioner factory in Guangzhou. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE ZK LIM
GUANGZHOU (The Straits Times/ANN): When Sun Huihai first began working at a factory in the southern manufacturing belt of Guangdong some 13 years ago, his colleagues were all humans.
Now, they are joined by more than 200 robots which can work around the clock, seven days a week, to help produce air-conditioners for home appliances giant Midea.
