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Joeri on Feb 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Foxconn Plans to Lift Pay Sharply at Factories in ...

You need a manufacturing base. Raw materials, parts, tools, it all has to be made nearby your plant to be able to automate efficiently. The US doesn't have that anymore.

tluyben2 on Feb 19, 2012 | [–]

I am curious where this info comes from? I heard the gov is sponsoring robot production in the USA now; what would be needed?

atdt on Feb 19, 2012 | [–]

[citation needed]

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