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However, similar work is being done by numerous research labs and robotics companies (see "This Factory Robot Learns Jobs Overnight").
Rethink Robotics' Baxter, a dexterous factory robot that can be programmed by grabbing its arms and guiding it through the motions, sells for a mere $25,000 (equivalent to about $4 an hour over a lifetime of work, according to a Stanford University study).
Rodney Brooks is the founder of Rethink Robotics, the company behind Baxter the factory robot.
But every time a consumer makes an e-commerce purchase or a manufacturing company sends instructions to a factory robot, the integrity of those transactions or instructions is at risk of cyberattack.
Last week, General Motors agreed to stop running a commercial, first shown during Super Bowl XLI, that presented a factory robot driven to suicide after losing its job for making a mistake.
The commercial, intended to promote the quality of G.M. vehicles, showed the nightmare of a factory robot in which it is driven to suicide after losing its job for making a mistake.
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The first factory robots appeared in the 1960s.
Fanuc, a world leader in factory robots, enjoyed 33% returns.
Mr. Yang's skepticism of technology extends beyond factory robots.
By the 1990s factory robots had become adept at cutting, milling, welding, assembling and operating warehouses.
Modern factory robots, like their quinquagenarian counterparts, require humans to keep away during operation.
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