Xiaomi has indeed launched a highly automated factory that operates without human intervention. This is a next-generation factory with an 80,000-square-meter area under it in Changping, Beijing. This factory is supposed to make Xiaomi’s foldable phones lined up for the market: MIX Fold 4 and MIX Flip; it promises to change the face of smartphone manufacturing altogether.
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xiaomi launched a completely autonomous factory. no humans involved and one smartphone per second, 24/7
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— vittorio (@IterIntellectus) JULY 10, 2024
Notably, this Xiaomi Smart Factory can produce one smartphone every second. This incredible feat is achieved by integrating advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies to manage the entire production process without human interference, making operation possible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With an annual production capacity of 10 million flagship smartphones, it has been certified as a national intelligent manufacturing enterprise.
The Xiaomi Smart Factory holds the highest production capacity, which could reach 31.5 million smartphones annually if it runs non-stop. Of course, that did not come cheap—Xiaomi has invested 2.4 billion yuan in R&D for this advanced production process. This shows how much Xiaomi is devoted to smart manufacturing and innovation.
The level of factory automation and efficiency is simply awesome. Xiaomi has achieved unprecedented efficiency in smartphone manufacturing lines through advanced robotics and AI. The production line contains specialized machines to do specific tasks to ensure uniformity and high productivity. Xiaomi has developed intelligent machines itself so that the same quality control can be maintained throughout its value chain in manufacturing; its efficiency is just marvellous—one new smartphone came out of this factory every single second.
The production environment of the Xiaomi Smart Factory maintains micron-level dust removal. All the operations can be autonomously operated, while only a few humans work in the “war room,” dressed in gowns and corresponding hats that somewhat resemble those used in an operating theater to ensure tight control over some critical aspects of the production process.
At the core of this cutting-edge factory is its AI brain, the Xiaomi Pengpai Intelligent Manufacturing Platform, which can independently diagnose equipment failures, optimize process flows, and manage the whole cycle of production from raw material purchase to final product delivery. Indeed, it should be called a smart factory since it is self-improving and self-optimizing.
Hospitality and innovative technologies make the autonomous nature of the Xiaomi Smart Factory a quantum leap ahead in smartphone production capability. This is an entirely no-man touches-built facility compared to more traditional plants that are still partially assembled manually. At best, traditional plants can produce one smartphone per minute. In contrast, one comes out of Xiaomi’s factory every second. The non-stop operation maximizes output and efficiency, making new benchmarks for the industry.
The sophisticated robotics in a Xiaomi Smart Factory include self-improving algorithms, collaborative robots, and adaptive workflows. In its process of learning and adapting to obtain better productivity and performance, such sophisticated robotic technologies go a long way to make the system continuously effective. This factory uses data-driven optimization based on real-time data and AI-powered analytics to find and realize process improvements with better output and quality control compared to traditional plants.
