You don't need to do the assembly to design and take delivery of multifunction robots. Just ask ABB [1]. The IP, the design, and the schematics are the valuable part, the assembly is totally and utterly commodity. A 3D printer, a diffuser, etc, is equally effective in any country it happens to be located, and UPS is happy to meet you there for pickup.
We've started to see this return already, with Foxconn and TSMC setting up factories in the US (with no people in them of course -- because why would they put people in them?).
We've started to see this return already, with Foxconn and TSMC setting up factories in the US (with no people in them of course -- because why would they put people in them?).
[1] https://new.abb.com/products/robotics