STMicro Plans Robot Deployment to Prevent Plant Closures

STMicroelectronics N.V. has announced a strategic initiative to modernize its older semiconductor manufacturing facilities by deploying humanoid robots and implementing worker retraining programs. The move is designed to avoid plant closures as the European chip giant faces increasing global competition and operational challenges. Speaking at a semiconductor conference in Poland hosted by the industry group SEMI, Thomas Morgenstern, the company's head of manufacturing, demonstrated the technology by showing a robot successfully handling silicon wafer carriers.