YANTAI, China -- Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer makes Pepper, SoftBank Group's humanoid robot, at its Yantai plant in China's Shandong Province. With Pepper, Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, has become the first company in the world to mass-produce a humanoid robot.
Three factors have made Pepper manufacturing a reality: Hon Hai's molding technology, its workers' desire to improve and the close cooperation the Taiwanese company has received from the local government.
