Every once in a while, an autonomous robot will play a cute jingle to signal its arrival.
Roving robots and mechanical arms may be common within factories at this scale (just askAmazon).
But despite all this testing, Samsung has still been caught up in controversies regarding malfunctioning products.
It infamously had torecall the Galaxy Note 7in 2016 after overheating issues.
Search Reddit, and you’ll findstories ofGalaxy Z Flip ownerswith faulty devices.
Before visiting the area where Galaxy phones are assembled, I learned about the surface mount unit process.
One board is typically divided into parts that can power four to six phones.
Robotic arms move partially assembled phones around the conveyor belt.
A large portion of the assembly line is dedicated to quality checks.
Samsung says there are about 30,000 to 50,000 inspection items for the Galaxy S23 lineup alone.
Robots are everywhere during the assembly process, but it isn’t all machinery on Samsung’s factory floor.
Nearly a thousand employees work on this line alone.
A Galaxy Z Flip 5 rolls by on Samsung’s assembly line.
The assembly line is also just one part of Samsung’s facility.
Samsung says six months of testing in this lab is equivalent to two years of consumer use.
A robot tests a Samsung Galaxy Watch.
Robotic arms rigorously wiggle and wave with Galaxy Watches on their wrists to simulate workouts.
And these are only a fraction of the tests Samsung runs.
A robot types on a Galaxy phone’s keyboard in Samsung’s automation lab.
Samsung was showing offflexible display technologyback in 2011, long before the first Galaxy Fold arrived in 2019.
Samsung showcased its display concepts at CES 2023.
Samsung mobile chief T.M.
Beyond phones, Samsung has also teased amixed reality projectthat it’s creating in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm.
And rumors have begun circulating about a health-trackingSamsung Galaxy ring.
Only time will tell where Samsung’s product roadmap goes next.
