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Inside China's Robotics Revolution by Changshei, read by Vincent Lai.
Chen Liang, the founder of Gucci Robotics,
an automation company headquartered in Shanghai, is a tall, heavyset man in his mid-40s with square-rimmed glasses.
His everyday manner is calm and understated.
But when he is in his element, up close with the technology he builds,
or in business meetings discussing the imminent replacement of human workers by robots,
he wears an exuberant smile that brings to mind an intern on his first day at his dream job.
Gucci makes the machines that install wheels,
dashboards, and windows for many of the top Chinese car brands, including BYD and NIO.
He took the name from the Chinese word, Gucci.
Steadfast intelligence, though the fact that it sounded like an Italian luxury brand was not entirely unwelcome.
For the better part of two decades, Chen has tried to solve what, to him, is an engineering problem.
How to eliminate, or in his view, liberate, as many workers in car factories as technologically possible.
Late last year, I visited him at Gucci headquarters on the western outskirts of Shanghai.
Next to the head office are several warehouses where Gucci's engineers tinker with robots
to fit the specifications of their customers.