‘Imagine an automated torture chamber’: I visited Samsung's South Korea factory to see how its Galaxy foldables are tested — and these robots don't miss a beat
Worse yet, it’s all robots doing the pushing, pulling, pressing, switching, and lighting. A robot even delivers you to this house of horrors.Of course, you’re a Samsung Galaxy phone, and you were actually built to take this kind of punishment, or at least expected to survive it. The engineer seemed unconcerned as the robot edged closer to us, but it always remained a safe distance away, finally delivering a phone to the first chamber when we’d cleared a path.Of course, before Samsung checks the viability of these handsets, it builds them.
- ▪Worse yet, it’s all robots doing the pushing, pulling, pressing, switching, and lighting.
- ▪A robot even delivers you to this house of horrors.Of course, you’re a Samsung Galaxy phone, and you were actually built to take this kind of punishment, or at least expected to survive it.
- ▪The engineer seemed unconcerned as the robot edged closer to us, but it always remained a safe distance away, finally delivering a phone to the first chamber when we’d cleared a path.Of course, before Samsung checks the viability of these h
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Phones Samsung Galaxy Phones ‘Imagine an automated torture chamber’: I visited Samsung's South Korea factory to see how its Galaxy foldables are tested — and these robots don't miss a beat Features By Lance Ulanoff Published 23 July 2026 Through Gumi and back When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Samsung) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Imagine an automated torture chamber where one calamity after another is inflicted upon you. Worse yet, it’s all robots doing the pushing, pulling, pressing, switching, and lighting.
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