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Softwear or Softwear Automation Inc. is an American company [1] which develops robots that can perform advanced sewing in the textile industry. In Atlanta a $20 million factory is in development with 330 bots becoming fully operational. The cost of each machine-developed t-shirt is estimated to be roughly $0.33 as the factory output is expected to be 23 million shirts per year. [2]

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References

  1. Danziger, Pamela N. "SoftWear Automation Has A Cure For What Ails Fashion Retail".
  2. ""China Snaps Up America's Cheap Robot Labor: A Chinese T-shirt company is setting up shop in Arkansas, lured by U.S. sewbots and lower production costs". www.bloomberg.com.