An automated fiber bundle placement device comprising: a supply device configured so that a plurality of bobbins around which fiber bundles are wound are installed to supply the fiber bundles from each of the bobbins; a placement head for placing each of the fiber bundles supplied from the supply device on a placement die; and an articulated robot having the placement head attached thereto to move the placement head for the placement, wherein the placement head includes a pressing unit that presses the fiber bundle onto the placement die, a feeding mechanism that feeds the fiber bundle toward the pressing unit, and a cutting device that cuts the fiber bundle between the pressing unit and the feeding mechanism, the cutting device includes a cutting blade (15, 47) provided for each route of the fiber bundle to intersect with a traveling direction of the fiber bundle, a securing member provided to pinch the route with the cutting blade (15, 47), and a drive mechanism (17, 40) for causing displacement of the cutting blade (15, 47) toward a cutting position on the securing member side, characterized in that the drive mechanism includes a plate-shaped movable unit (21, 43) provided for each of the cutting blades (15, 47), to which the cutting blade (15, 47) corresponding thereto is attached, a support unit supporting the movable unit (21, 43) to be displaceable, having a plate-shaped part (20, 42), and facing the movable unit (21, 43) in the plate-shaped part (20, 42), a permanent magnet (35, 45) provided in one of a part facing the plate-shaped part (20, 42) of the support unit (18, 41) in the movable unit (21, 43) and a part facing the movable unit (21, 43) in the plate-shaped part (20, 42) of the support unit (18, 41), and an exciting coil (36, 47) provided in the other, and the permanent magnet (35, 45) and the exciting coil (36, 47) are provided so that the movable unit (21, 43) is displaced as the exciting coil (36, 47) is excited. a supply device configured so that a plurality of bobbins around which fiber bundles are wound are installed to supply the fiber bundles from each of the bobbins; a placement head for placing each of the fiber bundles supplied from the supply device on a placement die; and an articulated robot having the placement head attached thereto to move the placement head for the placement, wherein the placement head includes a pressing unit that presses the fiber bundle onto the placement die, a feeding mechanism that feeds the fiber bundle toward the pressing unit, and a cutting device that cuts the fiber bundle between the pressing unit and the feeding mechanism, the cutting device includes a cutting blade (15, 47) provided for each route of the fiber bundle to intersect with a traveling direction of the fiber bundle, a securing member provided to pinch the route with the cutting blade (15, 47), and a drive mechanism (17, 40) for causing displacement of the cutting blade (15, 47) toward a cutting position on the securing member side, characterized in that the drive mechanism includes a plate-shaped movable unit (21, 43) provided for each of the cutting blades (15, 47), to which the cutting blade (15, 47) corresponding thereto is attached, a support unit supporting the movable unit (21, 43) to be displaceable, having a plate-shaped part (20, 42), and facing the movable unit (21, 43) in the plate-shaped part (20, 42), a permanent magnet (35, 45) provided in one of a part facing the plate-shaped part (20, 42) of the support unit (18, 41) in the movable unit (21, 43) and a part facing the movable unit (21, 43) in the plate-shaped part (20, 42) of the support unit (18, 41), and an exciting coil (36, 47) provided in the other, and the permanent magnet (35, 45) and the exciting coil (36, 47) are provided so that the movable unit (21, 43) is displaced as the exciting coil (36, 47) is excited.