Futurum analyst Michael Diamond recaps the Amazon Devices and Services event and reviews some of the new and upgraded devices featuring ambient intelligence designed to make the lives of consumers, and businesses more efficient, safer, easier to use, healthier, and more secure. There are tons of great devices here to be excited about and, as usual, the Amazon Devices team did not disappoint.
Amazon Acquires iRobot: The Battle for the Smart Home is All Around You
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Amazon’s recent acquisition of iRobot and its implications for Amazon’s smart home strategy today and in the future.
Qualcomm’s Robotics RB5 Platform Brings Powerful AI-enabled 5G Connectivity to Industrial Robots, Drones, and the IIOT
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: QCOM) just announced its first-of-a-kind 5G Robotics RB5 platform. The natural successor to the successful (4G-based) Qualcomm® Robotics RB3 platform. As Qualcomm puts it, the Robotics RB5 platform aims to “empower developers and manufacturers to create the next generation of high-compute, low-power robots and drones for the consumer, enterprise, defense, industrial and professional service sectors.”
Truly Intelligent Machines: The Impact of AI That Can Think
Intelligent machines are one of the most controversial types of technology in development today. And I hate to break it to those of you who are concerned about the use of AI-powered robots, but intelligent machines aren’t going anywhere. In fact, they’re only getting smarter. Recently, leaders like IBM and Alphabet have been pushing AI to its outer limits, teaching it …
4 Industries Expected to See Changes from Advanced Robotics
Awhile back, I talked about the role the Internet of Things (IoT) is playing in creating a new, fourth industrial revolution—one where logistics, manufacturing, quality assurance, and assembly jobs can be done tighter, faster, and better with the help of automation, AI, and the IoT. The truth is, however, the term industrial revolution implies that just one single industry is …
Wendy’s Introduces Self-Serve Robots into the Fast Food Experience
In tech news that’s interesting to me, Wendy’s recently announced the intention to roll out the robots—or, in this case, 1,000 self-ordering kiosks—in high volume locations during the course of 2017. Even more interesting, David Trim, the company’s Chief Information Officer, reports that the company expects to see a return on investment in robot tech within two years or less …