Ocado singed by warehouse fire, but partner deals and "immediacy delivery" bode well
A devastating warehouse fire hurt Ocado earlier this year, but also pointed to the resiliency of the business model.
Archive: Robotics
Special Relationship? New US partnerships ahead for the UK’s Robotics Hubs?
UK Robotics Week showed how the UK’s Robotics Hubs are reaching out to the world.
Robot ethics - tough questions in system design
The complex world that arises when you try to apply ethics to autonomous machines.
Accenture CEO David Rowland - why technology is the engine of growth in 'The New'
Accenture's interim CEO drills down on what makes Accenture Technology so important to future growth potential.
Don’t like your future? Make up a new one yourself - CIO careers advice from the frontline
At 55, strategy consultant Jukka Virkkunen found himself getting a little too expensive for his clients. His solution? Go back to study - then become a CIO of ambitious Finnish Robotic Process Automation player
Tackling bias in an AI sector that's already too 'pale, male and stale'
AI may still be a relatively young sector of the tech industry, but the same old diversity mistakes are already all too evident.
Blue Prism shows its colours around the rise of the 'Digital Worker'
CTO Dave Moss on why the global RPA provider is still flying under the radar.
ASOS and Ocado - why warehouses matter in an e-commerce retail world
Flashy front-ends are fine, but e-commerce is dependent on back-ends - and these can fail by accident or misjudgement.
Modeling humans for personalized medicine - a prescription for trouble?
Digital Twin technology for modeling individual people, or “personalized medicine,” is a concept for simulating the whole.
Cobots - how to live with them, work with them and love them
The cobot, or collaborative robot, will soon be an accepted and helpful companion in all our working lives, writes ServiceNow's Chris Pope
Getting closer to guidelines on ethical AI
AI is moving fast enough that our ethical framework is falling behind. Here's a critique of four AI characteristics, and a new way of thinking about AI ethics.
The informal NRF demo awards - a countdown of retail tech in action
I've hit on the retail trends and data. Now it's time for the fun stuff: my informal NRF 2019 retail demo awards. Here's my illustrated countdown through the best of the show floor, with an eye for tech having real world impact.
Will robotic news production help or hinder?
An interesting story about robotic news production got me thinking about the place of robots in content production. Does it matter? Do you care?