Small Robot Company plants seeds of Farming-as-a-Service via Tom, Dick and Harry
The ag-tech start-up is developing an AI-powered platform that Tom, Dick and Harry can use to help farmers improve yields and make more money.
Archive: Robotics
Will vendor rankings replace magic quadrants? HfS Research thinks so
Phil Fersht, CEO HfS likes to shake things up. This time it's about replacing 2x2 grids with ranking tables. Has he got it right?
Ocado CEO - here comes the next generation of robots in retail
Ocado’s tech story keeps getting stronger, even if it comes at a cost to the bottom line.
HfS FORA UK - the robots are here, get over it and move on. Next up?
Once in a while I attend a truly stand out event HfS Fora UK was one. Content rich and in fabulous surroundings, the quality of conversation was exceptional.
Enterprise hits and misses - Intel confronts itself; robots come as a service while humans reconfigure
This week - Intel faces a leadership challenge while the business model gets a grilling. Fresh robotics use cases bring you robots as a service (RaaS?). A new report advises humans on their higher skills ground. Plus: your whiffs include a system outage that has me scratching a satirical itch.
The Robot-as-a-Service business model - go Fetch the future of logistics
Making robots more accessible and affordable can help companies struggling to keep up with demand for e-commerce fulfillment.
FedEx recruits robot army to fight e-commerce battle
FedEx’s Ted Dengel outlines some of the key challenges that greater automation will help the deliveries giant to tackle.
The rise of the Farm-bot - ploughing through the possibilities
A new research report to co-incide with UK Robotics Week digs into the possibilities for robots in agriculture.
Pega CEO tells the enterprise software industry to ‘get real’ - builds on automation and low-code capabilities
Alan Trefler isn’t afraid to say what he thinks and at Pega’s annual user event in Las Vegas, he didn’t disappoint. Pega is making a big drive towards low-code and automation.
Insurance giant Aflac transforms people and systems to pay claims in just one day
Aflac is the US’ largest supplement insurance provider and it is using Pegasystems to automate and rethink some of its more complex processes.
Enterprise hits and misses - AI hits the medical industry, Starbucks hits the brakes, Musk embraces humans
This week: AI is changing the medical industry, but the ethics of AI dominate headlines. Starbucks has a bad week, Elon Musk makes a robotic concession, and loads of whiffs and picks.
AI in practice - medical apps have their own health warnings
The medical profession and healthcare generally provide some of the earliest lenses into the useful application of AI. They come with their own health warnings.
Robotic process automation practitioners share sixteen hard-won lessons
The robotic process automation experts at HfS FORA New York City had field lessons galore, and were eager to share. Here's my compilation of the most important RPA project tips and benefits I heard.