In the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, recent studies have indicated potential new markets as technology brings us to the emersion of different types of advanced robotics. These new markets provide an opportunity for innovative creativity and capitalization.
The progression of technology over the past decade has played a significant role in creating better artificial intelligence. Major improvements have been apparent in robotic control, sensing, vision, localization, mapping, and planning modules. These forward leaps in technology, creation of algorithms, and new software have helped some industries reshape the direction of how they work. Particularly, the automotive industry is a great example of adaptation to advanced-robotics. Times are changing, from the progression of technology to the increase of safety. On top of that, efficiency being enhanced in the automotive industry has provided incentive for other industries to autotomize aspects of their in-house operations. Many forms of advanced robotics are becoming an appealing investment to certain markets who might not have seen their use in the past.
An industry that could possibly see contribution from advanced robotics as time progresses is the constructions industry. Construction percentages generally sit at around 10% in modern countries, where as in developing countries it is not uncommon to see those percentages at 25%. Recently, the introduction of IFC-based software provided results showing an ability to successfully exchange data between architectural and structural models across multiple disciplines. Companies are now Incorporating BIM-based code processes to increase efficiency and precision of code compliance. Tying the whole operation together, is a web-based Integrated Interface Management System (WIIMS) that acts as the lubrication of the coding and software, it basically reduces conflicts and reworks. Ultimately, incorporating all of that technology together creates an autonomous system that is capable of identifying risks, and creating a safer environment in the workplace.
Some innovative opportunity in these markets would be the design of new robotics, finding ways to incorporate modern software and design for efficiency in a certain field of service, study, or practice that is perhaps lacking in some way, or "behind" in the modern technology.
About twenty years ago most people worked out and got sweaty in cotton shirts, until an entrepreneur named Kevin Plank from the University of Maryland decided to design a lightweight, skin tight, work-out shirt that allowed athletes bodies to sweat and breathe whilst maintaining its tight comfort and fit. He introduced the world to Under Armour technology in clothing!
In the field of robotics, there are many opportunities to introduce the world to the benefits of modern technology, its a matter of recognizing a deficiency and possessing the diligence to coordinate a strategy from start to finish, then executing it.
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