“These are the droids you’re looking for”
Did you get the quote? Drones, robots and machines are shaping our present and the future will be disrupted by a fleet of flying, rolling and walking operators. Scared or curious? Follow us in this R20 issue.
It’s Xmas time!
The future has been shown at the last Drone World Expo in the heart of Silicon Valley: there’s a mountain of money to be made in this nascent industry, perhaps almost $12 billion a year by 2023 and the drone market ecosystem map is getting wider and wider.
What about my Xmas gifts list?
Not this year, sorry. Drone industry is going to affect our daily life, with tons of new drones coming in the market: commercial (and military) drones as the Flexrotor, consumer drones as the Karma by GoPro and delivery drones as Starship and the new fleet of Amazon. We’re going to have dedicated airports and plenty of drone related services: you can manage your aerial data, build entire commercial solutions or boost your supply chain application with the upcoming Reply Platform.
So, no gadgets, right?
Ideas are better: meet Raff D’Andrea and his stunning work on drones and robots technology.
A little biographic tip: in 2012 he sold its startup KIVA to Amazon for $775 millions. Now Amazon Robotics is a fleet of tens of thousands robots working in their fulfilment centers.
That’s amazing! Wait: are those drones or robots?
Even the word “robot” is going to be meaningless. All the tech giants are working to build robotics departments: see Uber strategies, Google difficulties in finding a unique vision for its Replicant robotics army and Disney Research experiments that leads to something maybe you’ve heard about.
What?
BB-8 droid from the “Star Wars: the Force Awakens” movie, in theaters from December 16th. It works well as a Xmas gift, too :) Happy holidays, see you in 2016!
Originally published on Reply.eu / December 2015
