WHY ROBOTS, TELEHEALTH AND OPEN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ARE
THE TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2021
things like food preparation, security patrol, cleaning and disinfection, and home delivery. “We’ll also see an acceleration of robots in retail and hospitality, to handle tasks like inventory checks, social distancing, hotel check-in, customer service, and inventory management – all without requiring as many human workers on-site”, says Susan Cheng, Marketing Manager, Industrial Vision at Xilinx.
While we are collectively looking to put 2020 as far behind us as possible, 2021 and beyond will be influenced by technological advances that have been prioritized and accelerated during the ongoing pandemic. Robots proliferating beyond the factory floor, doctors assessing your health regardless of location, and finally, the pendulum will swing from the cloud toward increasing the openness of embedded systems. Xilinx looks ahead at 2021. Robots will proliferate beyond the factory floor and into our shops and communities as businesses seek to replace workers worried about close proximity to one another and to reassure consumers about health and safety protocols. Autonomous robots will handle
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Robots also promise to add significant value when paired with humans, playing to the strengths of each. For example, a mobile security robot could scout out dangerous situations to confirm a situation is safe for human security officers. These human officers could then interact with individuals with a level of sensitivity that robots may never be able to achieve. The pandemic is going to accelerate the development and adoption of wide-ranging technology around wireless communications, security protocols and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance remote patient monitoring, point-of-care solutions and telehealth. On telehealth, Subh Bhattacharya, Lead, Healthcare & Sciences at Xilinx predicts that “telehealth including remote monitoring, wireless communications and video conferencing will account for more than one-third of all patient care within the next 5 years and more than half by the end of the decade”.
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