PYMNTS.com December 31, 2024
Will 2025 be the year of the public-facing workplace robot?
It’s something operators want to happen in the coming year, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Dec. 31).
The robotics/drone industry had drawn in roughly $12.8 billion in venture capital funding by mid-December, the report said, citing PitchBook data. That’s compared to the $11.6 billion the sector attracted for the whole of 2023.
But while robot-makers are excited about what generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can do for their product, they acknowledge that robots may take some time to interact with humans without some hiccups, the WSJ said.
“Some things which are very easy for people are very hard for robots,” said David Pinn, CEO of Brain Corp, which makes...
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