April 2021

Breakthrough:

A society optimized by friendly coexistence with robots

Innovator:

Roomba “understands” the house it works in
Robot arms for home use to be developed in next few years
Colin Angle
CEO
iRobot

Challenger:

Convenience stores adopt robots capable of remote operations
Displays created with the human aesthetic—not AI
Jin Tomioka
CEO
TELEXISTENCE Inc.

Emerging Tech & Biz:

Four-legged robot “Spot”
Surveying the programming environment