The Emerging Tech Brew, my favorite Morning Brew newsletter, recently released a Guide to Robotics. This comprehensive guide lays out everything you need to know about robotics (it even includes ~20 page timeline). This was a great read and I highly recommend the report to anyone interested in technology.
https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech/guides/your-guide-to-robotics
Although the report focuses on physical robots and hardware, they mention Software Robots: “it’s important to mention robotic process automation (RPA) here. It’s a way to automate rote knowledge work tasks using algorithms.” (Field, 2021). Field goes on to explain that the RPA industry is big money. The “leading RPA startup UiPath… announced a $750 million Series F this year” UiPath, which counts Google, NASA, and JPMorgan among its clients, will be valued at $35 billion this year, over 10x more than it was worth in 2018. The RPA and Automation space is exploding and I’m excited to see where it goes.
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