Tag: alexa

  • Amazon introduces home monitoring robot

    Amazon introduces home monitoring robot

    Amazon has launched a small, humanoid-ish security robot for the home, called Astro, although it’s currently only available “exclusively by invitation”, whatever that means.  The online retail giant, which probably operates the largest fleet of autonomous warehouse robots in the world, says Astro is a “household robot for home monitoring”. On its website, Amazon adds:…

  • BMW partners with Amazon to integrate Alexa artificial intelligence into its cars

    BMW partners with Amazon to integrate Alexa artificial intelligence into its cars

      BMW is to integrated Amazon’s Alexa artificial intelligence into its in-car systems. Amazon Alexa will be available in BMW and Mini vehicles starting in mid-2018. Users can ask Alexa in-car to get directions, call a business, play music or Audible content, control your smart home, check the news, and so on – without downloading…

  • Interview: Fast-moving robotics and automation market prompts updates to forecasts

    Interview: Fast-moving robotics and automation market prompts updates to forecasts

    The global market for robotics and automation systems is growing so fast that it’s causing seasoned industry analysts to revise their forecasts.  For example, the Boston Consulting Group released a report into the robotics which it has now updated with new numbers. The causes of the reviews include the relatively new interest in personal robotics…