There are seven key megatrends driving the future of enterprise IT. You can remember them all with the helpful mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands forCloud Computing,Artificial Intelligence,Mobility,Big Data,Robotics,Internet of Things,CyberSecurity.

In this post we dive deeper into the trend of Robotics.

Operating along a spectrum of human controlled to semi-autonomous to totally independent, robots are already operating in our world. They save lives in hospitals, are taking the place of humans in dangerous jobs, improve our oil exploration and farming, endure the hazards of outer space and now fight our wars. Soon they will make driving safe. Like AI, Robotics hold great potential to displace large portions of the global workforce. Robotic factories are already causing a large shift of manufacturing back from China to the US and we expect that trend to continue (but the bad news is that new robotic manufacturing plants employ far fewer people).

We believe all countries should assume they are in a race towards robotics manufacturing and we should plan to win that race. Right now we are not. The US stands the chance of losing to other regions if we do not lead with vision.

A snapshot of the trend right now indicates:

Open questions decision-makers should track include:

Books we appreciated for context around Robotics include:

A great way to track the emerging developments in this domain is our page on Robotic Companies.

For deeper considerations of the impact of Roboticson enterprise IT it is important to track all seven MegaTrends and consider them together. Dive deeper into all the trends and examine their impact on your organization via aCTOvision Pro membership, available for enterprises and individuals.

You can launch your examination of the MegaTrends through the categories menu at CTOvision, or directly via these links: Cloud Computing,Artificial Intelligence,Mobility,Big Data,Robotics,Internet of Things,CyberSecurity.

Originally posted here:

Update On The Megatrend of Robotics - CTOvision (blog)