Key markets are shifting, both incrementally The advent of 5G has arrived, and with and radically, in ways that make robotics it comes a world more connected and implementation increasingly more practical, powerful than ever before. popular and profitable. 5G rollouts are happening worldwide. The US, UK, Germany and Urban populations are on the rise, and with them grows the South Korea already have 5G in some regions, with many more 37 42 opportunity for robotic delivery capabilities at scale. A recent study countries planning to follow suit in the next year. South Korea’s SK revealed that there is strong demand among 57 percent of global Telecom hit one million 5G subscribers in the first 140 days of service, 43 consumers for more restaurants to offer delivery; meanwhile, looking surpassing its 2011 4G LTE uptake. And 5G is expected to account beyond food, global parcel volume is expected to more than double, for 40-50 percent of global mobile connections by 2034.44 38,39 from 87 billion in 2018 to 200 billion by 2025. Companies are already piloting delivery robots in testbed regions.40 In 2019, carriers AT&T and Verizon both launched their 5G networks in more than a dozen US stadiums. The concentration of people, The growing industry of Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) allows along with an augmented reality (AR) experience use case, made manufacturing companies to outsource the often-prohibitive, these venues the ideal place to vet the early rollouts. In the stadium, up-front cost of automation, which offloads risk. The RaaS installed fans could connect to the network and participate in AR experiences base is expected to experience a massive increase during a 10-year through their smartphones, such as dancing with virtual NFL players.45 period, from approximately 4,000 units in 2016, to more than one million in 2026.41 The record-breaking speeds, capacity for a higher number of connections and minimal latency of 5G are enabling a new frontier in the internet of things (IoT). In the healthcare industry, 5G devices are already being developed to enable remote surgery, which would allow for highly specialized training for the next generation of doctors. The expansion will bring previously inaccessible healthcare to worldwide populations.46