Deep Dive Where are robots headed first? Robotics technologies have been distributed disproportionately for decades. Concentrated mostly in manufacturing and shipping, One reason robotics have remained concentrated in they’ve been limited to a few key industries like controlled spaces is latency: in factory or warehouse automotive manufacturing and located almost environments, robots largely perform repetitive tasks exclusively in controlled spaces. Amazon currently with little variance, so that connectivity and latency relies on more than 200,000 robots to move packages are of minimal importance. Yet in recent years, as 47 and other goods throughout its warehouses. On a mobile connectivity has become more widespread, daily basis, Chinese e-retailer JD.com guides 200,000 faster and more reliable, companies have begun packages through an entirely automated fulfillment to explore the possibilities of robotics outside of 48 center. FANUC, a Japanese manufacturing company, controlled spaces, and new industries are getting employs a cloud solution that connects more than into the game. 21,000 of its robots, saving customers more than 2,400 hours of unexpected downtime and the company an estimated $72 million since its introduction.49