Tech Edge 2025

Come explore the transformative potential of robotics and IT. Let’s discuss emerging trends, disruptive innovations, and their implications for industries, economies, and society in general.  For sure strategic opportunities across multiple industries exists, but what are the challenges these industries will face adopting this new technology?  Will this technology impact your world?
 
We will dive into how the integration of AI, machine learning, and IoT is enabling smarter, autonomous robots.  How cloud computing and edge processing enhances real-time decision-making in robotics.  
For example: Collaborative robots (cobots) in manufacturing, leveraging 5G for seamless IT integration.
 
We will investigate how industries are being transformed, such as healthcare using surgical robots and AI-driven diagnostics improving precision and accessibility within our nation’s healthcare.    How autonomous drones and warehouse robots are optimizing supply chains and why precision agriculture with robotic harvesters and IT-driven data analytics will prove farming more profitable in the future.
 
What about job disruption vs. job creation?   What about cybersecurity threats that come with IT-robitic systems?  Will robotics and automation displace 20% of jobs by 2030?  Will the idea of robots or cobots really impact us here in Kansas? 
 
Come with an open mind and maybe leave thinking more outside the box than you have in the past.