The Internet of Things technology implementation has seen the highest proliferation in the past few years. With businesses around the globe trying to capitalize the scalability of technology in their respective operations, the investment on IoT solutions is poised for growth. Among all the sectors, the retail industry has been the front-runner in adapting to the IoT technologies. According to a report by Jupiter Research, retailers across the world are going to spend an estimated $2.5bn on IoT by 2020. This certainly paves the way for a lot of futuristic IoT technology in the retail industry.

Let us check out some of the innovative examples of IoT that has already been implemented in the retail sector:

Radio-Frequency Identification(RFID)

RFID tagging is an ID system that uses small radio frequency identification devices which can be placed on individual products for identification and tracking purposes. The biggest advantage of using RFID for the retailers is that they can now track the inventory and products on the shelf in the real-time without any manual intervention. Also, this has minimized the product losses or thefts as retailers can now track which product left when and through which channel. RFID also enables simultaneous scanning of all the goods in the customer’s shopping cart as compared to the individual scanning in case of the bar-code stickers.

Digital Signage

Cloud controlled content dissemination through the digital signages have empowered the retailers to upload content for display simultaneously at multiple locations with a single click. Imagine a retailer wanting to promote an exclusive offer to customers at 100 stores at a specific peak time? With the help of digital signages, retailers can perform this action and also track the engagement of the customers syncing it with other IoT sensors. Apart from promotions, retailers can drive engaging content to the customers trying to increase their affinity towards their brand.

Personalized Experience

IoT can merge the personalization of online shopping portals with the physical feeling of the product. With relevant tagging, customers can get messages of  ‘Item frequently bought together’, ‘Similar Products’ or ‘Same product in different colors’. With WiFi and IoT Software, retailers can track the movement of the customers and try to bundle promotions specific to the customers.

While established companies like Accenture have started IoT consulting and technology implementation solutions specific for the retail sector. Some notable IoT Startups in India too have catered to the above purposes of optimizing operations, increasing the engagements and ultimately revenue of the retail sector and brands. EasyReach with its offices in Mumbai, Pune, and Bangalore have implemented innovative IoT solutions for the retail industry in India.

In robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the most exciting field I can say. AI robotics deals with creating efficient and intelligent robots. AI robots are human-made artificial things that act in a real-world environment and do useful stuff. In today’s most advanced AI techniques, the metal and plastic replica of the human body is called a “humanoid robot”, and has the great potential to become a supreme machine. And the analysis shows the humanoid robots will surpass human intelligence by 2030. In today’s article, we will take a look at the top 5 Humanoid AI robots 2024, which are made to tackle the different challenges present in our real world.

Here are the top 5 Humanoid AI robots in 2024

ASIMO by Honda

Honda has made the most advanced and probably the most expensive (nearly US $250,000) humanoid AI robot called ‘ASIMO’. With the significant improvement in autonomy, improved balanced capability, upgraded recognition system, and other technological improvements, the latest ASIMO version was introduced in 2011.

ASIMO can adapt to the environment and thus it can move around in crowded places such as shopping malls, museums, and stations. It can climb stairs, can walk on any surface like a human.

Height: 130cm
Weight: 48Kg
Price: US $2,500,000

ATLAS Unplugged by Boston Dynamics (Google)

After the grand success of PETMAN, Boston Dynamics has made this high mobility, a humanoid robot called as ‘ATLAS’. It was designed to negotiate with the outside environment and rough terrains. It can climb using hands and feet and can walk on lower limbs to leave the upper limbs free to lift or carry something or to manipulate the environment. The first version of Atlas was introduced in July 2013.

The latest version of Atlas with an electrical and control tether to operate the robot is the new generation robot dubbed as ‘Atlas Unplugged’. According to Google’s Boston Dynamics who is the manufacturer of the robot, the machine is nearly 75% new from the previous version, the lower legs and feet remain the same, though. The robot is designed for search and rescue and is made with articulate hands and a full suite of sensors.

Height: 188cm
Weight: 156.4Kg
Price: To be announced

Romeo by Aldebaran Robotics

Aldebaran Robotics has made this humanoid robot with the intent to become a genuine personal assistant with a more emotional element. This AI humanoid robot is called as ‘Romeo’ and has tested innovations like moving eyes, human-robot interaction, force control, the vestibular system, etc. It seeks to become the leader in the area of robotic caregiving and is the upgraded version of the humanoid robot ‘NAO’ which had more than 5000 sales or rentals all over the world.

Romeo is made of carbon fiber and rubber which makes it a lightweight humanoid AI machine. It was designed to avoid any risk of injury to the person who is attending it. Romeo can walk, hear, speak, and see the three-dimensional environment.

Height: 146.7cm
Weight: 36.66Kg
Price: To be announced

ICUB by RobotCub Consortium and the Italian Institute of Technology

ICUB is a humanoid robot designed by the RobotCub Consortium and built by the Italian Institute of Technology. It is an open-source cognitive humanoid robotic platform for research into Artificial Intelligence and human cognition. It learns several cognitive skills by making an interaction with the environment and humans.

ICUB has 53 motors that move its head, arms, hands, waist, and legs. It can see and hear the surroundings. Its new skills enable the gentle and safe interaction between robots and humans.

Height: 104cm
Weight: 22Kg
Price: US $270,000

Kuratas by Suidobashi Heavy Industry

Kuratas is an interesting and rideable humanoid robot that can be controlled by a smartphone app. It has an Operating System V-Sido which offers advanced motion and control. The machine can be ordered directly from AMAZON, JAPAN.

Kuratas was developed by Kogoro Kurata and Wataru Yoshizaki and was built by the Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry. It can be equipped with weapons like a water-powered LOHAS launcher or a smiley Gatling gun.

Height: 380cm
Weight: 5-ton
Price: US $1,300,000

Wrap-Up of Humanoid AI Robots List

An advanced humanoid robot can talk, walk, run, jump, and similarly climb the stairs as we humans do. Such an AI humanoid robot can recognize objects and people, can talk, and maintain a conversation. Though doing some great and amazing things, there is a lot of scope for improvement to make the humanoid robots act like real humans. Not only in industries, laboratories, factories, and warehouses, humanoid AI robots are becoming a part of our society and part of our lives, too.

At the moment such humanoid robots are found in limited numbers as they are pricey and in low demand. But, the market will change shortly, and soon we will see these AI robots ordered in bulk numbers. This list of the Top 5 Humanoid AI Robots 2024 is to give you information about what we had the best in our research. There are a few other humanoid robots that can also be put on the top-rated lists.

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This is long debated question among smartphone users. There is a loyal customer base for both the devices instead of that common user look confused all the time with this question. In this article, we can discuss the reasons why Android should be your first choice than iPhone when you are planning to buy a new smartphone device.

More choices Available with Android:

One of the biggest benefits of choosing Android as your smartphone device is that you can select one from the range of options available. There are dozens of companies which are manufacturing devices based on Android platform. This way you get plenty of options to buy Android device according to your taste and requirements. You can select Android as your choice for the range of options like huge touchscreen, an edge screen, rotating camera, better storage capacity devices etc. You can even fulfill niche demands like dual SIM, physical keyboard, microSD card, removable battery etc. With iPhone, you can’t imagine so much as it comes with specified features and specifications. iPhone offers limited options when you plan to buy smartphone device based on different features like camera, internal hardware, screen etc.

Customization:

Android is considered to be the dream of developers as they are allowed to do customization at any level with these devices. Where Apple prefers to keep things simple and homogenous with default apps and hardware experience Android offers a lot of customization options to keep your device the way you want it to be. It allows you to pick your own level of customization which extends from simple things like customized keyboard, live wallpapers etc. to more advanced features like custom ROM, whole new software experience etc. This open source platform allows users to make changes of their choice anytime effortlessly.

Widgets & Multitasking:

Widgets make your life simple. They are fondly available on your device to make your basic tasks easy. Where Apple allows widgets limited and lives only on notification area in recent devices Android is a champion in the field. It allows you to bring widgets to the home screen for easy tasks and to save your time. Android allows you to set widgets for any of your task to say it for alarms, custom clock, direct calls to contacts in your phone, weather, email, flashlight, messages or anything else. Apart from widgets, Android is offering better multitasking options for long which allow you perform various tasks at a time. Apple iPhone stands nowhere when it comes to multitasking function.

Expandable memory and removable battery:

With Android devices, you can remove or change your device battery anytime you want. Apple iPhone doesn’t allow this feature as it offers non-removable battery devices which come with many limitations. Apart from removable battery option Android also offers expandable memory feature. You can insert microSD card to your device to expand its memory instantly. These SD cards come cheap thus you can expand your device memory easily at a convenient price. iPhone doesn’t support expandable memory feature thus you always feel like running short of device memory.

Cost effective:

Android devices are available for every user for the different price tag. Whereas iPhone comes costlier to cater users of a specific segment. You can find same feature smartphone on Android platform at much lesser price than its competitor from Apple. In fact, we can say smartphones easy availability has become possible only because of Android platform.

Knowing the fact that smartphones on the Android platform are available with more features at a lesser price, it is an obvious choice for users. Though iPhone has its own following than if you are neutral to your choices, Android is definitely a better pick as a smartphone.