The wheeled machine, which looks like an oversized floating computer scanner, is capable of moving up to 3,300 pounds around a warehouse without incident. It takes in its environment and learns, meaning that new obstacle somebody put in its way is now part of its programming. Otto receives orders, reports on its status, and notifies human operators of issues in real-time. And it has revolutionized warehouse management and logistics as we know it in just a decade: Otto’s maker, privately owned Clearpath Robotics, was founded in 2009 by a group of four University of Waterloo graduates.

Executive summary

Disruption

Leveraging technology

Analytics

Artificial intelligence

Internet of Things

Improving infrastructure

Automation (RPA)

Cybersecurity

Finance transformation

Future of work

Expanding horizons

Globalization

Governance

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