Billions of robots in 10 years

Billions of robots within a decade? A similar growth curve to smartphones?

We currently have about 30 million robots on the planet, not counting Roombas and similar small bots. RobotLab CEO Elad Inbar says that will hit BILLIONS with a B within 10 years.

We discuss the exponential increase in commercial robots globally and predict billions of robots integrating into daily activities, from service industries to personal assistance, over the next decade. We chat about the evolution of robotics from novelty items to essential aspects of business operations, highlighting the role of robots in automating mundane tasks and their future potential in enhancing customer service and living standards.

Inbar also emphasizes the importance of service infrastructure to support the widespread adoption of robotics technology, drawing parallels with past technological advancements like mobile phones and cars. And we dive into specific applications of robots in restaurants, cleaning services, and healthcare, particularly for dementia patients, and the franchise model RobotLab is adopting to expand its reach and capacity to deliver robotics solutions.

00:00 The Dawn of the Robot Decade: Envisioning a Future with Billions of Robots
01:02 The Big Picture: Robots Transforming Business and Society
07:10 The Current State of Robotics: From Hospitality to Manufacturing
09:50 The Future of Work: Robots Filling the Gaps in the Workforce
12:40 Enhancing Customer Service: How Robots are Changing the Game
13:31 The Restaurant Revolution: Robots Taking Over Service Roles
16:35 Exploring the Role of Robots in Restaurants
16:47 Adapting Robots to Different Restaurant Environments
18:18 Growth Areas Beyond Restaurants: Cleaning and Retail
22:47 The Future of Customer-Facing Robots
24:00 Robots in Assisted Living: A Compassionate Solution
27:09 Unlocking the Potential of Robotics in Business

[brigfiche]

Our world was designed around 6' tall right-handed human labor, which may not be optimum for robots. As we stand on the brink of a robotic revolution, it's fascinating to consider how our environments might evolve to accommodate these new inhabitants. Will we redesign our spaces to be more robot-friendly, or will we engineer robots to adapt to our human-centric world?

[alexandrustefanmiron]

Sure, we are talking about eating bugs, freezing in dark but we have enough resources to build bil of robots! I will prep my popcorn and wait for the green steel bil robots!

[TheChromePoet]

Now I see why Detective Spooner was so angry with robots. Creativity will be replaced with efficiency, and the human touch will have no value.
And I'm all for it, I hate waiting days for a package.

[azhuransmx]

Ray Kurzweil already predicted all what is happening now with extreme precision since early 90's, but little detail it is happening even faster than Kurzweil projections. He said AGI in 2029, but it could hapen even in 2027.

[anonymous.youtuber]

A small miscalculation at 3:20 One half procent of one half procent of eight billion is two hundred thousand.

[gamesndrinks]

I don't like how CEO frame how people don't want to do labor anymore. No one want to do labor for pennies on the dollar. A fair wage could fix that. Just saying....

[supremepartydude]

Are robots going to get a bill of rights to prevent abuse.

[flickwtchr]

23:40 - 24:00 ish is a prime example of how little regard and appreciation these self-aggrandizing entrepreneurs have for workers. Imagine how they treat waiters and waitresses.

[richardouvrier]

Neitzsche: there are no facts, only opinions.

[randymulder]

How will things change? Ceos already do not care for humans and will care even less with robots.

[FrankPowers-qj]

Do we have enough resources for this? They just said we are going to run out of rare earth minerals in 2040.

[williamjmccartan]

This was interesting, thank you for sharing your time and work, both Yanis, and Raoul, peace

Question for you Raoul

What will be the result of millions and perhaps a billion working humunoid robots in the developed world? I mean if you have the robots you don't need immigration from developing countries, and that is just one of the knock on affects of our current technology being created, another would be the individuals who will not have a job to show up to, how do we harness their creativity to make the global community prosper, and will the creator's of the technology be willing to have there creations pay at least a 10% income tax for every hour, day, month, year? Its a big question with multiple threads but I thought I'd throw it out there, peace

[ronaldgarrison]

2:05 Except PONA, like me. I had one in 2001, for a little while, which had mostly dead spots, so was abandoned. I didn't go to cell phone for real until 2006. Like I said, PONA.

[Bregylais]

Do we even have the crude resources to build a billion robots to begin with? The earth will have a severe silver-shortage alone by 2028, which is crucial for building electronic components. Dreaming of an endlessly scaling economy is fun and all, but we should balance ourselves against reality from time to time, no?

[CheckYourPulseShorts]

I always press the emergency stop button on the back of a robot when I see it

[garryjones]

This sounds like the flying cars and floating cities back in the 50's

[gonzogeier]

Until the surface of earth is completely filled with robots? What should all the robots do? Building ten houses for everyone? Or 20 cars for every single people?

[DesignDesigns]

Sometimes, I feel, we are being too optimistic about

[lokijordan]

What's surprising about this given the rise of the smartphone? It seems like the next logical extension.

[recycle]

Yes the system is supposed to be built to take care of all life. Robots make that possible