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Global workforce shortages are accelerating the adoption of unmanned solutions for several industries. Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) can play an important role in this process by lowering costs and performing tasks in remote areas where workers are difficult to find. There is a significant overlap in military and commercial UGVs, with many platfo...

The year 2021 was pivotal for contact centers. Organizations grappled with the continual challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic while working to meet customer demand for efficient service and an improved customer experience (CX). The contact center and CX landscape was severely affected by the disruptions caused by the pandemic, which accel...

Automotive perception sensors based on cameras, LiDAR, ultrasonics, and conventional 2D radars have come far in their detection, range, resolution, and processing capabilities but still have inherent limitations. High deployment costs and the inability to detect in adverse weather conditions, see through solid objects, or meet other safety requirem...

As enterprises increase their use of both cloud and physical infrastructures to support a digital business, they require tools that enable easy, efficient, and consistent management of all environments. As such, hybrid cloud management platforms have evolved to provide common functionality across infrastructures, architectures, and vendors. For pla...

After a deep contraction in 2020, the global economy staged a strong recovery in 2021, aided by robust fiscal stimulus measures, a dovish monetary policy, and a nearly 50% full vaccination rate. While recovery is set to continue into 2022, geopolitical tensions, high inflationary pressures, supply-chain disruptions, and a projected tightening of gl...

Safety concerns regarding the use of drones are limiting growth for the commercial UAS market in the Middle East, with certain countries, such as Kuwait, Syria, and Iraq, banning drone operations of all types. However, other states, like Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), permit drone use in the commercial sector. Moreover, technological ad...

The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Opportunity Engine for March 2022 covers innovations pertaining to collaborative, inket printers, additive manufacturing and humanoid sending robots among others. Some of the interesting innovations profiled include collaborative welding robots for industrial applications, shape-shifting robots for nanoscale m...

This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features information on the use of anaerobic membrane bioreactors for high contaminant removal and biogas production from industrial wastewater. The TOE covers innovations based on the use of mechanically assisted chemical exfoliation technology for embedding the captured carbon to form concrete addi...

This issue of the Nanotechnology Opportunity Engine profiles technology developments related to nanomaterials that can be used for both structural and non-structural applications. The issue also highlights innovations related to nanoadditives that can be used for imparting antimicrobial and protective characteristics for coatings and profiles devel...