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During the early days of the crisis, Insider selected the top ten people from North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific transforming the manufacturing industry, and recently brought six of those honorees together for a roundtable discussion.
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Que Dallara, CEO of Honeywell s Connected Enterprise,
Artug Acar, director of product management at warehouse robotics firm RightHand Robotics and
Colin Parris, chief technology officer and senior vice president at GE Digital. From the Asia Pacific region, we had
Ronna Chao, chairperson of Novetex Textiles. From Europe, we had
Selina Ambrose, technical manager of nanomaterial maker Promethean Particles and
New president of Universal Robots defines his leadership style and strategy for driving innovation in manufacturing Hazel Davis Finn Broendum/Universal Robots
Kim Povlsen, the newly appointed president of Universal Robots, talks to Insider about his strategy to drive creativity.
Universal Robots launched the world s first commercially viable collaborative robot (or cobot) in 2008.
Because of his work, Insider named former Universal Robots president, Jurgen Von Hollen to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming manufacturing in Europe.
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Universal Robots launched the world s first commercially viable collaborative robot (or cobot) in 2008 and has since become the fastest-growing segment of the global robotics market. With the recent departure of Jurgen Von Hollen, the company s new president Kim Povlsen, the new enzyme to the UR innovation formula, and former elite athlete talks to Insider about leadership, human ing
Insider s Senior Tech Correspondent Lisa Eadicicco led a panel about the future of mobile devices with Qualcomm s Mobile, Compute, and Infrastructure senior vice president, Alex Katouzian, Lenovo s commercial and portfolio lead, Tom Butler, and Harpreet Rai, the CEO of smart ring company Oura
The conversation eventually came to how technology will aid in the shift to remote work.
Connectivity and smart technology are crucial to support the shift to remote work and to help people interact when they re not in the same space, Qualcomm s Katouzian said. You are able to do the work, you are able to continue, you are able to have much more productivity, but you have to have the right devices, you have to have the right connectivity, he said.
In conversation with Insider s Senior Tech Correspondent Lisa Eadicicco, Rai whose company produces $300 rings that monitor the wearer s skin temperature and heart rate said wearables will increasingly be able to detect warning signs. For example, perhaps an alarm would sound if your biometric readings were abnormal and your wearable would alert you to see a medical professional. You go to the doctor after you have a heart attack, he said. No one s really going to get all the regular checkups . that we should, and wearables can fill that gap.
About 25% of the NBA used about 2,000 Oura rings last year to track players biometric data and ensure that they and their coaches remained COVID-free in the league s bubble. The ring usage was optional, as the league had a number of other safety measures in place, but the intent was to be able to identify signs of infection early on.
Execs from Qualcomm, Lenovo, and Oura discussed the biggest changes happening in the tech industry.
These include the shift to flexible screens and how 5G will usher in new gadgets like AR glasses.
We also spoke about how wearables are getting much better at detecting changes in our body.
Because of his work, Insider named Harpreet Rai, CEO of Oura, to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming consumer tech.
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The tech industry is usually synonymous with change and innovation, but the past two years have been particularly significant.
We began seeing the first smartphones with foldable screens hit the market, next-generation 5G networks reached the masses, and wearable devices have made great advancements when it comes to monitoring our health.