Robotic process automation (RPA) is the game-changer your organization doesn't know about. There are only a few leaders in your organization who fully appreciate the potential of RPA. The hype about RPA reminds me of the hype about the Internet in the mid-1990s. We know it's going to take off, but we don't know where or how this idea of knowledge-sharing will be adopted. RPA applies AI and machine-learning capabilities to perform a repeatable task that previously required humans to perform.

Football fans have long been bombarded with an array of statistics ranging from the number of successful passes completed to the distance covered by each player in English Premier League matches. But that approach is blind to the context of the game and the specific role of each player. What is needed is a new system that can reveal not only what distance players covered in a game, but why they covered it and at what intensity. These statistics would tell managers and coaches who on their team is following the game plan and who is playing a game of their own. It is this method that our new research has explored.

Her name is JiLL and she is here to assist you as the new receptionist and concierge at the company's facilities management division in Sydney. Chris Hunt, Australasian Head, Integrated Facilities Management at JLL shows JiLL a 57cm tall NAO robot. JiLL joins the team as the firm's corporate front of house admin team for it's new offices at 50 Carrington Street She is 57cm tall humanoid NAO robot and part of the agent's next step in what it calls its workplace strategy. Having robots in warehouses is not a new idea, but creating one to be the front of house administrator shows where automation could lead in the white collar office sector. The idea is that some tasks can now be done by robots, leaving employees to focus on more in-depth "tactical activities".