She is the first lifeless speaker ever to attend the annual event designed to bring together technology talent from around the country to discuss emerging technologies, including robotic technology and virtual reality.
New technologies such as robotics process automation (RPA), cognitive computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) are propelling robots from factory floors to corporate offices.
In a new survey, more than half of the respondents claimed that they have invested $100 million or more in smart factory initiatives in the past five years.
Most recent studies on the potential impact of robotic automation processes predict that repetitive, manual processes would be automated, but this new survey casts doubt over previous findings.