AI: A Key Enabler for Sustainable Development Goals: Part 2 [Industry Activities]

In Part 1 of this article [2], we discussed artificial intelligence (AI) as an enabler of the SDGs. In this part, our focus is on the role of robotics and automation (RA increasing rapidity, precision, repeatability, reliability, fl exibility, productivity, and competitiveness; and tackling serious problems in humanitarian, economic, and environmental dimensions, such as agriculture, health-care services in isolated areas, mining in dangerous environments, and managing natural and human -made disasters. The following sections shed light on the role that R&A will play in achieving the biosphere-, society-, and economy related SDGs.

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