"They account for more than 90% of all businesses, roughly half of value added, and more than two-thirds of business employment."
2024: Most Important Year in the History of Robotics
While their governments have failed them and robot-cobot vendors ignored them, technology, specifically, GenAI, is now poised to set them free.
The Backstory: Why Things Are as They Are
The commoditized cobot
There are more than 300 million SMEs on the planet, all looking for one thing: tools to make them better. Tools that would make them more productive, spur innovation, increase their nation’s GDP, and create jobs, careers, and peace of mind.
Their tool of choice, if they could get their hands on them: Robots and cobots. The everything tool for the 21st century SME.
While their governments have failed them and robot-cobot vendors ignored them, technology, specifically, GenAI, is now poised to set them free.
Get ready for the Home Depot-brand rental cobot, or those from HomePro or Bauhaus; all cloud-connected GenAI-powered cobots that understand every language and every job to be done.
Collectively, the global buying power of SMEs, according to Statista, is $602 billion annually. Imagine if SMEs banded together and opted to rent from or buy exclusively the Bauhaus-brand cobot, demoed and made available at 250 Bauhaus stores in 19 EU countries? Each delivered and set up gratis, plus a special discount for Bauhaus cloud services. Spectacular could well be the results.
And while renting or buying their Bauhaus cobot, what other odds and ends would they purchase while in-store?
Best of all for home improvement retailers, SMEs are an entire new segment of commercial customer that could easily flatter any bottom line with billions in new revenue. Certainly, something to think about in the Bauhaus boardroom.
Forty Years Is a Mighty Long Time!
There are more than 300 million SMEs on the planet, all looking for one thing: tools to make them better. Tools that would make them more productive, spur innovation, increase their nation’s GDP, and create jobs, careers, and peace of mind.
Their tool of choice, if they could get their hands on them: Robots and cobots. The everything tool for the 21st century SME.
While their governments have failed them and robot-cobot vendors ignored them, technology, specifically, GenAI, is now poised to set them free.
Get ready for the Home Depot-brand rental cobot, or those from HomePro or Bauhaus; all cloud-connected GenAI-powered cobots that understand every language and every job to be done.
Collectively, the global buying power of SMEs, according to Statista, is $602 billion annually. Imagine if SMEs banded together and opted to rent from or buy exclusively the Bauhaus-brand cobot, demoed and made available at 250 Bauhaus stores in 19 EU countries? Each delivered and set up gratis, plus a special discount for Bauhaus cloud services. Spectacular could well be the results.
And while renting or buying their Bauhaus cobot, what other odds and ends would they purchase while in-store?