Amazon’s head of worldwide client Jeff Wilke unveiled its newest supply drone on the re:MARS convention in Las Vegas on June 5, 2019.
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Amazon does not plan to host its re:MARS convention on cutting-edge applied sciences like robotics and area this yr, the corporate confirmed on Friday. It should incorporate the topics into its current lineup of Amazon Net Companies occasions.
The tech big launched re:MARS, which stands for “Machine studying, Automation, Robotics, and House,” in 2019 as a means for startups, lecturers, researchers and executives to debate the most recent developments in these applied sciences. It morphed out of a non-public, invite-only model of the occasion, known as Mars, that attracted tech elite and was hosted by Amazon founder and govt chairman Jeff Bezos.
The choice to cancel re:MARS was not made for budgetary causes, Amazon stated.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been taking a tough take a look at prices throughout the corporate because it confronts slowing gross sales development and a depressing financial outlook. The corporate has undergone the most important layoffs in its historical past and Jassy has lower plenty of initiatives, together with the Amazon Care telehealth program, touring “treasure truck,” Glow kids’s videoconferencing gadget and Discover digital excursions service.
Amazon used re:MARS to highlight a few of its futuristic improvements, resembling supply drones, warehouse robots, and its first dwelling robotic. Bezos additionally held talks on area colonization, and examined out a pair of big remote-controlled robotic fingers. Finally yr’s convention, Amazon demonstrated a function the place its Alexa digital assistant impersonated a deceased relative.
An Amazon Net Companies spokesperson informed CNBC in a press release: “AWS hosts a whole lot of 1000’s of consumers and companions yearly at a whole lot of occasions all over the world. These occasions present a useful alternative to attach with our clients. Their time is treasured and we take significantly the accountability to make every occasion worthwhile for each attendee, whether or not that is via growing new abilities, figuring out new options that can remodel a company, or constructing new connections that may advance a profession. We consulted with clients and the group as at all times, and for 2023, determined to include re:MARS subjects — machine studying, automation, robotics, and area — right into a well-funded lineup of current AWS occasions.”
