Robot Telepresence/Robotize
One of the most noticeable effects of the war is on the labor market.
Overnight, hundreds of thousands of reservists were required to report with the outbreak of war on October 7 by order 8 and were absent from their workplaces for weeks and months.
To this must be added the cessation of the entry of workers from the Palestinian Authority and Gaza and the minority of foreign workers in the Israeli economy.
The labor shortage has affected many sectors of the economy, from high-tech to manufacturing and cleaning.
As in many cases, technological solutions helped fill the ranks and ensure the business continuity of many companies even during the war.
This trend is reflected in a growing demand for the services of two technology companies: the Mitvach company, which established a robotic solutions division called Robotize a few years ago, and the CodeValue company, which provides development teams for special tasks.
Amnon Avi Guy/Micah Loubton
One of the industries that has been suffering for years from an acute shortage of workers is the cleaning industry.
This shortage only intensified during the war, and pushed more and more organizations in a variety of sectors to turn to the help of robots.
Cleaning robots are one of the fastest growing segments in the robot market.
We are all familiar with home robots, but these solutions have also gained momentum in commercial spaces such as hotels, office buildings, retail chains and more.
According to Amnon Avi Guy, CEO of Robotize: "The cleaning industry suffers from a chronic shortage of personnel.
The war exacerbated this in a way that really made it difficult for the day-to-day operations.
Against the backdrop of the war, there is a growing demand coming from new sectors that have not yet adopted this type of solution."
Using advanced sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms, these robots are now able to perform cleaning tasks such as scrubbing, sweeping and washing in a very efficient manner, even in human-occupied spaces. , such as the lobby of an office building. For example, a few months ago, the Wix company inaugurated a huge campus in Galil, which covers thousands of square meters, and as part of the ongoing maintenance of the space, Robotize implemented a fleet of autonomous robots for cleaning tasks throughout the campus.
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An industry that experienced a load of cleaning tasks due to the war is the hotel industry.
As we know, the war brought a wave of tens of thousands of evacuees from the southern and northern settlements, and most of them are temporarily housed in hotels.
Unlike tourists, who usually spend most of their day outside the hotel, for the evacuees the hotel is their temporary home and they stay there for most of the day.
This also produces much more dirt compared to the normal capacity.
Here too the robots come to the rescue.
"Cleanliness is a central aspect that affects the experience of those staying at the hotel. Today, it is almost impossible to maintain a large hotel with a high level of cleanliness without the assistance of robots," says Amnon Avi Guy.
A cleaning robot in a hotel/robotize
One of the lines of robots that found a surprising use in the war are tele-presence robots.
It is a mobile robotic platform that includes a camera that moves in an axis of almost 180 degrees.
These robots allow a person who is not in the place to move the robot in space, control the camera angle and conduct video calls.
In fact, these robots allow a person to "be present" in a place without being physically there.
For example, during the Corona period, Robotize provided such a robot to Tel Aviv University, and this made it possible for a donor from abroad, who was prevented from arriving due to flight restrictions, to be present at a scholarship distribution ceremony, and even to go on stage and carry things.
Even during the war, these robots are gaining momentum because they allow workers who have been evacuated from their homes, for example, to be "present" at the workplace without physically coming to it, as well as for managers to monitor the work in the factory remotely.
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Another company whose services are in increased demand due to the unique needs of the war is CodeValue.
Codevolio is a company of software and development experts who provide development services to companies and organizations.
In fact, Kodavlio provides an experienced team of developers who can quickly jump into any project and assist a company that currently must continue to meet its business goals and does not have the appropriate skilled manpower for any number of reasons.
Tali Shem Tov/Shay Oknin
Since the beginning of the war, Kodvelio's services have become more popular than ever, and this in view of the fact that the rate of reservists in the high-tech sector is quite high and the lack of skilled workers has made it difficult for many high-tech companies to meet the demanding schedules of the high-tech world.
Tali Shem Tov, CEO of Kodvalio: "We see an increase of about 50% in the demand for relatively small development teams, in order to step into the shoes of the recruits.
This is also reflected in the duration of the project, if usually an average development project lasts between 6-9 months, these days, against the background of the war, the demand is for relatively short-term projects of about 3-5 months."
Accelerated transition to the cloud
One of Kodvelio's areas of expertise is in the field of moving to the cloud.
Today, many organizations are increasingly moving their information systems and data servers to the cloud.
This trend was also accelerated against the background of the war.
One of the advantages of moving to the cloud is that the cloud infrastructure allows organizations to easily switch to remote work in an emergency. Tali Shem Tov of Kodvalio says that: "Just like the Corona epidemic, the war illustrated the need to move to the cloud as part of maintaining business and operational continuity, and we see an acceleration in the transition of Organizations for cloud infrastructures from more and more sectors that used to be more conservative in this sector."
Meli Bitzur Farnes/Anat Kazola
Mali Bitzur Farnes, CEO of the Tefen consulting group, which also owns subsidiaries in the field of technology and AI, says that unlike office organizations, such as high-tech companies, where a cloud infrastructure is enough to enable remote work, in the manufacturing world, remote work requires much more complex technological infrastructures. In this sense, Israeli industry is seen as a bit unprepared for the current scenario. Israeli industry lags behind in regards to automation technologies. For example, according to the International Federation of Robots, in Israel (as of 2020) there are only 31 industrial robots per 10,000 workers. For comparison, in South Korea There are about 932 and the average in Europe is 200. The more "robotic" the industry is, the more widespread a transition to remote operation can be made in an emergency, such as in war. In recent years there has been an effort to promote the transition to a smart industry, and a scenario of war in the North illustrates the urgent need to promote automation In industry.
According to Bitzur Farnes, the adoption of technology plays a decisive role in the ability of businesses to exist and prosper. As part of the work with the Institute for Advanced Creation of the Ministry of Economy, which is owned by Tefen, about 500 implementations of advanced technologies were carried out in the last three years, and the war only increases the demand.
The programs focus on the digitization of the production floor, the implementation of robotics, smart decision-making systems and the development of human capital.
All of these can significantly improve productivity, in no time.
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