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[email protected] November 2019 - Vol. 18 No. 7 Group Publisher : Babu Nair Group Editor : Manoj Agrawal Editor : N. Mohan A robot for a CHRO Editorial visiting tech lead at a robotics and communications lab outside Kyoto in Japan, Mehul Dani, Ravi Lalwani, V. Raghuraman who also teaches at Osaka University, which is a 2-hour commute for him, has Research Editors A created a robotic duplicate of himself, which can actually handle his teaching Prof Venugopal Iyengar, V. Babu, duties, once activated from a computer at the university lab. While the robot is not Ratnakar Deole, W.A. Wijewardena, doing this ‘in absentia’ job still, such a Sanchit Gogia, K.C. Shashidhar, proposition is not far off. Dr L.S. Subramanian, Ajay Kumar Another case is that of K2, a humanoid developed by Tech Mahindra Advisor-Alliances and deployed at its Noida campus. K2 Ateeq Siddique is said to be taking up HR functions Marketing with a human touch. It is described Kailash Purohit, Jikkumon Philipose, as a machine with a perfect blend of Reshma Mandal knowledge and kindness, handling routine HR transactions and offering Events & Operations constant assistance to the HR team in Gautam Magare, Shirish Joshi, creating an enhanced employee experience. K2 uses artificial intelligence and can Stalin Saldhana, Pramod Jadhav, initiate a conversation without any need for wake-up commands.