Convergence: robotics, medicine, AI, and human connection) | Uday Kumar, MBA | TEDxCamino Ramon St

A TEDxCamino Ramon talk by Uday Kumar, MBA, on how technology, robotics and AI intersect with healthcare and real-world decision-making. Kumar draws on a 25-year career advising organizations in energy, finance, manufacturing and healthcare, including work leading large-scale technology efforts within a complex public healthcare system. The talk focuses on the limits of reactive systems and the cost of waiting, and on early telehealth experiments that he describes as a necessity rather than a convenience. Its central message is that science can rebuild a body, but people, humor and care are needed to bring a person back.

• Intersection of robotics, medicine, AI and human connection
• Lessons from 25 years advising energy, finance, manufacturing and healthcare organizations
• Early telehealth experiments in a large public healthcare environment
• The role of trust, execution and human judgment in technology adoption

We arereminded us that science can rebuild a body — but it takes people, humor, and love to bring a person back Uday Kumar works at the intersection of technology and real-world systems where human decisions carry real consequences. A consultant and enterprise operator, he helps organizations bridge the gap between breakthrough innovation and real-world impact where trust, execution, and human lives are on the line. Over a 25-year career advising organizations across energy, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare, Uday has seen how technological progress reshapes industries in very different ways. But it was in healthcare that the limits of reactive systems and the cost of waiting became most visible, and where his work became most personal and consequential. Earlier in his career, Uday led large-scale technology efforts within one of the country’s most complex public healthcare environments. There, he was involved in early experiments with tele- health, not as a convenience, but as a necessity. Learn more of Uday's lengthy experience on conference day! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx