// Forecasts, Surveys. Reports, & Blue-Sky Thinking // The global smart home market will be worth $97.61bn in 2025, according to Transparency Market Research, growing at a CAGR of 14.6% from $30.02bn in 2016. Industrial robotics sales reached 380,550 units in 2017, up 29% compared to 2016, according to the International Federation of Robotics. The demand-response market will hit $3.5bn by 2025, according to Frost & Sullivan, propelled by enabling IoT technologies, growing from $900m in 2017. // Hardware // Artosyn has licensed CEVA’s XM4 machine-vision processor IP, for use in an embedded AI SoC – the AR9X01. Artosyn specializes in drones and robotics SoCs. Silicon Labs is showing off a new version of its Wireless Gecko SoC, which features…