Intel Blew Mobile, But It Does Have Robots and Wearables

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California — Jimmy, an Intel-powered, 3D-printable robot made a surprise appearance at Recode's Code Conference on Wednesday.

The pint-sized bot was announced earlier this year and costs roughly $16,000. However, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, who was on stage with Recode's Walt Mossberg, also briefly showed off a new $1,600 Edison kit robot.

"Robots are coming, like it or not," said Krzanich.

The demonstrations were part of frank technology discussion where Krzanich admitted Intel had stumbled on mobile. "We missed the tablet. We missed that transition.”

"If you look at computing all through history, it’s gotten continuously smaller, more mobile, more connected," said Krzanich. However, Intel wanted to stop that transition at laptops, while the market, obviously moved on. Read more...