Dell's next 'AFTE' software robot will offer cognitive intelligence

The word "robot" may conjure up images of R2-D2 and other three-dimensional hardware creations, but there are also software robots out there, and they're getting smarter.Case in point: Dell’s Automated Full-Time Equivalent (AFTE), a software agent that's programmed to perform repeatable, rules-based tasks in business processes. In healthcare, for example, the tool can speed claims processing from 4.5 minutes down to 45 seconds by automating many of the time-consuming and "boring" tasks, De