Abstract: Aspects identify users as trusted assistant candidates in response to associations to purchases of vehicle repair items. Embodiments further select a one of the trusted assistant candidates that is linked to a vehicle operator as a social network contact and that is located closest to a vehicle location relative to remaining others of the trusted assistant candidates, in response to determining that the vehicle operator needs remote location assistance at the vehicle location; and dispatch the selected one of the trusted assistant candidates to the vehicle location to provide remote location assistance to the vehicle operator.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for automated replacement of components in a datacenter. A robot is instructed to follow a route to replace parts within a datacenter. Embodiments include predicting a failure rate for a plurality of computer components within a datacenter. A failure time is then predicted for the computer components based on the corresponding failure rate. A route is created that allows the robot to visit the one or more racks containing the computer components that need to be replaced. The robot then replaces the components that require replacing. In this way, datacenter efficiency is improved and operating costs are reduced.

Abstract: Aspects identify users as trusted assistant candidates in response to associations to purchases of vehicle repair items. Embodiments further select a one of the trusted assistant candidates that is linked to a vehicle operator as a social network contact and that is located closest to a vehicle location relative to remaining others of the trusted assistant candidates, in response to determining that the vehicle operator needs remote location assistance at the vehicle location; and dispatch the selected one of the trusted assistant candidates to the vehicle location to provide remote location assistance to the vehicle operator.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for automated replacement of components in a datacenter. A robot is instructed to follow a route to replace parts within a datacenter. Embodiments include predicting a failure rate for a plurality of computer components within a datacenter. A failure time is then predicted for the computer components based on the corresponding failure rate. A route is created that allows the robot to visit the one or more racks containing the computer components that need to be replaced. The robot then replaces the components that require replacing. In this way, datacenter efficiency is improved and operating costs are reduced.