As Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang said in a conference at Taipei in June 2024, ‘The next wave of AI is physical AI. The era of robotics has arrived.’ AI is going to be integrated into the physical world. The US leads in AI advances — the software and internet revolution emanates from Silicon Valley. However, Asian Tech giants are good at the hardware side of things.
Things are moving beyond chatbots and software into the physical world. There would be more of AI-enabled hardware and robotics. And this will come from Asia.
According to projections by Citigroup, there would be 1.3 billion AI robots globally by 2035 and 4 billion by 2050. Their work will include ranging from household chores to delivering parcels. China will have an impressive presence here. It has more than 70 per cent of all robotic patents. Japan and Korea too have 7 and 5 per cent patents respectively. The US contributes just 3 per cent. It is Asian dominance.
Japan leads in technologies that adapt to automation. AI-driven hardware and software are being developed across all types of work.
Whether 2025 will see the rise of AI robots is doubtful but it is certain that they are coming, and they are coming from Asia.
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