Amid global labor shortages driven by declining birth rates, humanoid robots are increasingly being developed and considered as viable solutions to fill workforce gaps. This was a key topic at the recent Humanoids Summit in Tokyo, where experts highlighted the urgent need for physical AI to address the shrinking labor pool in countries like Japan and the United States.
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