Forbes January 24, 2025
In his CES 2025 keynote, Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, delivered this widely quoted observation: “The ChatGPT moment for general robotics is right around the corner.” To support his “right around the corner” prediction, Huang listed three specific robotic embodiments that can function immediately without special environmental accommodations:
- AI agents perform tasks just like any other information worker
- Self-driving vehicles operate on roads that are already in place
- Articulated humanoid robots fit directly into our physical surroundings, sensing and manipulating objects as people do
For enterprises with significant physical assets, I want to point out a fourth embodiment:
- Industrial automation systems become increasingly robotic as physical AI expands autonomy beyond machines to include larger-scale processes. With this...