An orange KUKA robot joined the stage at NVIDIA’s recent AI conference GTC, appearing alongside NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, founder and head of the world’s most valuable publicly listed company. His keynote made one thing clear: industrial automation is entering a new phase. In manufacturing, AI systems will not only analyze and predict, but perceive, decide and act autonomously in the physical world. Physical AI and advanced robotics are rapidly becoming key to modern manufacturing, supply chains, and industrial services as they boost productivity and competitiveness. This transformation is accelerated by breakthroughs in largescale AI models, simulation driven innovation, and powerful compute architectures spanning devices, edge systems, and datacenters. KUKA…