AI goes physical: Navigating the convergence of AI and robotics

Published 2025-12-10

Over the coming 18 to 24 months, resolving these foundational issues will likely enable physical AI and robotics to expand beyond traditional industries.

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Verdict

openFewer than two later editions exist yet (D33).

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

In our research

HorizonsPhysical AI

All captured fields

rank: 1
subject: Physical AI and robotics
horizon: coming 18 to 24 months; next decade
confidence: high
note: Same chapter: 'During the next decade, the intersection of agentic AI systems with physical AI robotic systems will result in robots whose “brains” are agentic AIs.' The executive summary cites 'projections of 2 million workplace humanoids by 2035' (a UBS estimate per the chapter, not Deloitte's own).