Physical artificial intelligence, which runs on next-generation telecom networks to move things in the real world, is expanding rapidly from controlling individual devices to managing city infrastructure and industrial sites.
Major global carriers are racing to lead the smart city and smart factory markets with base stations that carry AI computing power and ultra-low-latency networks.
Telecom infrastructure effectively becomes a giant control tower that monitors citywide traffic flows in real time and intervenes in the physical world.
In Japan, a manufacturing powerhouse, major carriers are also leading physical AI demonstrations in robotics and manufacturing with next-generation networks.
The company is also accelerating demonstrations with Yaskawa Electric, a leading Japanese industrial robot maker, to embed physical AI in manufacturing sites that require precise physical tasks.