AI + Robots: What Happens When Intelligence Gets a Body?

AI-powered robots are moving intelligence from screens into the physical world. By combining humanoid machines, autonomous equipment, and foundation models, robots could learn new tasks across factories, warehouses, logistics, agriculture, and construction without requiring individual programming. This shift could lower automation costs, improve productivity, and reshape physical labour globally. However, widespread adoption still depends on reliability, safety, affordability, and adaptability, raising important questions about jobs, skills, and how human work evolves alongside increasingly capable machines.