Summary

Industrial production is entering a new stage of development, according to experts at the World Economic Forum. This shift is driven by increasing process complexity, labor shortages, and global economic uncertainty. Advances in hardware, artificial intelligence, and machine vision are shaping the concept of “physical AI” — robotic systems capable of perceiving, analyzing, and acting autonomously. In the medium term, different types of such systems are expected to emerge, including rule-based, learning-based, and context-based models. Elements of physical AI are already being applied by major companies such as Amazon and Foxconn. Large-scale adoption will require not only technological progress, but also new management approaches, cross-sector partnerships, and investment in skills development to ensure sustainable and adaptive industrial growth.