Robots, Physical AI, an Industrial Revolution, Oh My!

Manufacturers, listen up, there was some big news and announcements from CES 2026 that you may want to take note of. Perhaps one of the biggest—and perhaps most notable—came from NVIDIA, which keynoted the event and talked in detail about physical AI (artificial intelligence) and autonomous robots.

All about Physical AI

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says every 10-15 years the computer industry resets and a new platform shift happens from mainframe to PC, PC to internet, internet to cloud, cloud to mobile, and each time the world of applications target a new platform—but now there are two significant shifts happening at the same time. While we move to AI, applications will be built on top of AI, but in addition to that how you run and develop the software fundamentally shifts as well. It changes, oh my!

“You no longer program the software, you train the software ...