“The ChatGPT moment for general robotics is just around the corner,” Nvidia’s Jensen Huang said in January last year. This January he said the ChatGPT moment for physical artificial intelligence (AI) was “nearly here”. It’s tempting to ask who needs automation when you can just have a low-paid gig worker nip to the shops for you. Robot enthusiasts believe a new breed of humanoid robots will make further inroads into physical work. First, to deploy AI-powered humanoid robots alongside humans in the workplace, you need to be confident they are safe.

Source: The Irish Times January 14, 2026 19:00 UTC