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Labor shortage fuels ramp-up of humanoid robot development

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A humanoid robot is displayed at the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo on Thursday.

A humanoid robot is displayed at the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo on Thursday. | Johan Brooks

Amid growing anticipation of physical artificial intelligence, robots are increasingly being seen as a viable option to fill labor gaps.

This topic was one of the major agendas during the two-day Humanoids Summit in Tokyo, which ended on Friday.

“In Japan … the United States … globally, we just don’t have the birth rates to sustain the workforce that we need,” said Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy at Massachusetts-based robotics company Boston Dynamics during a speech at the event.

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