Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Japan, driven by labor shortages, is increasingly adopting robotics and physical AI, with a hybrid model where startups innovate and corporations provide scale - Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan's push driven by necessity than anything else.