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2026-05-26

Germany is a sleeping giant of physical AI โ€” 3rd in robots per factory workers globally

Ole Lehmann argues Germany is a top contender in physical AI (robots that pick boxes, weld cars, carry groceries) even though it lost the software AI race to US/China. Stat: Germany ranks 3rd globally for robots per factory workers (449 per 10,000 humans). The point: two separate races โ€” software vs. physical โ€” and Germany is winning the second one.

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