Data study ·
Intelligent robots: the challenges to overcome to speed up adoption
Original title, in French: “Robots intelligents : les défis à relever pour accélérer leur adoption”
- Publication
- ZDNet France (France)
- Author
- Kim Dong-won
- Published on
- 13 October 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 13 October 2026
Summary
Drawing on an Intel survey of 800 professionals worldwide, the article describes the obstacles to adopting intelligent robots (physical AI) in factories and logistics centres. Nearly two-thirds of respondents consider adoption unavoidable within five years, but only 40% already have a strategy. According to John Healy, Vice President of Intel's industrial robotics business, commercialisation depends on security, real-time control and costs as much as on model performance. Intel offers a unified platform (robotic control, video analytics, AI inference) as well as Physical AI Studio and OpenVINO to ease the move from virtual development to physical deployment, and advocates an open ecosystem among manufacturers, software vendors and sensor specialists.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on ZDNet France →Figures cited
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66 %
Share of professionals who consider robot adoption unavoidable within the next five years
800 professionals surveyed worldwide, Intel survey
« Selon une enquête menée par Intel auprès de 800 professionnels dans le monde, près des deux tiers estiment que l’adoption des robots sera incontournable dans les cinq prochaines années. »
Source: Enquête Intel
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40 %
Share of respondents that already have a robot adoption strategy
800 professionals surveyed worldwide, Intel survey
« Pourtant, seuls 40 % des répondants disposent déjà d’une stratégie en la matière. »
Source: Enquête Intel
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75 %
Share of respondents who consider performance more important than human likeness
800 professionals surveyed worldwide, Intel survey
« Les entreprises privilégient également l’efficacité à l’apparence : 75 % des personnes interrogées considèrent les performances comme plus importantes que la ressemblance humaine. »
Source: Enquête Intel
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- Industry and manufacturing · Transport, logistics, supply chain
- Companies
- LG (cited), Intel (study author), Nvidia (supplier)
- Keywords
- industrial robots, physical AI, logistics, factories, Intel, adoption
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