Swiss robotics company Embodied AI has unveiled AIR at Humanoid Europe 2026, a humanoid robot built to share the factory floor with people. As many as 1.9 million US manufacturing jobs could go unfilled by 2033, according to Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute.
AIR takes on the repetitive manual tasks that change too often for conventional robots, so the people already on the line can focus on work that needs their skill.
Embodied AI went from research to an industrial humanoid in 9 months, and signed contracts with major OEMs globally with just a fraction of the spending needed by other robotics companies to achieve this. AIR is now being tested with global manufacturers, and the company is starting plans for scaled production. [Read more…] about Embodied AI unveils AIR humanoid robot designed to learn factory tasks on the job