Artificial intelligence is a field of computer science focused on creating systems that can perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence. These tasks include learning from data, recognizing patterns, understanding language, and making decisions. Artificial intelligence is used across many industries, from healthcare and finance to manufacturing and transportation. It powers technologies such as virtual assistants, recommendation engines, autonomous systems, and smart automation tools. As AI systems improve, they are becoming more capable of handling complex, real-world problems at scale.
JD.com founder Richard Liu said at the APEC China CEO Forum that robots will replace the company’s 700,000 delivery workers “sooner or later”, pairing the prediction with a retraining program called Nirvana that aims to move couriers into robot maintenance and AI training roles before automation arrives.
U.S. industrial robot installations grew 11% year-on-year to 38,000 units in 2025, according to the International Federation of Robotics, with food industry adoption surging 30% as the country climbs to eighth globally in robot density – still roughly ten times behind China’s annual installation pace.
KUKA has opened an immersive showroom at its Augsburg headquarters featuring two industrial robots moving a 65-inch display in synchronized choreography in front of a large-scale Samsung LED backdrop, combining robotics demonstration with commercial display technology.