Amid growing anticipation of physical artificial intelligence, robots are increasingly being seen as a viable option to fill labor gaps.

This topic was one of the major agendas during the two-day Humanoids Summit in Tokyo, which ended on Friday.

¡°In Japan ¡­ the United States ¡­ globally, we just don¡¯t have the birth rates to sustain the workforce that we need,¡± said Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy at Massachusetts-based robotics company Boston Dynamics during a speech at the event.