Over the past year, I¡¯ve noticed an overwhelming theme emerge when Asian tech leaders look at what comes next for artificial intelligence. There has been a marked desire to move beyond chatbots, software and into the physical realm.

We¡¯ll start to see much more AI-enabled hardware and robotics ¡ª and it will be coming from Asia.

The experience I¡¯ve had tuning in to many executive chats and tech conferences could best be summed by Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang¡¯s proclamation in Taipei in June. ¡°The next wave of AI is physical AI,¡± he said. ¡°The era of robotics has arrived.¡±