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Humanoid robot providers are eyeing up manufacturing jobs.

According to this Financial Times report, AI and robotics providers have some lofty expectations regarding how popular their technology will be in manufacturing environments.

One company claims that 14 percent of manufacturing and automotive jobs will be automated in the next four years, and Goldman Sachs projects that the humanoid robot market could reach $38 billion by 2035 — at least if robots like Tesla’s Optimus can become as capable as their makers are claiming they will be.

A graph showing the forecast global humanoid robot market size in billions.
This graph from Goldman Sachs includes anticipated demand for humanoid robot specifications that simply don’t exist yet.
Image: Goldman Sachs Research
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