{"product_id":"the-rise-of-physical-ai-and-humanoids-industry-power-and-the-future-of-embodied-intelligence-9798248514526","title":"The Rise of Physical AI and Humanoids: Industry, Power, and the Future of Embodied Intelligence","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gathu Kamau\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Robotics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtificial intelligence has lived behind screens.\u003cbr\u003eUntil now.\u003cbr\u003eIn The Rise of Physical AI and Humanoids, Gathu Kamau explores the next transformation of AI - when intelligence leaves the data center and enters the physical world.\u003cbr\u003eHumanoid robots are no longer science fiction. They are emerging as industrial tools capable of lifting, assembling, transporting, repairing, and operating in human environments. But this is not a book about futuristic spectacle.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about infrastructure.\u003cbr\u003eWhen intelligence acquires balance, torque, and mobility, it reshapes: \u003cbr\u003eGlobal industry\u003cbr\u003eLabor markets\u003cbr\u003eSupply chains\u003cbr\u003eGeopolitical power\u003cbr\u003ePlatform economics\u003cbr\u003eHuman identity\u003cbr\u003eThis book moves beyond hype to examine the structural forces shaping embodied AI: \u003cbr\u003e- The engineering constraints of gravity, energy, and reliability\u003cbr\u003e- The economics of adaptable physical labor\u003cbr\u003e- The geopolitical contest between China and the United States\u003cbr\u003e- Rare earths, batteries, and semiconductor chokepoints\u003cbr\u003e- The rise of AI operating systems controlling robotic fleets\u003cbr\u003e- The risks of inequality, platform dominance, and systemic vulnerability\u003cbr\u003e- The long-term philosophical question: what happens when labor detaches from biology?\u003cbr\u003eUnlike speculative futurism, this work provides a grounded, multidisciplinary analysis of what happens when machines do not just think - but act.\u003cbr\u003eIf digital AI reshaped communication, physical AI may reshape production.\u003cbr\u003eAnd production has always been the foundation of power.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is for: \u003cbr\u003ePolicymakers\u003cbr\u003eInvestors\u003cbr\u003eTechnologists\u003cbr\u003eEconomists\u003cbr\u003eIndustrial leaders\u003cbr\u003eAnyone seeking to understand the deeper forces behind the humanoid robotics wave\u003cbr\u003eThe rise of physical AI is not a gadget revolution.\u003cbr\u003eIt is an infrastructure shift.\u003cbr\u003eAnd infrastructure, once laid, defines generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47569576165527,"sku":"9798248514526","price":1130.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798248514526.webp?v=1774878193","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rise-of-physical-ai-and-humanoids-industry-power-and-the-future-of-embodied-intelligence-9798248514526","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}