Humanoid Summit 2026 「Humanoid Robots: Crossing the Chasm from Concept to Commercial Reality」 Ani Kelkar, Partner at McKinsey & Company. The $2 Trillion Reshoring Dilemma and the Skilled Labor Crisis Over the past several decades, advanced Western economies—including the United States and Germany, alongside key Asian industrial leaders like Japan and South Korea—have witnessed a steady erosion of their domestic manufacturing strength, measured in employment, production capaci

In the world of mission-critical infrastructure—power grids, high-speed railways, hospitals, and water systems—there is zero room for error. The Silicon Valley mantra of "fail fast, fail often" cannot be applied to systems that sustain human lives and modern society. It is within this demanding environment that Hitachi is deploying "Physical AI"—a paradigm that marries physical operational technology (OT) with advanced artificial intelligence. This article explores the global

Humanoid Summit2026 「Humanoids, Interaction, and Real-World Deployment」 Hiroshi Ishiguro, Director at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories at Osaka University At the landmark Humanoid Summit Tokyo 2026, Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro—Osaka University Professor and the Director of the ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories—delivered the opening keynote address under the title “Human Avatars and Future Society”. Speaking to a global audience, Is