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Kitty Yang

Jul 17, 2026

Patrick Graham
Patrick GrahamCORRESPONDENT
28:47
Okay, so these are actually applications within factories where the robots are replacing the humans? Would you say that was the case?
28:56
Automation is increasingly a need and not a choice.
29:00
And the key driver there is demographics.
29:03
So in many major economies around the world, the population, the working age population is shrinking and aging.
29:11
And that impact is already being felt really clearly in Japan, but it's also starting to impact the U.S. and China.
29:18
And at the same time, economies are reshoring or nearshoring their supply chains.
29:24
And that involves a lot of uptake in manufacturing demand.
Patrick Graham
Patrick GrahamCORRESPONDENT
29:52
I mean, is this really an AI trade or is it more just the extension of automation? Where's AI involved here?
Patrick Graham
Patrick GrahamCORRESPONDENT
28:47
Okay, so these are actually applications within factories where the robots are replacing the humans? Would you say that was the case?
28:56
Automation is increasingly a need and not a choice.
29:00
And the key driver there is demographics.
29:03
So in many major economies around the world, the population, the working age population is shrinking and aging.
29:11
And that impact is already being felt really clearly in Japan, but it's also starting to impact the U.S. and China.
29:18
And at the same time, economies are reshoring or nearshoring their supply chains.
29:24
And that involves a lot of uptake in manufacturing demand.
Patrick Graham
Patrick GrahamCORRESPONDENT
29:52
I mean, is this really an AI trade or is it more just the extension of automation? Where's AI involved here?

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