SAN JOSE, California, March 19 – According to Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of Nvidia (NVDA.O), the dawn of humanoid robots playing an active role in manufacturing plants is not a distant dream – it could become reality within the next five years.
During his keynote address on Tuesday, delivered to a packed hockey arena at Nvidia’s nearly $3 trillion annual developer conference in San Jose, California, Huang painted a vivid picture of what lies ahead.
Later, speaking with a select group of journalists following his presentation, Huang was asked what concrete indicators might signal that artificial intelligence has become truly pervasive in our world.
Among his responses, Huang remarked, “One clear sign would be humanoid robots casually moving about among us – something that isn’t five years down the road. It’s a matter of just a few years away.”
He emphasized that the manufacturing sector will likely be the first to widely embrace these humanoid machines. The reasoning, he explained, lies in the nature of industrial tasks, which are typically well-structured and can be executed within controlled environments – ideal conditions for robotic applications.
“I believe factories should be the starting point,” Huang stated. “The reason is that these domains are heavily regulated, and the use cases are extremely well-defined.”
“The return on investment is very straightforward. If you consider the cost of leasing a humanoid robot, it’s roughly $100,000. From an economic perspective, it makes a lot of sense.”
