Look beyond industrial robots.
Cameras, navigation devices, sensors, controls, converters, and motors determine whether the system can perceive, decide, and move.
Actionable Insight Report 004
Physical AI Product Network.
A compact screen for robots, vision systems, navigation hardware, sensors, control boards, power electronics, and motors that support physical-AI deployment.
$72.53B2024 U.S. physical-AI platform imports
$9.06B2024 U.S. China-origin platform imports
12.5%Measured China share of U.S. platform imports
Client decision supported
Physical AI exposure lives in a hardware stack, not just in the robot.
Switching is an engineering process.
Alternative origins matter only after qualification, safety requirements, firmware, calibration, and customer approvals are considered.
Build deployment-level hardware maps.
The next diligence step is a BOM and spares register organized by perceive, decide, control, move, and power functions.
Visual evidence in the report
Three charts clients can scan before opening the PDF.
Trade exposureWhich hardware functions dominate import value.
Bars split U.S. platform imports and China-origin exposure across controls, power, sensors, robots, and actuation.
Time trendPlatform growth is separated from China share.
The trend chart shows total U.S. import scale and China-origin share without a misleading dual axis.
IO footprintWhich sectors may feel cost-pressure incidence.
The ICIO screen maps direct China-origin hardware exposure to downstream U.S. production sectors.
How to use it
Use the public screen to prioritize deployment risks before procurement scales.
The report is designed for robotics deployment, advanced manufacturing, logistics automation, procurement, and investor teams that need to separate an AI narrative from the hardware supply platform that must be qualified and maintained.
Recommended next step
Translate the HS6 screen into a deployment-level bill of materials with safety-critical parts, qualified suppliers, spare-parts exposure, firmware/calibration dependencies, and acceptable alternative origins.