Physical AI and Industrial Decarbonization — What's Next

Physical AI is moving from the lab to the factory floor, reshaping how manufacturers approach the automation and digitization of energy, equipment, and operations - and with it, the new pace at which industry can decarbonize. This panel, moderated by Skye Lawrence, co-founder of Ampere, explores what it actually takes to get operators to trust and adopt physical AI — the robots, VLAs, and embodied systems now moving onto the floor: overcoming inertia and incumbency, navigating distribution into plants not built for it, and the reality that none of it matters unless the people running the equipment actually use it. Trust is earned and operators need to see these systems solve their real, everyday problems and deliver tangible value.