# Physical AI / Embodied AI

AI that perceives and acts in the physical world through sensors and actuators — robots, drones, autonomous vehicles. The 2026 breakthrough: robots running foundation models instead of hand-coded rules.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/iot-robotics/3

_IoT & Robotics: AI in the Physical World — lesson 3 of 20 (DEFINITION)_

AI that perceives and acts in the physical world through sensors and actuators — robots, drones, autonomous vehicles. The 2026 breakthrough: robots running foundation models instead of hand-coded rules.

Source: [NVIDIA — Physical AI](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/generative-physical-ai/?utm_source=robauto)

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