The hardest problem in physical AI may be the magnet, not the model
Actuators account for 40% to 60% of a humanoid robot’s bill of materials and China refines roughly 90% of the rare earth magnets inside them, which makes the components rather than the models the limit on scale. Europe has a 2030 cap on single country supply under the Critical Raw Materials Act, and one company, […]
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