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The broader proposition is that customers that do not want to purchase robots outright could instead access machines when required, potentially reducing both the financial commitment and barriers associated with adopting emerging robotics technologies.
Building a robotics services economy
This is where AIxC’ s strategy becomes more significant than a conventional equipment rental operation.
The company wants RoboShare to create a marketplace in which robotics hardware can generate revenue throughout its operating life. Potential models include rentals, services, customised operations and rentto-own programmes.
For Faraday Future, that creates another potential route to market for its growing robotics portfolio.
Customers could experience robots in realworld environments before deciding whether to purchase them, while successful deployments could generate additional demand for associated software, AI capabilities and industry services.
Higher utilisation could also improve the economics of individual machines. Instead of a robot generating revenue primarily when initially sold, the same asset could theoretically contribute recurring rental and service income across multiple deployments and customers.
That shift from hardware ownership towards robotics-as-a-service addresses a wider challenge facing the emerging Physical AI sector.
Robots may possess increasingly sophisticated AI systems, sensors, mobility and autonomous capabilities, but widespread adoption will also depend on whether organisations can justify the investment needed to purchase, deploy and maintain them. www. intelligentcio. com
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