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The International Manufacturing Technology Show opens September 14 in Chicago as the first IMTS since physical AI took commercial hold — with AI platforms, humanoid robots, and digital twins moving from novelty to the central purchasing conversation on the show floor.
Large language model interest among manufacturers has jumped from 16% to 35% year-over-year, according to the 2026 Smart Factory Outlook — as operators shift AI from an analytics add-on to the central orchestration layer on the production floor.
Manufacturer interest in large language models doubled to 35% in a single year, and humanoid robot demand hit 13% for the first time — two signals mapping the labor and productivity pressures reshaping the factory floor.
BMW has deployed Hexagon Robotics' AEON humanoid robot at Plant Leipzig — the first humanoid in European automotive production — and is opening a global Center of Competence for Physical AI.
British AI robotics company Humanoid has signed a binding contract — the largest committed humanoid deployment deal disclosed to date — to place up to 2,000 wheeled humanoid robots across Schaeffler's global manufacturing sites by 2032.
UK robotics startup Humanoid has signed a binding Robot-as-a-Service agreement with Schaeffler to deploy 1,000–2,000 wheeled humanoid robots across global manufacturing facilities by 2032 — one of the largest humanoid robot deployments ever announced.
BMW has put the AEON humanoid robot to work at its Leipzig plant for material delivery — the first humanoid deployment in a BMW German production facility, marking a shift from demo to actual manufacturing integration.
Humanoid robot interest among manufacturers jumped from 8% to 13% year-over-year, while LLM adoption in factory settings nearly doubled to 35%. Physical AI is leaving the lab.
At Hannover Messe 2026, NVIDIA and manufacturing partners including Siemens demonstrated physical AI and humanoid robots operating on real, active production floors — the clearest signal yet that industrial AI has crossed from showcase to operational deployment.