Fortune Term Sheet· Navin Chaddha, Mark Minevich·2026-10-16 21:00· 2 days agoAI Score22

Does a Robot Cost $2 or $35 an Hour? Physical AI's Trillion-Dollar Market Hinges on Utilization

Does a robot cost $2 or $35 an hour? A multitrillion-dollar market depends on how the answer

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Robot hourly costs range from $2 (Roland Berger) to $10-$12 (JPMorgan) to over $35 in early industrial deployments.

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