Physical AI Advances Require New Foundation Models

At CES 2026 and in interviews with The New Stack, industry leaders from Nvidia, Boston Dynamics, and Bedrock Robotics outline advances in physical AI. They say new foundation models — including large behavior models, vision-language-action models, open-world models, and generative policies — are required for perception, world modeling, and tactile control. Enterprises must integrate hardware, edge-capable models, and lifecycle tooling to scale adoption.