# EP3-18 | AI News : Robotics + AI: Taiwan’s Next Industry

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Podcast: [Startup Island TAIWAN Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/startup-island-taiwan-podcast-5761992)
Published: 2025-12-29T16:02:12+00:00
Episode link: https://open.firstory.me/story/cmjqoibd603ki01rhclzyhsmi
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Duration seconds: 1871

## Resource

Robotics and AI are becoming core foundational capabilities of the physical economy. As AI extends from cloud-based models into hospitals, logistics centers, and a wide range of service environments, robots increasingly carry functions of perception, reasoning, and decision-making, directly translating into measurable gains in productivity, system reliability, and operational safety. Together, they are emerging as critical infrastructure supporting the operation of modern society. Taiwan has established “Robotics + AI” as a key direction in its future industrial布局, responding to the long-term challenge of a highly concentrated industrial structure. While semiconductors remain a central pillar, their capital-intensive nature and limited spillover effects mean that the next phase of growth must come from a new industrial curve. The National Development Council has therefore been tasked with identifying scalable, repeatable, and extensible industry models—channeling Taiwan’s deep strengths in hardware, engineering, and systems integration into professional, service-oriented robotics, with priority deployment in healthcare, long-term care, logistics, and facility management where demand is clear. Along this trajectory, the government’s role is evolving into that of an industry accelerator. By integrating R&D outputs and supporting the formation of new robotics companies, it is laying the groundwork for private capital and startups to enter, scale, and participate sustainably. This episode approaches the topic through the lens of industrial structure and policy logic, explaining why Taiwan has positioned Robotics + AI at the core of its next industrial phase, and how this strategy may shape the country’s economic future. 機器人與 AI 正成為實體經濟運作的核心底層能力。隨著 AI 從雲端模型延伸至醫院、物流中心與各類…

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