The paper introduces the concept of Physical AI—systems that understand and act within the physical world, where interactions are continuous, uncertain, and irreversible. It surveys trustworthy principles specific to Physical AI, outlines the role of physics in AI, and maps the end‑to‑end life cycle across five core stages, culminating in the Trustworthy Physical AI Operationalization (T‑PAIO) and the broader Trustworthy Physical AI (T‑PAI) framework.
arXiv:2607. 22877v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the emergence of Physical AI, artificial intelligence is extending beyond screen-based applications to embodied systems that perceive, interact with, and act in the physical world.
arXiv:2606. 00090v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Physical AI systems increasingly map multimodal observations, language instructions, and learned world representations into physically consequential actions.
The monograph defines physical AI as artificial systems that perceive, model, and act upon the physical world through continuous feedback under real‑world constraints, distinguishing it from digital AI, embodied AI, cyber‑physical systems, and digital twins. It surveys the technical landscape—covering physics, control, cognition, learning, and reasoning—and reviews key methodologies such as multimodal perception, simulation, world models, embodied foundation models, motor‑control systems, multi‑agent coordination, and hardware‑software co‑design. The work also explores applications in robotics, manufacturing, infrastructure, scientific experimentation, and autonomous services, while addressing challenges like sim‑to‑real transfer, reliability, real‑time execution, evaluation, safety, governance, and long‑term deployment.
arXiv:2607. 18548v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agentic artificial intelligence systems, capable of autonomous perception, planning, tool use, and multi-step action, are increasingly proposed for critical engineering domains where decisions carry physical, operational, or economic consequences.
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arXiv:2608. 16237v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Building operations are energy-inefficient.
arXiv:2606. 18532v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI systems are increasingly evaluated in bounded environments that combine isolation, simulation, instrumentation, supervision, and evidence capture.
The article discusses the necessity of building trust in AI for railway applications, highlighting that AI is currently limited to non‑safety critical uses due to stringent industry standards. It proposes focusing on three key areas—robustness, Operational Design Domain (ODD), and explainability—to meet compliance and safety requirements. By integrating these domains within a safe MLOps environment, the authors argue that regulatory acceptance and public confidence can be achieved, enabling broader AI adoption in mission‑critical railway systems.
arXiv:2607. 26121v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Embodied intelligence integrates learned perception and decision making with real-time computation, control, and physical interaction.
arXiv:2610.10285v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In the wake of the increasingly public discussion about AI alignment, recent work has tried to propose specific AI architectures that behave safely....
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