Hanoi, Nov. 5 -- As artificial intelligence (AI), automation and robotics are profoundly transforming global manufacturing, ASEAN is presented with an opportunity to develop an internationally competitive robotics industry ecosystem. Vietnam, with its strengths in export-oriented manufacturing and foreign investment attraction, is well positioned to participate more deeply in the region's robotics value chains. Rapid advances in AI, sensor technology, intelligent control systems and computing capabilities are expanding the applications of robots beyond industrial production lines into logistics, healthcare, agriculture, construction, energy and services. In particular, physical AI and embodied AI are enabling robots to perceive their surr...