This photograph taken on May 13, 2026 shows a worker standing next to a robot at AI data company Objectways' office in Tamil Nadu's Karur district. Developers think feeding first-person footage, called "egocentric data", into specialised AI models will help robots copy humans. The humanoid robot market is booming, with investment bank Morgan Stanley predicting there could be over a billion in use by 2050, mostly for industrial and commercial purposes. In India, the emerging field of spatial AI is providing new employment -- for now. (Photo by R.Satish Babu / AFP via Getty Images)