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Robot City Explained: Why Pudu Robotics Just Deployed a Physical AI Fleet Across Davos

A ten year old commercial robotics company from Shenzhen has turned one of Europe's most famous alpine towns into a living laboratory for physical AI. Pudu Robotics deployed a coordinated fleet of service robots across multiple public venues in Davos, Switzerland, during the Davos Tech Summit 2026. The company is building what it calls "Robot City," a full stack system combining proprietary foundation models, multi scenario hardware, and cloud based fleet management designed to integrate robots seamlessly into human public spaces. This article explains what physical AI fleets are, why they represent the next major leap in commercial automation, how Pudu's approach differs from global competitors like SoftBank Robotics, and what this European deployment signals for the broader embodied AI ecosystem.