Robot fleets generate data that moves between machines and data centers, straining networks

Robot fleets are growing fast, with the FAA expecting about 1.18 million commercial drones by 2029 and about 4.66 million industrial robots working in 2024.

The article says these machines create large volumes of data that must move to and from data centers, and that a robot's learned skills can transfer to other robots over a network.

It argues the network, not charging or maintenance, could become the bottleneck as fleets scale.