The Japanese company halted assembly of the 198,000 yen (US$1,790 or RM7,433) robot in August after inventory piled up, but may decide to resume production in future, a SoftBank spokeswoman said.

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As the growth of the U.S. workforce is expected to slow down, SoftBank is confident that the efficient use of AI robots would help the U.S. manufacturing industry to develop further, the report noted.