4.3 million industrial robots are already deployed globally. Robot costs have dropped 50% in 30 years. Payback periods are now 1 to 3 years. The reshoring of American manufacturing isn't a forecast — it's a buy order.This week on Money On Tap, Ben Brayshaw and Dan Michelon continue the series with The Railroads of Robotics — the picks-and-shovels playbook for physical AI and the next great industrial build-out.What you'll learn:

Why three forces — reshoring, labor shortage, and 1–3 year robot payback — make automation inevitable
The four investable layers: robots · AI systems · software · hardware
A walk-through of the public names: Rockwell Automation, Teradyne, Emerson Electric, NVIDIA, Tesla (Optimus), AeroVironment, Applied Materials, Autodesk
How cobots are reshaping skilled-trades work — and what the NVIDIA CEO's "three-day work week" prediction really means
Five robotics-themed ETFs walked through: ROBO, BOTZ, IBOT, ARKQ, ROBT
What to tell the kids and grandkids about which jobs will actually exist in 10 years
The geopolitical risk that could shelve this entire build-out overnight

Plus Money In The News:

United Airlines hikes fares up to 20% — CEO admits passing 100% of jet-fuel cost to consumers
Musk vs. Altman: a $134B suit heading to court while SpaceX ($1.25T) and OpenAI ($850B) IPOs loom
Adobe announces a $25B buyback (25% of market cap) while Big Tech keeps laying off — and the buyback nuance most investors miss

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