I think the AI and the Robot will be two seperate “Entities “. I may be splitting hairs but the AI will use the robot to interact in this physical world while AI is strictly in the digital world.
I would agree with “splitting hairs” :) The AI will likely be a cloud based entity that is digitally connected to a physical robot that only “senses and acts when told”. Somewhat like the “I, Robot” (movie) model.
Either way, they’ll come together into a frightening combination. I saw a video the other day, armed robot “dogs” in China.