65 Taiwan Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association • - User education: traditional fitness users may resist new technology. • - Data privacy & security: compliance with GDPR and CCPA standards. • - Cross-brand/platform integration: limited interoperability between ecosystems. Overcoming these barriers requires interdisciplinary collaboration among sports science, healthcare, and consumer-tech sectors—along with public education and trust-building. 6. Future Outlook AI is redefining the logic of innovation in the fitness-equipment industry—turning tools from “assistive devices” into “intelligent partners” capable of autonomous decision-making and interaction. As computational power and sensor accuracy grow, future fitness systems will become smarter, safer, and more indispensable to everyday health. For manufacturers, integrating AI represents not just a functional upgrade but also an entry point into subscription services, brand communities, and the data economy. Those who successfully integrate smart hardware + data platform + AI coach will lead the next health-tech revolution. From a broader health-industry view, AI-driven equipment shifts healthcare from passive treatment to proactive prevention, linking individuals, enterprises, and medical institutions through continuous data collection and analysis. Facing global aging and chronic-disease growth, AI fitness technology will become a key pillar of the wellness economy, merging technology, medicine, fitness, and data into a unified ecosystem. Taiwan, with its strong ICT supply chain and hardware R&D capability, has a competitive edge but still struggles with application-level innovation, international branding, and industry-academia-medical integration. Yet, under national policies promoting health technology, AI offers Taiwan a major transformation opportunity—from OEM manufacturing to high-value health-tech solution providers. Strategic priorities include strengthening AI algorithms and vision analytics, fostering cross-domain collaboration, and developing clinically validated training and rehabilitation platforms. Through pilot programs, smart-gym testbeds, and corporate wellness initiatives, Taiwan can accelerate adoption, build export-ready solutions, and expand its role in the global AI-fitness and health-technology market.
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