Fujitsu has launched a collaboration with Japanese robotics manufacturers Fanuc, Yaskawa Electric, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries to develop and deploy physical AI across manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. The initiative will integrate Nvidia's physical AI technologies to create a collaborative control platform that connects digital systems with robots and other physical equipment.
Key takeaways
- The platform aims to accelerate physical AI adoption, addressing labor shortages, an aging workforce, and global competition.
- In manufacturing, the system will optimize production planning and enable autonomous adaptation to changing factory conditions. Logistics and retail applications will combine logistics planning with real-time sales and inventory data to automate material handling.
- Healthcare use cases include automating transport of pharmaceuticals and medical specimens, as well as assisting with patient reception and guidance.
- Fujitsu plans an open, sovereign platform that integrates AI, robotics, simulation, and data analysis, ensuring interoperability, cybersecurity, operational resilience, and data protection.
- Nvidia's Cosmos foundation models, Omniverse libraries, Isaac robotics platform, and Newton physics engine will be used to enhance simulations, robot learning, and Sim2Real workflows.
The partners will develop a roadmap for technology development and commercialization, aiming to expand physical AI deployment globally and strengthen Japan's robotics industry.
Source: Robotics & Automation News (roboticsandautomationnews.com) · Published 2026-07-18 · “Fujitsu partners with Fanuc, Yaskawa and Kawasaki to advance physical AI using Nvidia technology”