Hitachi, Fanuc form strategic partnership to commercialize physical AI for factories

• Fanuc entered a strategic partnership with Hitachi to jointly commercialize physical AI for industrial robotics.
• Hitachi factories will serve as “Customer Zero” to validate systems in production, with continuous learning from shop-floor data.
• Initial focus on parts picking, model changeovers, recognition accuracy, robot motion, takt time, quality effectiveness.
• Solutions slated for rollout starting in fiscal 2027 via both companies’ global customer bases across multiple industries.
• Aim is to automate skilled, variable tasks to address labor shortages, speed skills transfer, improve productivity, improve quality.

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