FANUC

World's largest industrial-robot maker, adding NVIDIA-based physical AI to its arms and cobots

Public · No humanoid status · Robotics leader · Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan · Founded 1972 · 6954 (TSE) · fanuc.co.jp

Not a humanoid maker; included as Japan's leading robotics incumbent.

Profile

FANUC is a global leader in industrial robots and factory automation. In 2026 it deepened work with NVIDIA on physical AI, using Isaac Sim digital twins, Jetson Thor edge AI and GR00T imitation learning on dual-arm CRX cobots. It has not announced a humanoid.

People

• KY
  Kenji Yamaguchi

  President and Chief Executive Officer

Source: Hitachi and FANUC enter strategic partnership on physical AI (FANUC news release) · As of Oct 8, 2026. X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.

Flagship robots

• CRX cobots Cobot
• Industrial robots / CNC Industrial robot

Market & financials

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• ABB Robotics

  Direct competitor

  CHRobotics leader

  Both sell industrial robot arms to factories worldwide: ABB Robotics makes industrial robots and is being acquired by SoftBank, while FANUC is the world's largest industrial-robot maker and also sells cobots.

  Sources (2)

  • FANUC (company website)
  • ABB to divest Robotics division to SoftBank Group (ABB)

• NEURA Robotics

  Direct competitor

  DEHumanoid startup

  Both sell collaborative robots that work next to people: NEURA Robotics makes cognitive cobots and the 4NE1 humanoid, while FANUC is the world's largest industrial-robot maker and also sells cobots.

  Sources (2)

  • FANUC (company website)
  • NEURA Robotics (company website)

• Agile Robots

  Direct competitor

  DEHumanoid OEM

  Both sell collaborative robots that work next to people: Agile Robots makes industrial cobots and has launched the Agile ONE industrial humanoid, while FANUC is the world's largest industrial-robot maker and also sells cobots.

  Sources (2)

  • FANUC (company website)
  • Agile Robots launches humanoid robot for industry: Agile ONE (Agile Robots)

Recent news

• Jul 16, 2026 — Joins NVIDIA's Japan Cosmos coalition for open physical-AI models GlobeNewswire
• May 15, 2026 — FANUC strengthens collaboration with NVIDIA FANUC

Sources

• FANUC strengthens collaboration with NVIDIA (FANUC) (May 15, 2026)
• Japan's robotics and manufacturing leaders build on NVIDIA Cosmos (GlobeNewswire) (Jul 16, 2026)

Confidence: high.

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