NVIDIA announced that Japan's leading robotics and manufacturing companies—FANUC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and others—are joining the NVIDIA Cosmos Coalition to build physical AI systems.
The company also unveiled Cosmos 3 Edge, a 4-billion-parameter model that enables robots and vision AI agents to reason and act in real time on edge computers.
This partnership leverages Japan's strengths in manufacturing and precision engineering to advance the deployment of intelligent machines across factories, mobility, and infrastructure.
What happened
NVIDIA announced that Japan's leading robotics and manufacturing companies—including FANUC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kubota, NEC, SoftBank Corp., Sony Group Corporation, Yaskawa Electric, and others—intend to join the NVIDIA Cosmos Coalition. NVIDIA also introduced Cosmos 3 Edge, a 4-billion-parameter model that runs on NVIDIA Jetson edge computers to help robots see, reason in real time, and predict actions locally.
Why it matters
Physical AI—embedding intelligence into machines, facilities, and infrastructure—is becoming a major frontier for automating complex industrial work. Japan has deep strengths in robotics, manufacturing, precision engineering, and automotive technology; this partnership positions the country to lead the next generation of intelligent machines by combining its manufacturing heritage with NVIDIA's AI platforms (Cosmos, Isaac, Metropolis, Jetson).
What to watch
Fujitsu is exploring a collaborative control platform for physical AI, and manufacturers including FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Honda R&D, OMRON, and others are already integrating NVIDIA technologies into their systems. The announcement was made on July 15, 2026.
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NVIDIA's announcement marks a coordinated effort to position Japan as a leader in physical AI—a field that embeds AI intelligence directly into robots, factories, and infrastructure rather than confining it to data centers. By introducing Cosmos 3 Edge, NVIDIA is enabling real-time, on-device reasoning on edge computers like Jetson, which is critical for robotics applications where latency and local processing are essential. The coalition bringing together Japan's manufacturing, automotive, and robotics giants—FANUC, Hitachi, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Sony, Yaskawa, and others—reflects a recognition that physical AI requires deep domain expertise in precision engineering and industrial automation, not just software talent. Fujitsu's exploration of a collaborative control platform and the broad integration of NVIDIA technologies across manufacturers signal that the practical deployment phase is underway. Japan's historical dominance in manufacturing, automotive precision, and robotics engineering positions it well to lead this next frontier, and the partnership leverages both NVIDIA's AI platform stack and Japan's industrial heritage.
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