FANUC Accelerates the Physical AI Through Collaboration with Google
AI Agent Powered by Google Operates Robots

May 13, 2026
FANUC CORPORATION

FANUC is advancing open platforms and Physical AI capabilities to accelerate automation by applying the latest developments in artificial intelligence to Robotics. As part of this initiative, today FANUC announced the enhancement of its Physical AI Robot System through a strategic collaboration with Google, leveraging Google’s state of the art technologies.

“Physical AI” – the integration of cognitive intelligence with physical action – has drawn global attention with recent advancements in AI, particularly large language models (LLMs). This includes robots that perceive their environment through sensors, and can make autonomous decisions, and execute tasks accordingly. This represents a leading application of Physical AI in this emerging field as.

FANUC robots support ROS, the industry standard open platform for robot control, through FANUC’s open source ROS drivers. They also offer broad compatibility with widely used technologies, including the Python programming language for AI development, high speed communication interfaces for external robot control, and interfaces that enable easy operation from PLCs. Google is a prominent contributor and maintainer of ROS through their Intrinsic robotics AI group.

These open platform capabilities allow manufacturers to seamlessly deploy Physical AI robot systems, combining FANUC’s highly reliable lineup from small robots with 3kg payload to large robots 2.3 ton payload including the CRX collaborative series, with the latest Physical AI technologies for actual factories.

Since the release of FANUC’s Physical AI system at the International Robot Exhibition last December, customer interest has continued to grow rapidly. Following the exhibition, FANUC has already shipped more than 1,000 robots for Physical AI related applications, and demand continues to accelerate.

Through a new collaboration with Google, FANUC has developed a Physical AI system for industrial robots that incorporates latest innovations from Google Cloud, including Gemini Enterprise, an enterprise grade generative AI with robust security.

In addition, all the FANUC robots, including CRX, will be fully supported on the enterprise software platform from Intrinsic, which enables users to build, test and implement AI robot solutions. Based on that platform, FANUC provides full support for robot control compatible with Intrinsic’s development environment, “Flowstate”. Flowstate software is interoperable with ROS and allows for the quick and easy development of highly adaptable AI solutions by leveraging FANUC’s open platform technologies.

FANUC is also participating in Google DeepMind’s “Gemini Robotics Trusted Tester Program” to advance AI research on foundational robotics models for AI.

Visitors to FANUC’s New Product Open House Show in May will have the opportunity to interact directly with systems that integrate FANUC robots and Google’s generative AI Gemini. Visitors can issue commands in natural language, and experience firsthand how the latest Physical AI technologies can be applied in real world manufacturing environments. FANUC invites all attendees to witness the latest demonstrations of Physical AI and AI agents powered by FANUC robots.