FANUC Corporation News
Latest FANUC Corporation news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. 17 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
About FANUC Corporation
FANUC Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of factory automation equipment, best known for industrial robots and computer numerical control (CNC) systems. The company was established in 1972 when the computing control division of Fujitsu became an independent company under Seiuemon Inaba, building on NC development work that began in 1955.
FANUC organizes its business into three units: Factory Automation (CNCs, servo motors and lasers), Robots (industrial robotic arms for welding, assembly, material handling and painting), and ROBOMACHINE (machining centers, injection molding machines and wire-cut electric discharge machines). It has installed more than 2.4 million CNC units and over 1 million industrial robots worldwide, and is widely cited as the world's largest producer of industrial robots.
The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and operates service and manufacturing locations in over 40 countries through regional subsidiaries such as FANUC America and FANUC Europe. It also develops factory IoT and AI tools, including the FIELD system platform and "Zero Down Time" predictive maintenance services, aimed at connecting and optimizing automated production lines.
Key facts
- Headquarters: Oshino, Yamanashi, Japan
- Country: Japan
- Founded: 1972
- Employees: 10,001+
- Ownership: Publicly traded (TYO: 6954)
- Sectors: Industrial Robotics
- Website: https://www.fanuc.com
Products by FANUC Corporation
- FANUC Industrial Robots (Robot) — Articulated and SCARA robotic arms used for welding, assembly, material handling and painting in factories.
- FANUC CNC Systems (Hardware) — Computer numerical control units and servo systems used to automate machine tools.
- ROBOMACHINE (Hardware) — Finished factory machines including machining centers, injection molding machines and wire-cut EDM equipment.
- FIELD system (Software, 2016) — An open factory IoT platform that connects robots, machine tools and sensors for data-driven production optimization.
Latest FANUC Corporation news
- Epson Launches Its First Collaborative Robot, the AX6-A901S, With Python Support — Epson opened Japanese orders for the AX6-A901S, its first cobot, featuring a 900mm reach, 6kg payload, carbon-fiber arm and Python programming support...
- Productive Robotics' OB7-AI Cobot Scans Its Own Workspace, Skipping the Training Step — Productive Robotics has added zero-training physical AI to its OB7 cobot, letting the 7-axis arm scan a CNC machine's layout and start tending it with...
- HD Hyundai Robotics Cuts Robot Troubleshooting Time 63% With Palantir AI Agents — HD Hyundai Robotics says AI agents built with Palantir cut the time to fix problem robot programs from 21.5 days to 7.9 days, with programming costs s...
- Trump Declares Robot Imports a National Security Threat, Targets $86B Industry — A Section 232 proclamation signed October 28 calls foreign-made robots and industrial machinery a national security risk, naming FANUC, Yaskawa and ot...
- 5 Million Industrial Robots Now In Factories Worldwide, IFR Says — IFR says 5 million industrial robots are now installed globally, with China at 354,000 new units in 2025 and the US passing Japan for the number-two s...
- Google's Intrinsic Open-Sources Core Robotics Stack Under Apache 2.0 — Intrinsic has released Intrinsic Core, a ROS-compatible open-source robotics software suite covering motion planning, grasping, calibration and simula...
- Palladyne AI Teams With FANUC America To Push Physical AI Onto Factory Robots — The new tie-up puts Palladyne IQ on top of FANUC America's industrial robot lineup, targeting manufacturing, warehousing and logistics customers with...
- Spineart's PERLA TL Wins FDA Nod For Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery — Spineart and eCential Robotics have received FDA 510(k) clearance to run Spineart's PERLA TL pedicle screw app on eCential's Op.n platform in robotic-...
- FANUC Debuts 11 kg CRX-3iA Ultra-Lightweight Collaborative Robot — FANUC America has expanded its CRX cobot lineup with the CRX-3iA, an 11 kg ultra-lightweight collaborative robot with a 3 kg payload and 692 mm reach...
- NVIDIA Rolls Out Jetson T3000 And T2000 To Take Thor Mainstream — NVIDIA has introduced Jetson T3000 and T2000 modules, halving the size and power of Thor while packing 865 and 400 FP4 teraflops respectively, and pai...
- NVIDIA Launches Cosmos 3 Edge, Signs Up Japan's Robotics Giants — NVIDIA unveiled Cosmos 3 Edge, a 4B-parameter world model for on-device robot policy generation, as more than 20 Japanese industrial leaders — FANUC,...
- GM Adds 50 Fanuc Cobots at Factory Zero Months After Cutting 1,000 Workers — General Motors has installed roughly 50 Fanuc collaborative robots at its Detroit Factory Zero EV plant to attach body panels, drawing a UAW Local 22...
- Japan Targets 10 Million AI Robots and a Sovereign AI Model — Japan's government has unveiled an updated national AI robotics strategy that pairs a domestically built AI model with a push to deploy 10 million AI-...
- PAC Machinery, CMES Robotics And FANUC Stage AI Pick-To-Pack Cell For Automate 2026 — PAC Machinery is teaming with CMES Robotics USA and FANUC to demonstrate an integrated AI-driven pick-to-pack system, pairing recyclable paper mailers...
- Inbolt Launches CAD-To-Floor Robot Programming Ahead Of Automate 2026 — Paris startup Inbolt is rolling out Robot Programming and an expanded Robot Control that close the digital-twin gap on FANUC, Universal Robots and Yas...
- FANUC Unveils Cobot and Go Pre-Engineered Cells for Rapid Deployment at Automate 2026 — FANUC America is launching a Cobot and Go program at Automate 2026 with pre-engineered cells built around its CRX cobots, aimed at slashing deployment...
- FANUC Debuts New R-2000/E Series Heavy-Payload Industrial Robots — FANUC America will introduce the next-generation R-2000/E Series at Automate 2026, with a maintenance-free design, faster axes and higher wrist load c...