Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports,NVIDIA is developing AI cooperation with Japanese industrial robot giants such as Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric.In an interview, Murali Gopalakrishnan, head of Nvidia’s intelligent machine business, affirmed Japan’s deep accumulation in the field of industrial robots, but also bluntly said,Under the new trend driven by AI, "Japan is no longer a robot country."
Mulally pointed out that the era of "physical AI" in which AI autonomously controls robots has arrived, and the application scope of robots is expanding to areas such as nursing that were previously difficult to enter. He estimates that the relevant market size is as high as 50 trillion US dollars, and believes that physical AI is at a critical turning point towards large-scale practicality.
Humanoid robots epitomize this trend. Mulally said that Chinese and American companies are currently leading the development wave, while Japan "has fallen behind."
The background is that in the past, robot research and development was centered on hardware, and Japan had a significant advantage; now it has changed to "AI first", which is the key reason why Japan has lost its leading position.
despite this,Mulally still spoke highly of Japan's "unparalleled and complete ecosystem" in the field of industrial robots.He believes that Japanese industry still contains huge development potential by empowering robot clusters that have been deeply integrated into production lines and machine tools through AI technology.
