CategoryIndustrial Robots
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
Publicly traded (TSE: 6954) industrial-robot and CNC maker; its LR Mate 200iD six-axis arm powers Miso robotics' Flippy (Gen 1-2).
Reality check
Installed base (company-claimed)
1M+ robots installed; payloads up to 2,300 kg and reach up to 4.7 m.
CRX cobots (company-claimed)
Safety-certified, 3 to 50 kg payload; CRX-30iA 30 kg, 1,889 mm reach; CRX-3iA 3 kg, 11 kg arm, 692 mm.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 5 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
Stage
Focus
Robot
Google partnership
FY2025
US expansion
Data & sources
Press releases
2
Patent documents
10
Web sources
1
13 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
FANUC M-20iD
Compact 6-axis handling robot with 25 kg payload and 1831 mm reach, featuring hollow wrist for cable routing.
Current platform
FANUC R-2000iC
6-axis heavy payload industrial robot with 210 kg payload and 2655 mm reach, suited for material handling and spot welding.
Partnerships
Every company FANUC Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Google3× joint19 total
- 2Fujitsu1× joint
- 3Google1× joint
- 4Hitachi1× joint1 total
- 5Intrinsic1× joint
- 6Kawasaki Heavy Industries1× joint2 total
Most recent
- with Kawasaki Heavy Industriesjust announced
- FANUC x Google Physical AI2026-05-19with Googleoperating
- Google x FANUC (Industrial Robot AI)2026-05-14with Googlejust announced
- FANUC x Google Intrinsic2026-05-14with Googlejust announced
- FANUC x Google2025-11-01with Googleoperating
FANUC Corporation on the deployment map
View the global map5 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jan 2025. Explore where FANUC Corporation's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalFANUC M-20iD at Global Automotive Manufacturing Plants →International · verified Jan 2025
- operationalFANUC R-2000iC at Worldwide automotive factories →International · verified Jun 2024
- operationalFANUC M-20iD at Worldwide (1M+ installed) →International · verified Jun 2024
- operationalFANUC M-20iD at Oshino →Japan · verified Jun 2024
- operationalFANUC R-2000iC at Global →International · verified Jun 2024
View the full FANUC Corporation deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Yoshiharu Inaba President & CEOreported, not verified
- Kenji Yamaguchi Representative Director, President & CEOsince 2019-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Seiuemon Inabasolefounded 1972-01-01no longer at company
- Seiuemon Inabano longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- Seiuemon Inaba Foundersecondary-verified
- Seiuemon Inaba Founder, President & CEO (1972-2000); Honorary Chairman (2000-2020)1972 to 2020IR-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting FANUC Corporation (1)
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- FANUC Corporation5 deployments
Recent coverage
FANUC Corporation in third-party press
FANUC America Opens $18 Million Automation Training Center in Michigan
Fujitsu to explore physical AI development with FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries integrating NVIDIA technology
Japan's Robotics and Manufacturing Leaders Build on NVIDIA Cosmos to Advance Physical AI Frontier
Peers
75 peers across 1 segment. Every FANUC Corporation competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
industrial robot(75)
33 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2051.61304640928) · leader Mind Robotics at 3415%
- ABB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AMP Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- BD Rowadirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Comaudirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Diakontdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- EFORT Intelligent Equipmentdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (24)
Registry pages whose text names FANUC Corporation.
Companies (9)
Sanctuary AI, Wandelbots, EFORT Intelligent Equipment, Wolf Robotics, TetraGen Robotics, Hitachi, Oriental Motor, RoboTwin, Trener Robotics
Robots and products (8)
Cooper, Robotiq 2F-85, Acteris, Recycleye Robotics, Wolf Robotics Arm, RoboTeach, Renishaw Encoder, TetraGen Autonomous Welding System
Deployments (2)
Recycleye Robotics at Reading, Berkshire, UK, RoboTeach at Ontario
People (4)
Seiuemon Inaba, Yoshiharu Inaba, Kenji Yamaguchi, Seiuemon Inaba
Supplies to (2)
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- Formic Cobot RaaSby FormicFANUC collaborative and industrial robot arms -- Formic Core OS runs across FANUC robot systems deployed in customer facilities; Formic owns/operates hardware under RaaS modelsupplies
- Miso Flippyby Miso RoboticsFANUC LR Mate 200iD six-axis industrial arm (Flippy 1 / Flippy 2)suppliesclaimed
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Supplied by (3)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia FANUC R-2000iCNVIDIA GPU -- AI Zero Downtime (ZDT) predictive maintenance across FANUC production robot rangesupplies
- NVIDIAvia FANUC M-20iDNVIDIA GPU compute -- AI Zero Downtime (ZDT) predictive maintenance and vision guidancesupplies
Sensors
- SICK AGcompany-levelSICK microScan3 Core - EFI-pro safety laser scanner (sBot Speed CIP-FA) -- safe robotics area protection for FANUC R-30iB Plus robot controllersupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Partnerships
11 total · 6 operating · 5 just announced
Every company FANUC Corporation has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Kawasaki Heavy Industriesjust announced
- FANUC x Google Physical AI2026-05-19with Googleoperating
- Google x FANUC (Industrial Robot AI)2026-05-14with Googlejust announced
- FANUC x Google Intrinsic2026-05-14with Googlejust announced
- FANUC x Google2025-11-01with Googleoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Google3× joint19 total
- 2Fujitsu1× joint
- 3Google1× joint
- 4Hitachi1× joint1 total
- 5Intrinsic1× joint
- 6Kawasaki Heavy Industries1× joint2 total
All 11 partnerships
open in the atlas →- manufacturing—operating
- technology—operating
- technology2026-05-19operating
- Google x FANUC (Industrial Robot AI)withGoogletechnology2026-05-14just announced
- FANUC x GooglewithGoogle19development2025-11-01operating
- technology2023-01-01operating
Patent estate (10)
- US5434489Ausptograntedgranted 1995-07-25assignee
- US8706300B2usptograntedgranted 2014-04-29assignee
- US8473103B2usptograntedgranted 2013-06-25assignee
- US5761965Ausptograntedgranted 1998-06-09assignee
- US6489741B1usptograntedgranted 2002-12-03assignee
- USD782553S1usptograntedgranted 2017-05-30assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in FANUC Corporation’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Robotiq
2026-08-23Supply: Robotiq grippers for FANUC from Robotiq
New supplierNew supplier: Murata Manufacturing
2026-08-23Supply: IMU sensors for robot positioning from Murata Manufacturing
New supplierNew supplier: Delta Electronics
2026-08-23Supply: Delta servo drives and motors from Delta Electronics
New supplierNew supplier: Cognex
2026-08-23Supply: Machine vision for robotic inspection from Cognex
New supplierNew supplier: Keyence
2026-08-23Supply: Vision systems for robotic inspection from Keyence
New supplierNew supplier: Sumitomo Drive Technologies
2026-08-23Supply: Precision gearboxes from Sumitomo Drive Technologies
New supplierNew supplier: Nidec Corporation
2026-08-23Supply: Servo motors for CNC/robot from Nidec Corporation
New supplierNew supplier: Nabtesco
2026-08-23Supply: Nabtesco RV reducers for FANUC from Nabtesco
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
FANUC Corporation logo
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Efficient Glass Handling with FANUC R-2000iC 210L
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Introducing the New FANUC CRX Series Collaborative Robot
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
FANUC M-20iD at Global Automotive Manufacturing Plants
Sources (3)
- FANUC Corporation · https://www.fanuc.com/
- FANUC Corporate Profile · https://www.fanuc.co.jp/en/profile/index.html
- https://www.fanucamerica.com/products/robots
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for FANUC Corporation.Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning FANUC Corporation from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
FANUC America Opens $18 Million Automation Training Center in Michigan
FANUC America has opened a new robotics and industrial automation training facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan, following an investment of more than $18 million. The company…
Fujitsu to explore physical AI development with FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries integrating NVIDIA technology
Fujitsu announced it has begun exploring physical AI business opportunities with robotics leaders FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, integrating NVIDIA…
Japan's Robotics and Manufacturing Leaders Build on NVIDIA Cosmos to Advance Physical AI Frontier
NVIDIA announced that Japan physical AI leaders are building on NVIDIA Cosmos, Isaac, Metropolis and Jetson; expanded the Cosmos Coalition to Japan with AIRoA, FANUC, Fujitsu,…
FANUC Accelerates Physical AI Through Collaboration with Google
FANUC announced a strategic collaboration with Google to advance Physical AI in industrial robotics, blending proven automation with AI agent technology.
FANUC Collaborates with Google on Physical AI
FANUC announced a strategic collaboration with Google to advance physical AI in its industrial robots using Google's Gemini AI and Intrinsic platform.
FANUC industrial robot sales drop 16%
FANUC saw mixed results in 2024 as industrial robot sales dipped 16%, but profits rose, driven by factory automation and service growth.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/fanuc.md
- RSS feed: /companies/fanuc/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d9d1cd59-84ec-436d-965a-d4953a7a6b45
- Revision history: /companies/fanuc/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye4 models
- ABB3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Ambi Robotics2 models
- Beckhoff Automation2 models
Video
Heat Index
Serious65/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
FANUC Corporation draws attention at the 15th percentile but verifies reality at the 79th percentile among industrial_robot robots. Hype Gap -63.7, 33rd widest among industrial_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 2, 2026