Fujisoft and Daido Demo Physical AI Package

Fujisoft and Daido demonstrated a working version of their “Physical AI Starter Package” for collaborative robots at Daido Robot Hall’s 10th anniversary event in Nagoya on October 13–14, 2026. The companies plan to begin full-scale order-taking in January 2027 and aim to sell 100 units annually in fiscal 2028. The package, including robot hardware and basic software, is expected to cost about ¥10 million–¥12 million before tax.

The package combines FANUC’s CRX series collaborative robot, a PC equipped with an NVIDIA GPU, a camera and software. Users give instructions in natural language; AI interprets the spoken commands and identifies objects in camera images. The robot then grasps the specified object and carries it to the designated location.

Labor shortages are worsening amid Japan’s aging population and declining birthrate, while demand for automation to reduce staffing needs is growing. However, introducing robots to manufacturing sites can require specialist knowledge and substantial expense, as well as burdensome system setup and testing on physical equipment. The companies will offer the package as a development environment for trying and testing physical AI on a real robot and starting a proof of concept (a trial to check feasibility before adoption), rather than as equipment ready for immediate installation on a production line.

The package can operate on-premises, without connecting to an external network. Users with basic ROS 2 and Python programming skills can customize it. Yasuyuki Kouketsu of Daido said the company aims to make it usable even by people with no robotics experience and hopes it will help address the difficulty of figuring out how to test physical AI.

The companies plan to develop additional packages in stages for imitation learning, anomaly detection of unfamiliar objects, packing irregularly shaped items and adapting to changes in the environment. The anniversary event also featured concept models of a travel axis for collaborative robots that stops when it detects a collision, and a robot AI leader arm that people move by hand to collect data for imitation learning. Daido sells factory automation components and robots and plans and launches production lines; it says it sells 3,000 robots annually. It has four sites nationwide, including Nagoya and Tokyo, where customers can test equipment before adoption. Nagoya Robot Hall opened in 2016.

Fujisoft and Daido demonstrated a working version of their “Physical AI Starter Package” for collaborative robots at Daido Robot Hall’s 10th anniversary event in Nagoya on October 13–14, 2026. The companies plan to begin full-scale order-taking in January 2027 and aim to sell 100 units annually in fiscal 2028. The package, including robot hardware and basic software, is expected to cost about ¥10 million–¥12 million before tax.

The package combines FANUC’s CRX series collaborative robot, a PC equipped with an NVIDIA GPU, a camera and software. Users give instructions in natural language; AI interprets the spoken commands and identifies objects in camera images. The robot then grasps the specified object and carries it to the designated location.

Labor shortages are worsening amid Japan’s aging population and declining birthrate, while demand for automation to reduce staffing needs is growing. However, introducing robots to manufacturing sites can require specialist knowledge and substantial expense, as well as burdensome system setup and testing on physical equipment. The companies will offer the package as a development environment for trying and testing physical AI on a real robot and starting a proof of concept (a trial to check feasibility before adoption), rather than as equipment ready for immediate installation on a production line.

The package can operate on-premises, without connecting to an external network. Users with basic ROS 2 and Python programming skills can customize it. Yasuyuki Kouketsu of Daido said the company aims to make it usable even by people with no robotics experience and hopes it will help address the difficulty of figuring out how to test physical AI.

The companies plan to develop additional packages in stages for imitation learning, anomaly detection of unfamiliar objects, packing irregularly shaped items and adapting to changes in the environment. The anniversary event also featured concept models of a travel axis for collaborative robots that stops when it detects a collision, and a robot AI leader arm that people move by hand to collect data for imitation learning. Daido sells factory automation components and robots and plans and launches production lines; it says it sells 3,000 robots annually. It has four sites nationwide, including Nagoya and Tokyo, where customers can test equipment before adoption. Nagoya Robot Hall opened in 2016.