Japan's KDDI Launches Elyza Robotics With $190M Physical AI Investment Plan
· Source: theaiinsider.tech
In short
KDDI and its AI subsidiary Elyza have established Elyza Robotics, a physical AI company that began operations on October 1 and plans to invest roughly $190 million (30 billion yen) in R&D while deploying more than 1,000 robots at working sites by fiscal 2030. The unit will develop robot foundation models, vision-language-action models and simulation-based training, then run proof-of-concept deployments of industrial robots, quadrupeds and humanoids in retail, logistics, manufacturing and services. KDDI frames physical AI as a priority response to projected Japanese labor shortages in manufacturing, construction and services by 2040.
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Tags: robotics, physical AI, warehousing, material handling, automation, Japan