--- title: Nvidia signs up Japan’s robotics establishment for its... description: Nvidia has recruited 22 major Japanese industrial companies — including FANUC and Yaskawa, the world's two largest robot makers by installed base — into its... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-signs-up-japan-s-robotics-establishment-for-its-open-world-models-3mhslqq4h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nvidia signs up Japan’s robotics establishment for its open world models | daily.dev og:description: Nvidia has recruited 22 major Japanese industrial companies — including FANUC and Yaskawa, the world's two largest robot makers by installed base — into its... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-signs-up-japan-s-robotics-establishment-for-its-open-world-models-3mhslqq4h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3mhSlQQ4H.png og:image:alt: Nvidia signs up Japan’s robotics establishment for its open world models og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nvidia signs up Japan’s robotics establishment for its open world models **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nvidia has recruited 22 major Japanese industrial companies — including FANUC and Yaskawa, the world's two largest robot makers by installed base — into its Cosmos Coalition, an open world-model programme for physical AI. The announcements coincide with Jensen Huang's visit to Tokyo. The technical centerpiece is Cosmos 3 Edge, a 4-billion-parameter model from the Nemotron family designed to run on Jetson edge hardware and adaptable to specific robots in roughly a day. Fujitsu is leading a collaborative control platform with FANUC, Yaskawa, and Kawasaki built on Cosmos, Isaac, Omniverse, and Newton. Applications span autonomous agriculture (Kubota), elder-care robots (Enactic), construction safety (Shimizu), and companion robots (GROOVE X). A parallel announcement covers Japanese-language AI: SoftBank's Sarashina3 mini has been adopted by Japan's Digital Agency. Huang framed the initiative around AI sovereignty, though critics note the 'open' models run best on Nvidia hardware. The deeper question — whether world models actually accelerate real-world robot deployment — remains unanswered. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Nvidia's Cosmos 3 Edge model and what hardware does it run on? Cosmos 3 Edge is a four-billion-parameter world model built on Nvidia's Nemotron family, designed to run on Jetson edge hardware instead of a data center. Developers can reportedly adapt it to a specific robot, vehicle, or sensor rig in about a day, and it deploys across RTX GPUs, DGX systems, and the newly announced Jetson T2000 and T3000 modules. _Teams evaluating edge AI hardware for robotics can follow Cosmos and Jetson developments on daily.dev._ ### Which Japanese companies have joined Nvidia's Cosmos Coalition for robotics? Twenty-two companies have said they intend to join, including FANUC, Yaskawa Electric, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Honda R&D, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Sony Group, SoftBank Corp., NEC, Preferred Networks, and Mitsubishi Corp. FANUC and Yaskawa are notably the two largest industrial robot makers by installed base, though no binding commitment or funding has been disclosed by either side. _Developers tracking industrial robotics partnerships can follow this coalition's progress on daily.dev._ ### Is Nvidia's Cosmos world-model program comparable to any other robotics industry strategy? Yes, it mirrors the approach Nvidia took with Hyundai around the Atlas humanoid robot, supplying the underlying model and hardware stack while letting the industrial partner own deployment. This positions Nvidia against Tesla's vertically integrated Optimus program, which builds its own stack in-house rather than relying on an external model and hardware supplier. _Anyone comparing vertically integrated versus platform-based robotics strategies can track this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Into the Omniverse: NVIDIA GTC Showcases Virtual Worlds Powering the Physical AI Era](https://daily.dev/posts/into-the-omniverse-nvidia-gtc-showcases-virtual-worlds-powering-the-physical-ai-era-z0vlseat7) · NVIDIA · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Into the Omniverse: Physical AI Open Models and Frameworks Advance Robots and Autonomous Systems](https://daily.dev/posts/into-the-omniverse-physical-ai-open-models-and-frameworks-advance-robots-and-autonomous-systems-dtpus18ht) · NVIDIA · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How NVIDIA Builds Open Models for the Age of AI](https://daily.dev/posts/how-nvidia-builds-open-models-for-the-age-of-ai-bjuhqj0tg) · ByteByteGo · 17 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#robotics](https://daily.dev/tags/robotics), [#edge-computing](https://daily.dev/tags/edge-computing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-signs-up-japan-s-robotics-establishment-for-its-open-world-models-3mhslqq4h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Nvidia signs up Japan’s robotics establishment for its open world models","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-signs-up-japan-s-robotics-establishment-for-its-open-world-models-3mhslqq4h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-signs-up-japan-s-robotics-establishment-for-its-open-world-models-3mhslqq4h"},"datePublished":"2026-07-16T08:18:56.778Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:18:04.322Z","description":"Nvidia has recruited 22 major Japanese industrial companies — including FANUC and Yaskawa, the world's two largest robot makers by installed base — into its...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d745a25950b8cc67718f3b653767c706?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d745a25950b8cc67718f3b653767c706?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-signs-up-japan-s-robotics-establishment-for-its-open-world-models-3mhslqq4h","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"azure,nvidia,robotics,edge-computing","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nvidia signs up Japan’s robotics establishment for its open world models"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-signs-up-japan-s-robotics-establishment-for-its-open-world-models-3mhslqq4h#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Nvidia's Cosmos 3 Edge model and what hardware does it run on?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Cosmos 3 Edge is a four-billion-parameter world model built on Nvidia's Nemotron family, designed to run on Jetson edge hardware instead of a data center. 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