Nvidia is partnering with Japanese companies including Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric to advance robotics that run on artificial intelligence.
The tie-ups sit alongside a separate deal in which Noetra, a government-backed company with investors that include Sony, will buy 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips as it builds infrastructure for what Nvidia calls "physical AI."
"With AI, robots will become smart, easily adaptable and accessible," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said at an event in Tokyo.
Huang also said Japan was missing a new technology he labelled physical AI, a comment that framed the company's outreach to local robotics and supply-chain firms at the Tokyo event.
Nvidia's visit comes as Japan maintains strengths in chip materials and manufacturing equipment even after a long-term decline in overall chipmaking share.
Noetra plans to begin construction in April 2027 and to start operations in June of the following year.
