Fanuc announces a collaboration with Google to bring Gemini and Intrinsic AI software to its robots

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Fanuc, maker of 1.1 million installed industrial robots, said it will integrate Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise and Google's Intrinsic Flowstate software into its robots. This enables natural-language instructions, object identification, and visual programming with minimal code. Fanuc shares rose 16% to a record on the announcement.

• Fanuc has 1.1 million robots installed globally; integration applies to this massive existing fleet.
• Gemini Enterprise processes natural language instructions and identifies objects; Intrinsic Flowstate provides no-code development.
• Replicates Android strategy: software platform across multiple hardware manufacturers rather than device-building alone.
• Fanuc shares surged 16% to record 8,880 yen, reflecting market confidence in the software-as-platform approach.