
FANUC, Hitachi and Preferred Networks team up to develop intelligent edge systems
Yutaka Saito, who is currently Executive Vice President and Executive Officer at Hitachi will be appointed Senior Executive Vice President at FANUC on April 1 and also lead the new company.
The new company will combine FANUC’s expertise in machine tools and robots with Hitachi’s knowledge of control technologies and manufacturing IT and OT, and PFN’s deep learning and distributed computing skills. When the venture has been established and it has a business plan, it will then go on to develop system development and look to broaden the scope of the applications.
More information
www.fanuc.co.jp/eindex.htm.
www.preferred-networks.jp/en/
www.hitachi.com
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