NEC has concluded a Technology Partner Program Agreement with Siemens Industry Software to develop an automated AI-based robot teaching method. The partnership combines NEC Robot Task Planning digital twin software with Siemens’ Process Simulate software for 3D robot simulations.
This combination of Japanese and German manufacturing expertise brings a new dynamic to what has been seen primarily as a battle between Chinese and American approaches to applied AI.
The goals of the tie-up are to help manufacturing customers optimize factory operations, improve productivity and facilitate the transition to data-driven industrial robot control, and strengthen the Japanese-German position in global manufacturing. Unlike their Chinese and American competitors, NEC and Siemens are not effectively excluded from one of the world’s two largest economies.