Case Study: FANUC achieves launch of the FIELD System factory IoT platform for AI-driven manufacturing with NTT Communications

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FANUC, a global leader in factory automation, robotics, and robo machines, set out to create the FIELD System — an open IoT platform to connect multi-vendor factory equipment and enable applications for visualization, analytics, and edge control. To make this vision operational worldwide, FANUC needed an IT partner with deep edge-computing, network, cloud, software development, and large-scale project management expertise to support operations, application distribution, and future expansion.

FANUC chose NTT Communications and the NTT Group to co-create and operate the FIELD System, combining FANUC’s equipment expertise with NTT’s network, cloud, and software capabilities. The platform launched in Japan in late 2017, is in pilot use by multiple manufacturers, and is planned for rollout in the U.S., Europe, and Asia; ongoing collaboration is building an ecosystem of applications — including AI for predictive maintenance, inspection, knowledge transfer, and productivity improvements — with the FIELD System positioned as a new pillar of FANUC’s business.

Fanuc

Takayuki Tamai

Assistant General Manager - R&D Administration Division Vice General Manager - FIELD Promotion Division Manager