Mitsubishi Electric and Akari held a strategy announcement conference on March 17, 2026, in Tokyo, presenting their collaboration plan centered on Physical AI for controlling industrial equipment. The partnership combines Mitsubishi Electric's manufacturing expertise and control technology with Akari's advanced digital twin and AI capabilities to accelerate Physical AI implementation.

Three factories are already conducting Proof-of-Concept projects, with Akari's AI algorithms demonstrating a 50% improvement in autonomous mobile robot utilization rates. In five years since founding, Akari has grown to approximately 420 employees with about half as engineers, accumulating over 100 AI models. The company's core strength lies in converting implicit field knowledge into explicit data through digital twin representation, enabling rapid, precise deployment back to operational environments.

Mitsubishi Electric targets resolving three technical barriers: "data wall," "automation wall," and "safety control wall," with plans to achieve Physical AI commercialization within six months. Both companies aim to accelerate industrial autonomization and intelligence while initiating a new wave of industrial innovation from Japan to global markets.