Nvidia Launches Cosmos 3 Edge Robotics Model in Japan

Nvidia launched Cosmos 3 Edge on Thursday, a world model designed to help robots and AI systems perceive and navigate physical environments in real time. The release follows the Cosmos 3 launch in May.

The announcement coincided with Chief Executive Jensen Huang's two-day visit to Japan, where Nvidia said it is building a physical AI ecosystem with local companies including Fujitsu, Hitachi and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. According to the company, Nvidia also expanded its presence in Japan's healthcare and biotechnology sectors through new collaborations in AI-driven drug discovery and medical robotics.

Nvidia said Tokyo-1, an AI drug discovery consortium operated by Mitsui subsidiary Xeureka, is expanding its use of Nvidia's BioNeMo Agent Toolkit. Japanese pharmaceutical companies including Astellas Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo and Ono Pharmaceutical are using the toolkit to support research and drug development workflows, Nvidia said.

BQ: "Japan invented modern manufacturing. Now, it has the opportunity to reinvent it for the age of intelligent industries." — Jensen Huang, Chief Executive at Nvidia

Nvidia’s Physical AI Expansion in Japan

Nvidia’s Japan announcement spans robotics, manufacturing and pharmaceutical research, combining a new edge AI model with expanded partnerships across several industries.

Initiative	Role in Nvidia’s Japan Strategy
Cosmos 3 Edge	Gives robots and vision AI agents the ability to interpret and navigate physical environments in real time.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries partnership	Applies Nvidia’s physical AI technology to industrial automation and manufacturing systems.
Fujitsu and Hitachi collaborations	Supports a broader Japanese ecosystem for deploying AI across industrial and enterprise environments.
Tokyo-1 consortium expansion	Extends the use of Nvidia’s BioNeMo tools among Japanese pharmaceutical companies.
BioNeMo Agent Toolkit	Helps drugmakers automate and accelerate parts of the drug discovery and development process.

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Nvidia closed fiscal year 2026 with record revenue of $215.9 billion, up 65% year-over-year, and followed that with Q1 FY27 revenue of $81.6 billion.

In October 2025, the company became the first to reach a $5 trillion market valuation, just three months after crossing $4 trillion, with Huang also announcing $500 billion in AI chip orders and plans to build seven supercomputers for the US government.

Nvidia's most consequential strategic move was its $20 billion acquisition of Groq's assets, nearly triple its previous record Mellanox deal, bringing the Language Processing Unit architecture and founder Jonathan Ross in-house. The move is widely seen as a bid to consolidate the AI inference market before rivals can establish footholds.