FANUC or is a Japanese electromechanical

Electromechanics

In engineering, electromechanics combines the sciences of electromagnetism, of electrical engineering and mechanics. Mechanical engineering in this context refers to the larger discipline which includes chemical engineering, and other related disciplines. Electrical engineering in this context...

 manufacturer specializing in robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

. It is one of the largest maker of industrial robots in the world. It is part of the Furukawa Group

Furukawa Group

Furukawa Group formerly Furukawa zaibatsu is one of Japan's 15 largest industrial groups. Its origins date back to 1875, founder Furukawa Ichibei. This group specialized in mining, electronics, and chemicals industry before World War II....

. FANUC had its beginnings as part of Fujitsu

Fujitsu

is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....

 developing numerical control

Numerical control

Numerical control refers to the automation of machine tools that are operated by abstractly programmed commands encoded on a storage medium, as opposed to controlled manually via handwheels or levers, or mechanically automated via cams alone...

 (NC) and servo systems. The company name is an acronym for Factory Automatic Numerical Control.

In 1972, the Computing Control Division became independent and FANUC Ltd was established.

FANUC is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Tokyo Stock Exchange

The , called or TSE for short, is located in Tokyo, Japan and is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies...

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