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Omron buys OnLogic for $675 million in a physical AI push
The Japanese automation group is buying a US maker of rugged factory computers to put AI on the shop floor.
Japanese electronics maker Omron has agreed to buy OnLogic, a US company that makes industrial computers for factories, for about $675 million, Nikkei Asia reports. Omron announced the deal on Tuesday 13 October 2026 and expects it to close as early as January.
“Physical AI” means AI that acts in the real world, such as machines that see, sort and move parts on a production line. That AI needs tough computers next to the machines, which is what OnLogic sells. The deal also widens Omron’s reach in the Americas, where Nikkei says it has room to sell more of its control equipment.
Omron is buying Interlogic, OnLogic’s Vermont parent, for about 104.6 billion yen, paid in cash mostly from its own funds, Unite.AI reports. Its shares belong to founders Lisa and Roeland Groeneveld and to 167 of its officers and staff. A merger lets Omron take all of those shares in one step.
Physical AI needs computers on the factory floor, and Omron has agreed to pay to own that layer.
Sources
- Nikkei Asia: Japan’s Omron to buy US-based OnLogic for $675m in physical AI push. Checked
- Unite.AI: Omron to Acquire Industrial PC Maker OnLogic in Physical AI Push. Checked
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