TCS & Google Cloud launch US Physical AI hub in Troy

Tata Consultancy Services has opened a Gemini Experience Centre at its Innovation Hub in Troy, Michigan, expanding its joint programme with Google Cloud on artificial intelligence for manufacturing.

The Troy site is the seventh centre in the network and the first in the US to focus on what the partners call "Physical AI" for industrial settings. It will host demonstrations and workshops focused on factory use cases.

Manufacturing focus

The new facility will focus on safety, quality and operational efficiency. It includes a framework that links robotics with sensing systems, edge processing and cloud systems for monitoring and decision support.

TCS calls the framework the Physical AI Blueprint. It combines AI-enabled quadruped and humanoid robots with secure cloud orchestration to deliver real-time operational insight and autonomous decision support in manufacturing environments.

Use cases highlighted for the Troy centre include autonomous patrolling and surveillance, environmental anomaly detection, and personal protective equipment compliance monitoring. Other scenarios include intelligent quality inspection, progress mapping, and predictive equipment health monitoring.

Network expansion

TCS and Google Cloud plan to expand the Gemini Experience Centre network to 13 sites worldwide by the end of 2026. The companies expect six additional centres to open this year.

The partners position the centres as a way for enterprises to move from small-scale pilots to larger deployments, offering demonstrations, workshops and technical guidance tailored to specific industry processes.

TCS has already launched Gemini Experience Centres in Bangalore, New York, Chennai, Riyadh, Singapore and Sao Paulo. The initiative sits within the TCS Pace innovation network, which links the company with startups, universities and customers.

Robots on site

The Troy location features both quadruped and humanoid robots in its demonstrations. TCS and Google Cloud present the approach as blending local sensing and on-device processing with cloud-based systems.

Manufacturers have shown growing interest in robotics and AI tools that can operate in areas that are hazardous or difficult to monitor continuously. The Troy centre's demonstration environment is structured around industrial inspection and monitoring tasks that typically require repeated rounds on the shop floor.

Anupam Singhal, President - Manufacturing at TCS, linked the initiative to more distributed intelligence in factory settings.

"Physical AI is where intelligence moves to the edge-into the real world of operations. With the launch of our Physical AI Gemini Experience Centre for Manufacturing, we are enabling manufacturers to extend visibility and decision-making into environments that are difficult, risky, or inefficient for humans to access. Designed with a human-in-the-loop approach, Physical AI operates alongside the workforce, strengthening safety and resilience. The real impact is creating future-ready industrial environments that are safer, more adaptive, and continuously aware-at scale."

Google Cloud partnership

Google Cloud is supplying Gemini models for the programme, while TCS is contributing manufacturing domain expertise and delivery services. The Troy centre is also part of a wider focus on "agentic AI" in industrial operations.

Saurabh Tiwary, VP and General Manager, Cloud AI at Google Cloud, said the partnership aims to accelerate deployment of agentic AI in areas that deliver the most value to industrial operations.

"Through the new Physical AI Gemini Experience Centre, we are equipping global manufacturers with the intelligence to build more autonomous, resilient, and data-driven enterprises, allowing them to fully optimize their business models with Google Cloud's leading technology."

TCS recently expanded its relationship with Google Cloud around Gemini Enterprise, including work on custom agents and integration with pre-built and third-party agents within Gemini Enterprise. The companies say the broader effort is intended to give customers access to a wider set of AI tools integrated with Google Cloud services.

The Troy centre is part of TCS's US innovation footprint and its wider partnerships with hyperscale cloud providers. Further Gemini Experience Centres are expected to open as the network expands into additional geographies and industry areas.