TCS opens seventh Gemini Experience Center in Michigan

MUMBAI: TCS just gave robots a factory floor pass because when AI gets physical, even the assembly line starts thinking ahead. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has opened its seventh Gemini Experience Center (GEC) at its Innovation Hub in Troy, Michigan, in partnership with Google Cloud. The new centre is dedicated to developing Physical AI solutions tailored for the manufacturing sector, enabling enterprises to explore, test and scale real-world use cases around safety, quality and operational efficiency.

The facility introduces the TCS Physical AI Blueprint, an end-to-end framework integrating AI-powered quadruped and humanoid robotics with advanced sensing, edge intelligence and secure cloud orchestration for real-time insight and autonomous decision support. Key applications include autonomous patrolling, environmental anomaly detection, PPE compliance monitoring, intelligent quality inspection, progress mapping and predictive equipment health monitoring, all designed with a human-in-the-loop approach to enhance workforce safety and resilience.

TCS president of Manufacturing Anupam Singhal said, “Physical AI is where intelligence moves to the edge into the real world of operations. The centre enables manufacturers to extend visibility and decision-making into environments that are difficult, risky or inefficient for humans to access.”

Google Cloud VP and general manager for Cloud AI Saurabh Tiwary added, “Our partnership with TCS focuses on accelerating agentic AI where it delivers the most significant value to industrial operations. The new centre equips manufacturers with intelligence to build more autonomous, resilient and data-driven enterprises.”

The Troy GEC strengthens TCS’s global innovation network, joining existing centres in Bangalore, New York, Chennai, Riyadh, Singapore and Sao Paulo. By the end of 2026, TCS and Google Cloud plan to have 13 GECs worldwide, with six more scheduled to launch this year. The centres help enterprises move from AI pilots to scalable, production-ready transformation programmes.

In a manufacturing world where downtime costs millions and safety can’t wait, TCS isn’t just building experience centres, it’s building the bridge from human hands to machine minds, one intelligent robot step at a time.