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FANUC America Opens $18M Michigan Robotics Training Academy

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FANUC America Opens $18M Michigan Robotics Training Academy

Rochester Hills – October 19, 2026 -- FANUC America has opened an $18 million, 132,000-square-foot Training Academy in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It more than doubles classroom count from 13 to 28 and is billed as the largest corporate robotics and industrial automation training center in the United States.

Three-story Auburn Hills facility replaces Rochester Hills training site

The Academy sits on FANUC America's West Campus and includes 56,300 square feet of training space for technicians, engineers, educators, students and manufacturing professionals. It replaces the training facility inside the company's Rochester Hills headquarters.

Together with eight other regional facilities, the Academy gives FANUC's training network capacity for about 17,500 participants a year. The network runs more than 160 robots and over 40 CNC simulators.