HCLTech
About
About HCLTech
HCLTech’s Physical AI work applies its broader product-engineering capability to machines that perceive and act in the physical world. For an autonomous robot programme, its teams can develop navigation logic, motion planning and system integration around the customer’s sensors, embedded compute, actuators and safety architecture. Simulation and test environments support validation before software is transferred to the physical platform.
A July 2026 engagement with a European manufacturer places HCLTech inside development of a next-generation autonomous robot. HCLTech contributes engineering capacity across the autonomy stack and its interfaces, while the customer retains the machine and commercial product. This service model allows industrial manufacturers to add robotics software, edge AI and verification expertise without building every specialist discipline internally.
Team
- C Vijayakumar - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director - Leads HCLTech across engineering, software, cloud, cybersecurity and artificial-intelligence services.
- Shiv Walia - Chief Financial Officer - Leads HCLTech finance, planning and business operations after becoming chief financial officer in September 2024.
- Ajay Bahl - Chief Growth Officer and Global Head, Energy and Manufacturing - Develops HCLTech's manufacturing capabilities across robotics, plant engineering, AI, analytics, IoT and cybersecurity.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-07-13 - Contract Award - HCLTech selected to engineer autonomy stack for European robot manufacturer
The scope covers the robot’s core navigation logic and motion-planning software. HCLTech will also provide product-level system integration using its Physical AI and product-engineering capabilities.
Source - 2026-01-12 - Market Signal - HCLTech appears as NVIDIA Physical AI partner at CES 2026
The recognition occurred during NVIDIA chief executive Jensen Huang's CES keynote. HCLTech linked the appearance to its Kinetic AI work across robotics engineering, simulation, validation and deployment.
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Relations
Relationships
- European robot manufacturer
Procurement Recipient - A European robot maker selected HCLTech to engineer motion planning and integration for a new autonomous robot.
- NVIDIA
Physical AI And Robotics Partner - HCLTech appeared as a key Physical AI and robotics partner during NVIDIA's CES 2026 keynote.
Commercial
- HCLTech selected to engineer autonomy stack for European robot manufacturer
2026-07-13 · Order / contract · A Europe-based manufacturer selected HCLTech to engineer the navigation stack for its next-generation autonomous robot, including motion planning and system integration.
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