LTTS launches AI-native manufacturing lab in India, plans US facility

The new EI Lab will showcase AI-native factories, digital twins and autonomous systems, while LTTS plans a similar facility in the US by the end of FY27

Engineering research and development (ER&D) company L&T Technology Services (LTTS) announced the launch of its maiden artificial intelligence (AI)-native EI Lab for Digital Manufacturing in India. The laboratory (lab) will showcase AI-native manufacturing, digital twins, and autonomous systems working together across the manufacturing lifecycle, as companies increasingly focus on physical AI.

 

Built on the Siemens and Nvidia technology stack, the lab will demonstrate LTTS’ engineering intelligence (EI) charter across the manufacturing shop floor, with a focus on warehouses, distribution, and supply chains, where AI can automate more operations and improve productivity.

 

“AI is right now used in the area of application engineering, but I believe that the physical assets, whether it be on the edge of the product or it be on the shop floor and manufacturing, will actually be a lot bigger than what enterprise AI is today. So the intent of creating this lab, which is actually dealing with discrete manufacturing use cases at this stage, is to actually expand that discrete and process manufacturing,” said Amit Chadha, chief executive officer and managing director (MD) of LTTS.

 

 

The lab is built around four capability pillars: manufacturing intelligence, AI-native factory, operations AI and autonomy, and EIOne, LTTS’ platform that brings together more than 100 EI solutions and agentic AI swarms in a single, governed ecosystem.

 

“AI is transforming how manufacturers design, simulate, and operate the factories of the future,” said Vishal Dhupar, MD for South Asia at Nvidia. “The EI Lab, combining Nvidia technologies spanning hardware, software, and world models and LTTS’ deep engineering expertise, gives manufacturers a practical environment to explore and validate AI-driven, simulation-first approaches to industrial transformation.”

 

LTTS said it has about four clients in the physical AI sector, two in North America and two in Europe. It also plans to set up a similar lab in the US by the end of this financial year (2026-27).

 

While Chadha did not elaborate on the specific investment behind setting up the lab or the number of people who would work there, he said the company spends 2 per cent of its revenue on internal R&D.

 

“We spend about 2 per cent on internal ER&D efforts, setting up labs, training people, building assets. So that is what we are leveraging here,” he added.

 

Physical AI is expected to be the Next Big Thing. The technology aims to help AI systems better understand and reason about the physical world, with applications in robotics, simulation, design, and other real-world settings.