Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.02
February 02, 2023
…machine vision and parts handling, it said. Epson Robots is a unit of Epson Group, which is led by Japan-based Seiko Epson Corp. and reported annual sales of more than ¥1 trillion ($7.7 billion U.S.). The company's regional headquarters for the Americas is Epson America Inc. in Los Alamitos, Calif.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.80
January 26, 2023
…technology to solve the increasingly serious labor shortage in Japan and the gap between the growth of e-commerce demand and the growth of physical volume,” said Yusuke Arima, a member of the System Development Group at Geekplus. “After evaluating various integration platforms, Geekplus chose Boomi’s intelligent, low-code, cloud-native platform for its versatility, development speed, and ease of use,” he added. “The Boomi platform will enable us to connect our operations with our shippers, suppliers, and partners, while mitigating potential real-time supply chain issues.” Geek+ needs to simplify data for growth Geekplus Co. was established in Japan in 2017 as a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.72
January 20, 2023
…begun selling to end users in North America. Osaka, Japan-based Kubota Corp. develops a range of machinery designed for the agriculture industry. Its products include “lawn mowers, utility vehicles, construction equipment, agriculture tractors, and hay equipment,” according to its website. Kubota’s M5 tractors start at around $50,763 and were designed to be used by professionals in the agriculture space. The series was launched in 2015. Sabanto’s autonomy kit is designed to retrofit the M5 series with self-driving technologies. That in turn helps companies address labor challenges, Sabanto said, since the tractors can now operate autonomously and work continuously. “We are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.56
January 16, 2023
…Electrical Engineering at the Suwa University of Science in Japan. They have collaborated with the Thermal Spray Technology Development Laboratory of TOCALO Co. to develop a repair technique using LDED. “Using our technique, the surface shape of a metal structure can be completely restored onsite, and the disposal of the metal powder required for repair can be significantly reduced,” explained Prof. Arai, who has been actively involved in the research of damage mechanics and repair technology. “However, the optimum forming conditions required for the widespread application of this technology in industry had to be hitherto determined by a trial-and-error process.”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 19.90
January 16, 2023
…deploying its first autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, in Japan to help connect builders with materials. DesignFuture Japan Inc. and Locus Robotics last week announced that they plan to deploy LocusBots in Material Bank Japan's distribution warehouse. Founded in 2019, Material Technologies Corp. said its system combines a multi-brand cross-search and bulk-billing capability with established logistics facilities. It said this enables next-day delivery of orders placed before midnight to anywhere in the U.S. The company said it has handled building material samples for more than 100,000 participating designers and 450 manufacturers. DesignFuture Japan is the Japanese arm of Material Bank,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.96
January 12, 2023
…nations in terms of annual installations of industrial robots—China, Japan, the U.S., South Korea, and Germany, plus the European Union—have very different R&D strategies. Governments drive robotics R&D programs in Asia In China, the 14th Five-Year Plan for Robot Industry Development, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing on Dec, 21, 2021, focused on promoting innovation. The goal is to make China a global leader for robot technology and industrial advancement, noted the IFR. Robotics is listed in China's plans for eight key industries for the next five years. In order to implement national science…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.96
January 12, 2023
…in the electronics space and introducing innovative technologies in Japan and beyond. Ossia and Marubun have been jointly developing a wirelessly powered IoT sensor receiver that can be embedded within a wide variety of electronic devices. “It simply makes good business sense to leverage wireless power for IoT that comes in the many hundreds of thousands, like ESLs and RFIDs,” said Satoshi Fujino, senior vice president at Marubun. “Wires and batteries are so limiting that these two devices have been held back from widespread innovation, not to mention adoption. Cota Real Wireless Power makes ESLs and RFIDs truly viable and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.71
January 04, 2023
…permanently is impractical. Paro pioneers robotic therapy In 1993, Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology started building a robotic companion seal for the country’s rising elderly population, called Paro. Almost a quarter of Japan’s population is over 65, and robots are deployed in a variety of jobs aiding the disabled, including feeding, physical therapy, diet, and exercise coaches. In 2009, Paro received regulatory approval as a Class 2 medical device in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2010 on the use of the animatronic device in nursing homes. As Marlene Dean of Pittsburgh Vincentian homes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.16
January 04, 2023
…2016, Aeolus Robotics first deployed its service robots in Japan in 2019 and is expanding to markets around the world. aeo is designed to navigate safely around people. Source: Aeolus Robotics aeo's dual arms have seven degrees of freedom (DOF), and each can lift up to 8 lb. (3.6 kg). The robot can perform tasks such as delivery or disinfection with one arm, while the other arm is free for mobility tasks such as operating elevators and opening doors. “The beauty of aeo is that it can use the arms for different tasks depending on the use case, or [it]…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.89
January 03, 2023
…beverage-restocking robots across 300 Family Mart convenience stores in Japan. Cobot leader Universal Robotics is using Isaac Sim for workforce development to train end operators from the cloud. NVIDIA also touted six companies that have used its Jetson edge AI platform, including Agrist for its bell pepper-harvesting robot, John Deere for its autonomous tractor, Skydio for its Scout drone, Neubility for its delivery robot, and Seoul Robotics for its self-driving car “control tower.” These companies have also received recognition with CES 2023 Innovation Awards, Talla said. NVIDIA makes more simulation tools available Also at CES, NVIDIA also announced a major…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.04
December 29, 2022
…a “major local space company.” GITAI, headquartered in Toyoko, Japan, said it is developing space robots “designed to build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and even cities on Mars.” The company did not share the local space company it is working with. Earlier this year, the company announced that it had opened a U.S. headquarters in in Los Angeles, noting that the expansion “marks a significant step in its growth and brings its innovative space robots to a wider market.” “We are thrilled to fully launch our operations in the US and serve our customers in this market,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.71
December 21, 2022
…stores of Cainz, a top home-improvement center chain in Japan. Once tags have been added to carts, the robot can recognize them automatically and move the goods wherever they are needed in the store, said the company. “By operating in the dark after hours, productivity is improved to the maximum possible extent,” according to Fuji. Fuji's NRF 2023 display model of its new AMR. Source: Business Wire Fuji to exhibit at NRF Fuji plans to display its Rally system in development at NRF 2023, “Retail's Big Show,“from Jan. 15 to 17 in New York. The Cupertino, Calif.-based Fuji Innovation Lab…
