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Japanese company unveils construction robot

May 7, 2018 by Mai Tao

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A Japanese company called Daiwa House Industry has been demonstrating a robotic system which can help in the construction of houses and buildings.

The robot appears to work by spraying layers of plaster on metallic structures, which themselves could be constructed by a robot – as can be seen in the image on Mainichi.jp.

It seems to work along similar lines to a robotic construction system developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, in Switzerland.

Daiwa House executives say the company’s system can labour costs of 30 per cent compared with human workers.

The main task it is designed to perform is to spray fireproof coating on a building – something which is said to be one of the most difficult parts of construction.

Daiwa House, which has so far invested almost $1 million into developing the system, plans to put it into operation sometime next year.

Head of technology Kazuto Tsuchida says: “It is expected the construction industry will face a shortage of 1.12 million workers in 2025.

“There are major expectations for robots, and we hope this will lead to high quantity production.”

This is not the only area of robotics Daiwa House been researching. The partners with Cyberdyne, which builds robotic exoskeletons, to supply the latter’s “HAL” exoskeletons.

The exoskeletons are designed to provide assistance to caregivers to the elderly (see picture below).

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Daiwa House is Japan’s largest homebuilder, and also has interests in many other design and construction sectors, including in the building of care homes for the elderly.

The company’s annual revenue is more than $20 billion and it employs approximately 30,000 people.

Filed Under: Infrastructure, News Tagged With: construction robot, cyberdyne, daiwa house industry, hal

Cyberdyne and Sumitomo install robot office cleaners

April 6, 2018 by Anna

Cyberdyne and Sumitomo Corporation have agreed to work together to automate and streamline office building cleaning, signing a memorandum of understanding on March 26, 2018.

Sumitomo Corporation plans to operate Cyberdyne’s Cleaning Robot CL02 in office buildings owned by subsidiary companies of Sumitomo Corporation.

In 2001, Sumitomo Corporation installed a cleaning robot system at its headquarters in Harumi Triton Square, Tokyo, where it is still in use today.

[Read more…] about Cyberdyne and Sumitomo install robot office cleaners

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cyberdyne, sumitomo

Cyberdyne launches new version of its exoskeleton

October 2, 2017 by Mai Tao

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Cyberdyne has launched the latest version of its HAL exoskeleton.

HAL, short for hybrid assistive limb, has been mostly marketed to the health sector.

The new version, HAL Lumbar, is similar to previous versions in that it reads bio-electrical signals of the wearer.  [Read more…] about Cyberdyne launches new version of its exoskeleton

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cyberdyne, exoskeleton, hal, hybrid assistive limb, japan

Cyberdyne reports 30 per cent more sales for its cyber-physical HAL exoskeleton

September 12, 2017 by Sam Francis

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The company which claims to have developed “the world’s first cyborg-type robot” when it built the HAL exoskeleton says it sold 30 per cent more units in its most recent year compared with the previous year. 

In its annual report, Cyberdyne says it sold $15 million worth of HAL exoskeletons in the year to March 2017.

In the previous year to March 2016, the company sold just under $12 million worth of the HAL exoskeletons.  [Read more…] about Cyberdyne reports 30 per cent more sales for its cyber-physical HAL exoskeleton

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cyber-physical system, cyberdyne, exoskeleton, hal, hybrid assistive limb

Tokyo airport employs Cyberdyne cleaning robots

June 13, 2016 by Sam Francis

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Tokyo International Airport’s International Passenger Terminal is employing a cleaning robot made by Cyberdyne. 

Following its implementation in the Domestic Terminal, the Cleaning Robot will expand its operation into the International Terminal, which is also open 24 hours a day.

This is a joint-project of Cyberdyne and Japan Airport Terminal Company, and with the cooperation of Tokyo International Airport (also known as Haneda Airport).

Verification tests for the Cleaning Robot are being conducted at the International Passenger Terminal for 2 weeks, a time frame which is due to end soon.  [Read more…] about Tokyo airport employs Cyberdyne cleaning robots

Filed Under: News Tagged With: airport, cleaning, cyberdyne, domestic, international, japan, passenger, robot, robots, terminal, tests, tokyo

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