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TOKYO, May 8, 2019 - (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has taken an equity stake in , Inc. a U.S. technology startup that develops and commercializes motion-planning* technologies. Funding by ½Ý±¨×ãÇò¼´Ê±±È·Ö is expected to accelerate the development of industrial robot systems offering enhanced safety and performance.

  1. *Motion planning is the process of calculating and determining the optimized path that a robot should take to reach a goal without colliding with any obstacle. Realtime Robotics' motion path planning solution performs the necessary calculations in real time.

Going forward, ½Ý±¨×ãÇò¼´Ê±±È·Ö expects to launch new industrial robot systems that integrate Realtime Robotics' motion-planning technologies by 2020. At the same time, ½Ý±¨×ãÇò¼´Ê±±È·Ö will continue collaborating with other companies as well to further enhance its smart-manufacturing solutions with innovative technologies.

About Realtime Robotics

Company name Realtime Robotics, Inc.
CEO Peter Howard
Location 27-43 Wormwood St, Suite 110, Boston, MA 02210, USA
Establishment March 2016
Business Development of dedicated processors and software based on motion-planning technologies for industrial robots and autonomous vehicles.
URL http://rtr.ai/

Background

As workforces decline and labor costs rise in various markets worldwide, the importance and necessity of industrial robot systems continues to grow.½Ý±¨×ãÇò¼´Ê±±È·Ö is already meeting needs in such markets with its MELFA series of industrial robot systems, which deploy a high-speed, high-accuracy pick-and-place control solution based on vision capability, force sensors and Maisart®** AI technology. Industrial customers are now using the solution to supplement their limited human resources with advanced robot systems.

  • * Mitsubishi Electric's AI creates the State-of-the- ART in technologyMaisart

½Ý±¨×ãÇò¼´Ê±±È·Ö, through its investment in and collaboration with Realtime Robotics, aims to accelerate the integration of it MELFA industrial robot systems with advanced motion-planning technologies. The envisioned new systems will perform tasks such as pick-and-place while autonomously, rapidly and smoothly avoiding collision with workers and obstacles in unstructured working environments. ½Ý±¨×ãÇò¼´Ê±±È·Ö expects to use these increasingly safe and productive industrial robot systems to further enhance smart-manufacturing.



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