Development and strengthening of the Robot (AI) & IoT business

「Against a backdrop of labour shortages, demand increased for unmanned night-time operations and automated transport. As a result of strengthening proposals for automation and labour-saving using robots and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and promoting capital investment through proposals for the use of various subsidies, including subsidies for labour-saving investment, net sales amounted to ¥50,643 million, up 6.3% year on year.」

「Under its Robot and AI Digital Strategy, the company promoted the rollout of robot and AI-based solutions that contribute to reducing the need for personnel and labor at operating sites, including automated guided vehicles. In addition, because its capital relationship with connectome.design株式会社 was dissolved effective 16 September 2025, connectome.design株式会社 was excluded from the scope of equity-method accounting.」

「As part of its growth strategy, the company worked to expand sales of robots and automated equipment by developing and providing the “F[ai]ND OUT Series” AI inspection solution and making “Twin Pick,” an automated transport system for picking operations, available for public viewing at its logistics center.」

「The company also jointly developed “Twin Pick,” an automated transport system for picking operations designed for confined spaces in logistics facilities, and plans to make the system available for public viewing at its Kanto Logistics Center from May 2024 onward in preparation for future system sales.」

「In November 2023, the company began selling the “AI Visual Inspection Device F[ai]ND OUT Series EX,” jointly developed with its equity-method affiliate connectome.design株式会社 to automate and improve the efficiency of product inspections.」

「As part of its growth strategy, the company jointly developed an unmanned management robot for automatically managing the moisture conditions of concrete during water curing, and an automated production line using a rewritable laser system that enables high-speed printing and erasing of container labels, eliminating the need to replace labels.」

「Against this backdrop, the company focused on selling products and systems it developed, including the articulated-robot system “Robo Combo,” and worked on system proposals using various subsidies to promote unmanned operations, energy savings, stable processing and other initiatives. As a result, net sales were ¥8,159.5 million, up 20.7% year on year.」

「In this environment, the company focused on selling products and systems it developed, including the “Robo Combo” robot system using articulated robots and the “Bub Power” microfine bubbles for coolant equipment. As a result of advancing system proposals for unmanned operations, cost reductions and stable processing using various subsidies, sales were ¥52.874 billion, up 23.6% year on year.」

「Under its “Core Business Strategy,” the company is deepening its core businesses while strengthening and expanding AI-based initiatives toward becoming a “connected diversified specialized trading company group” capable of demonstrating its comprehensive capabilities through one-stop services. It is promoting proposal-based sales that connect AI with customers’ manufacturing, housing, environmental and urban-development operations to enhance and improve the efficiency of their on-site work.」

「Against this backdrop, the company proposed ways to expand production facilities and reduce costs, including its in-house-developed robot system “Robo Combo” and the microfine bubbles “Bub Power” for coolant equipment, while supporting users in implementing unmanned and automated operations.」

「In this environment, the company focused on developing the “Robo Combo” robot system, which enables easy automation to address labor shortages at production sites, proposing cost reductions through robot systems using existing equipment, and proposing equipment installations using various subsidies. As a result, sales were ¥42.767 billion, compared with ¥40.744 billion in the same quarter of the previous year.」

「As measures to strengthen its Robot (AI) & IoT and smart agriculture businesses, the company began developing a disinfectant-spraying robot and conducting a demonstration test of a collaborative transport robot.」

「Under its “Growth Business Strategy,” the company entered into a capital and business alliance with connectome.design株式会社, which has extensive experience implementing AI in the manufacturing industry, to create new businesses through digital transformation (DX). It also established 株式会社ＤＯＮＫＥＹ through a joint investment by 5 companies to strengthen its smart agriculture business, covering the development and provision of agricultural robots.」

「Under its “Growth Business Strategy,” the company strengthened its alliance with connectome.design株式会社 through a capital and business alliance, with the aim of building a platform capable of providing one-stop solutions using AI-related technologies, including deep learning, drawing on the company’s extensive experience implementing AI in the manufacturing industry.」

「At a meeting of its Board of Directors held on 12 May 2020, the company resolved to execute an agreement on a capital and business alliance and a share transfer agreement with connectome.design株式会社. It acquired shares on 26 May 2020, making the company an equity-method affiliate.」

「Under “re-strengthening growth businesses,” the company worked to develop and strengthen 5 fields as growth businesses: the Overseas Business, aimed at global growth; the Robot (AI) & IoT Business; the New Distribution Business, which addresses the expansion of e-commerce; the Environment & Energy Solutions Business; and the Resilience & Security Business. In December 2019, it entered into a business alliance with an AI venture company to develop the “Takumi no Waza AI Factory,” which would inherit and extend the skills of experienced technicians in manufacturing operations.」

「In this environment, in addition to expanding sales of system products and robots that support unmanned and labor-saving operations, the company explored the sheet-metal and welding-materials markets further and proposed new technologies and products using various subsidies, while focusing on orders for factory equipment as a whole.」

「Under “re-strengthening growth businesses,” the company worked to develop and strengthen 5 fields as growth businesses: the Overseas Business, aimed at global growth; the Robot (AI) & IoT Business; the New Distribution Business, which addresses the expansion of e-commerce; the Environment & Energy Solutions Business; and the Resilience & Security Business.」

「Robot (AI) & IoT business performance indicators　Actual sales for the fiscal year ended March 2019　¥5.8 billion　Sales target for the fiscal year ending March 2023　¥17 billion」

「In the growth businesses, the company strengthened its system integration capabilities, including proposals for production-line automation, and focused on strengthening its robot (AI) and IoT businesses, including industrial robots.」

「In the growth businesses, the company strengthened its system integration capabilities, including proposals for production-line automation, and focused on strengthening its robot (AI) and IoT businesses, including industrial robots.」

「In the growth businesses, the company strengthened its system integration capabilities, including proposals for production-line automation, and focused on strengthening its robot (AI) and IoT businesses, including industrial robots.」

「As performance targets for the Robot (AI) & IoT business, the company set a sales target of ¥5 billion for the fiscal year ending March 2020 and reported actual sales of ¥4 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2018. It worked to strengthen functions centered on ロボットエンジニアリング㈱, expand its range of robots and increase the number of IoT-enabled devices handled.」

「In addition, the Group designated the five areas of Overseas Business, Robo (AI) & IoT Business, Environmental and Energy Solutions Business, New Distribution Business to support the expansion of e-commerce, and Resilience & Security Business as growth businesses, and worked to develop and strengthen them with a view to global growth.」

「The Company worked to develop and strengthen five growth business fields: overseas business and robot (AI) and IoT business aimed at global growth, and new distribution business, environmental and energy solutions business, and resilience and security business responding to the expansion of e-commerce.」