Start with your industry and task.
8 industries and 29 use cases across primary, secondary, and tertiary industry. Each guide covers core functions, customer value, pre-deployment checks, hand-picked robots, and proven deployments in Japan and overseas.
Robots in the Process Flow
A representative line for each industry, step by step, showing where robots can take over today's manual work.
Primary Industry
Growing, harvesting, and managing natural resources
Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries
Automation for harvesting, growth management, and controlled-environment operations.
Harvesting & Sorting
Harvesting fruit such as tomatoes, apples, and strawberries, plus sorting vegetables and packing harvest boxes.
Field & Growth Management
Image-based crop monitoring and assistance with simple pesticide spraying.
Controlled-environment Agriculture
Moving seedlings in greenhouses, then sorting, boxing, and palletizing harvested produce.
Mowing & Green-space Management
Mowing golf courses, parks, slopes, and field ridges, plus ongoing lawn maintenance.
Secondary Industry
Manufacturing, construction, and infrastructure operations
Manufacturing
Production workflows from material feeding and assembly to inspection, packaging, and intralogistics.
Raw Material Feeding & Supply
Feeding powdered or liquid material into mixers, opening material bags, and disposing of empty bags.
Assembly & Processing
Vehicle final assembly, welding and painting assistance, EV battery assembly, fastening, complex pick-and-place, dispensing, bonding, and laser marking.
Inspection & Quality Control
Detecting surface defects and coating variation, dimensional scanning, switch testing, and acoustic or vibration inspection.
Packing & Palletizing
Stacking and loading goods, plus unloading them from pallets.
Transport, Storage & Retrieval
Shelf retrieval, bin and order picking, conveyor sorting, in-factory parts supply, and inter-warehouse transport.
Construction
Core construction workflows from surveying and material handling to installation and inspection.
Surveying & Layout
Automated GPS and LiDAR surveying, with BIM/CIM-linked progress tracking and design deviation detection.
Material Transport & Lifting
Transporting rebar, blocks, cement bags, concrete, and other construction materials.
Construction & Assembly
Multi-purpose work such as column welding, rebar tying, and ceiling-board installation.
Inspection & Monitoring
AI detection of cracks and defects, bridge and tower inspection, and autonomous follow-up inspection with onboard lighting.
Infrastructure & Energy
Inspection and monitoring for critical power, resource, pipeline, and water infrastructure.
Power Generation & Electrical Facilities
Reading instruments in power plants and assisting operations at substations.
Resources & Pipelines
Routine patrol and inspection of drilling rigs, plus pipeline monitoring.
Water & Sewer Systems
Inspection and monitoring of treatment facilities, with assistance for valve operation.
Tertiary Industry
Services, daily life, healthcare, research, and education
Commercial & Facility Services
Visitor services and facility patrol for public and commercial spaces.
Customer Service & Guidance
Guidance at airports, stations, malls, and hospitals; exhibition demos; hotel reception; and restaurant greeting.
Security & Surveillance
Facility patrol, night monitoring, alarm checks, intruder detection, and support for face-recognition access control.
Serving & Facility Delivery
Serving and bussing in restaurants, hotel room delivery, and small-item delivery in offices and hospitals.
Cleaning & Sanitation
Floor scrubbing, vacuuming, and disinfection in commercial facilities, offices, airports, and stations.
Home & Lifestyle Services
Everyday applications spanning chores, care, learning, pet care, and emotional companionship.
Household Chores
Floor and window cleaning, sorting and folding laundry, clearing dishes, and taking out waste.
Monitoring & Care
Fall detection and alerts, medication reminders, wellness checks, transfer assistance, and walking support.
Childcare & Learning Support
Indoor activity monitoring, stories and songs, language lessons, homework assistance, and hands-on programming education.
Pet Care
Feeding and watering, litter-area cleaning, walk monitoring, and activity records while owners are away.
Companion
Comfort and attachment through family-style AI robots, plus emotional care through therapeutic companion robots.
Healthcare & Medical
Safety-critical applications for hospital logistics and repeatable rehabilitation support.
Research, Development & Education
Physical platforms for AI and control research, robotics education, and technical training.
Research & Development
Physical validation for AGI research, reinforcement learning, bipedal locomotion, and manipulation technology.
Education & Training
Hands-on robotics and AI programming, manufacturing skills practice, and demonstrations of safe work procedures.