Welcome to RoboTown 2022

ZMP2022｜Welcome to RoboTown

In 2021, ZMP has set its sights on “Making Robots a Social Infrastructure” and has undertaken various initiatives, including “Expanding the area of the Lacrosse Sharing Service,” “Creating robot infrastructure at logistics sites,” and demonstrating services such as food delivery and mail delivery using delivery robots.

In 2022, by connecting these services and solutions with ZMP’s robot management platform “ROBO-HI”, we will spread Robo-Town, a fun and convenient town where robots are integrated into people’s lives in commercial buildings, hotels, apartments, hospitals, and in the city. Robo-Town, a fun and convenient town where robots are integrated into people’s lives, will be spread throughout Japan.

This page introduces some of the products that ZMP has developed to build Robotown and some of the activities we have released so far.

Life Robo is even closer to you!

The “RakuRo walking robot sharing service” has been running in Chuo-ku, Tokyo since 2020, and last year we expanded the scale of the service to include not only Tsukishima and Tsukuda, but also the Kachidoki area and St. Luke’s International Hospital in Akashi-machi.

Himeji City also conducted a sightseeing service demonstration in which visitors rode around Himeji Castle in a laklo while listening to an explanation of Himeji Castle, wearing the latest AR glasses.

Last year, we conducted Japan’s first public road test of the “Unmanned Delivery Robot DeliRo”, we also demonstrated a delivery service in Okutama City in cooperation with a drone.

Furthermore, by connecting these robots with ZMP’s robot management system “ROBO-HI”, each operator can manage and operate the robots, enabling integrated management of robots in each facility or town.

Unmanned logistics site (factory, warehouse)! Accurate, non-contact logistics management!

The CarriRo series is currently being used by more than 300 companies as an automation solution.

We have a lineup of many logistics robots to suit various on-site applications, including the CarriRo AD and CarriRo AD+ pallet transport types, the CarriRo Fork unmanned forklift, and the CarriRo Tractor unmanned towing vehicle.

In 2022, we will also release “full automation” of logistics sites and facilities by managing each robot with ROBO-HI so that every item in factories and warehouses can be transported unmanned.

Practical application of automated vehicles on private property such as airports and factories!

ZMP has been conducting various automated driving demonstrations at Narita International Airport and Central Japan International Airport since the end of 2018.

In 2019, the RoboCar Mini EV Bus and in 2020, the CarriRo Tractor 25T drove automatically in restricted areas of airports.

Using ZMP’s cloud system “ROBO-HI,” ZMP has successfully conducted experiments in remote monitoring and management of automated vehicle operation schedules, which are similar to actual operations. In 2022, we aim to commercialize the “RoboCar Mini EV Bus,” a self-driving bus on private land based on the know-how accumulated through these demonstration tests.

Bringing Robots into the Social Infrastructure

ZMP will continue to develop new products and services through a variety of projects based on its mission of “Robots of Everything” to create fun and convenient lifestyles by freeing the movement of people and goods. We will continue to work toward an affluent society in which robots, as an indispensable part of the world’s infrastructure, support people everywhere.