ugo taps Canon Electronics to mass-produce ugo mini G2

The deal hands production of ugo's second-generation inspection robot to Canon Electronics, which brings years of mass-production experience in precision equipment such as camera parts and office scanners. Under the EMS contract, Canon Electronics will apply Canon Group quality standards and a centralized parts procurement scheme, which ugo expects to support both quality and cost while scaling output. That combination is intended to make it easier to answer requests for larger unit volumes.

The ugo mini G2 itself, announced in October 2026, adds an optical zoom camera as a paid option to capture small meters and instruments in high or distant locations that the earlier 4K camera struggled with. It also pairs 3D LiDAR with ultrasonic sensors to detect glass surfaces, a task LiDAR alone found difficult, improving indoor driving safety. PD ports on the top case let users add edge AI units and other sensors for on-site real-time inspection and environmental sensing.

ugo CEO Ken Matsui has said that deploying AI robots in society requires both the engineering to handle on-site work and a stable supply at assured quality. The Canon Electronics arrangement is presented as a way to raise the robot's supply capacity and respond to customer adoption needs, with the first units due to reach customers from November 24, 2026.