RobotBank to build own-brand physical-AI robots, starting with quadruped

RobotBank has previously worked on robot products, robot software platforms, system development and systems integration. The new announcement builds on that base rather than marking a first attempt at product development. The company plans to use its experience with customers in Japanese manufacturing, logistics and service sectors, along with its product, software and system development capabilities, to commercialize physical-AI robots starting from practicality.

The quadruped project will examine machine design, movement control, sensor configuration, remote operation and maintainability. Physical-AI functions such as environmental recognition and autonomous task execution are set for phased implementation while necessary technical verification proceeds. Development will run through the RobotBank Lab research and development base, and the company foresees future linkage with its RobotBank Brain software platform. In verification, RobotBank said it will emphasize indicators such as work success rate, operating time, frequency of human intervention, safety and maintenance costs.

Beyond the quadruped, RobotBank lists mobile manipulators combining a mobile robot and robot arm, industrial work robots, and robot hands and end effectors as candidate areas. It described these as areas for future consideration, not commitments to productization or mass production.