Ltd. develops multifunctional heavy railroad equipment with JR West Japan

Ltd., a finalist in the 2nd Tech Plan Grand Prix (now Deep Tech Grand Prix), announced that it is jointly developing with JR West and Nippon Signal a test machine for [multifunctional heavy railroad equipment], which integrates a humanoid heavy machinery robot and a railroad construction vehicle.

This initiative aims to improve labor shortages in maintenance operations and bring the world closer to the ideal of "human-machine unity," which is to "eliminate the need for physical labor from the world at large.

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