今週のロボティクスニュースは「ハンバーガー」と「自動車」

今回は「今週のロボティクスニュースは「ハンバーガー」と「自動車」」についてご紹介します。

関連ワード （Miso Robotics、Path Robotics、Symbio Robotics等） についても参考にしながら、ぜひ本記事について議論していってくださいね。

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正直に言おう。ロボティクスにとってニュースの少ない1週間だった。実際私がこの連載をスタートしてから初めてのことだ。もちろん、この分野は常に一定の満ち引きをくりかえしていて、ロボティクス投資が特にアクティブだった最中でさえそうだった。

その意味で、Path Robotics（パス・ロボティクス）の5600万ドル（約61億円）のシリーズBは今週のビッグニュースだ。実際、オハイオ州コロンバス拠点の同社にとってこれはかなりの規模のラウンドだ。中西部でロボットが成功するのを見るのは本当にうれしいし、製造工程にぴったりはまったものは特にそうだ。

この会社は溶接ロボティクスに特化している。能力のある労働者が不足している数多い製造職の1つだ。同社は2024年までに最大40万人不足するというAmerican Welding Society（米国溶接学会）の数字を引用した。関心はパンデミックによっても高まり、これまで以上に多くの会社がプロセスの一部でも米国に取り戻そうと方法を探している。

関連記事：製造業の米国回帰に応える溶接ロボットのPath Roboticsが約61億円を調達

画像クレジット：Symbio

製造業といえば、この2021年2月に私はSymbio Roboticsという会社と話をした。当時のビッグニュースは、ベイアリアのスタートアップが日産とトヨタと提携したことだった。この度、そこへもう1つ業界のビッグネーム、Ford（フォード）が加わった。米国の自動車巨人はここ数年ロボティクス全般に数多くの投資を行っている。

「モビリティの状況が急速に変化を続ける中、いっそう速い製品ライフサイクルの需要が高まっています」とFordの先進制御およびデジタル工場マネージャーのHarry Kekedjian（ハリー・ケケジアン）氏がリリースで述べた。「Symbioの技術を使うことで、当社はサイクルタイムを15％改善し、従来の製造方法と比べて新製品への対応時間を50％以上削減しました」。

関連記事：AIスタートアップSymbioがトヨタ、日産と組立ロボットの効率化に取り組む

CookRightは世界初のAI応用クッキング・プラットフォームで、製品と作業を自動的に識別して追跡することができる（画像クレジット：Miso Robotics）

Miso Robotics（ミソ・ロボティクス）については最近あまりTechCrunchで扱ってこなかった。少なくとも同社がハロルド＆クマー行きつけのハンバーグ店White Castle（ホワイト・キャッスル）との提携を2020年10月に発表して以来。おもしろいことに、ハンバーガーロボットFlippy（フリッピー）のメーカーの最新ニュースに、ロボティクスの話題はなかった。今週同社はソフトウェア・プラットフォームCookRight（クックライト）を発表した。タッチスクリーンタブレットとサーマルイメージングを組み合わせたシステムで、基本的に現在Flippyに送っているのと同じような料理手順を調理人に送信する。

関連記事：ハンバーガー店「ホワイト・キャッスル」がフライ調理ロボットを新型コロナでスタッフが少ないキッチンに追加導入

画像クレジット：Path Robotics

【原文】

I’m going to be honest with you: It was kind of a slow week for robotics news. Honestly, that’s the first time I can say that since I started doing this thing weekly (happy 10 weeks to us, by the way). Of course, this stuff always ebbs and flows to a certain extent — even during what’s been a particularly active stretch in robotics investments.

From that standpoint, the $56 million Series B for Path Robotics is the big news of the week. And, indeed, it’s a sizeable round for the Columbus, Ohio-based company. It’s certainly cool seeing a big win for robots in the Midwest — particularly ones that fit pretty nicely into the manufacturing mold.

The company specializes in welding robotics — one in a long list of manufacturing jobs with a shortage of available workers. The company cites the American Welding Society, which puts the shortage potentially as high as 400,000 by the year 2024. Interest is also being driven by the pandemic, as more companies are looking for ways to move some of the process back to U.S. shores.

Image Credits: Symbio

Speaking of manufacturing, I spoke to a company called Symbio Robotics, way back in February. The big news then was that the Bay Area-based startup with partnering with Nissan and Toyota. Now it adds yet another massive automotive name to the list with the addition of Ford. The U.S. car giant has been making a lot of investments in robotics across the board in recent years.

“As the mobility landscape continues to rapidly change there is an increasing demand for much faster product life cycles,” Ford’s Advanced Controls and Digital Factory Manager Harry Kekedjian said in a release. “Using the Symbio technology, we’ve observed a 15% improvement in cycle time and greater than 50% reduction in adapting to new products over the previous manufacturing method.”

CookRight, the world’s first AI-powered cooking platform able to automatically identify and track products and tasks. Image Credits: Miso Robotics

We haven’t written a ton about Miso Robotics lately — at least not since the company announced a partnership with Harold and Kumar’s old haunt back in October. Interestingly, the Flippy maker’s latest bit of news removes the robotics bit altogether. This week, the company announced the launch of its CookRight software platform, which combines a touchscreen tablet with thermal imaging — basically it sends similar food prep instructions as the ones it would deliver to Flippy.

（文：Brian Heater、翻訳：Nob Takahashi / facebook ）

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