{"id":145940,"date":"2022-04-15T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T01:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=145940&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-04-15T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T01:45:41","slug":"demand-for-rubber-gloves-for-robots-increasing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/demand-for-rubber-gloves-for-robots-increasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand For Rubber Gloves For Robots Increasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demand for the world\u2019s first rubber gloves for robots produced by a Kurume-based manufacturer, Towa Corporation, is increasing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/robo-glove.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018ROBO Glove\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was developed three years ago to improve the performance of robots in food production, where the slipperiness of water and oil was a challenge. The gloves enable robot arms to pick up and grab items securely under such conditions while protecting them from being damaged by liquids. The gloves are also used in the production of car parts.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.towaco.co.jp\/newsrelease\/20220304\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Towa Corporation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_robo-glove_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C531&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Demand For Rubber Gloves For Robots Increasing\" width=\"1400\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_robo-glove_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_robo-glove_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_robo-glove_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C388&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/fnn_robo-glove_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C291&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towaco.co.jp\/newsrelease\/20220304\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Towa Corporation News Release<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English reliably.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These are summaries of publicly posted news from other media. Errors might occur during translation, those are ours. Images are sourced separately and are for illustrative purposes only and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand for the world\u2019s first rubber gloves for robots produced by a Kurume-based manufacturer, Towa Corporation, is increasing. \u2018ROBO Glove\u2019 was developed three years ago to improve the performance of robots in food production&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":145937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-145940","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kurume","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/145940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}