{"id":174595,"date":"2025-12-02T11:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T02:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174595&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T02:28:34","slug":"ai-robot-partnership-announced","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ai-robot-partnership-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Robot Partnership Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yaskawa Electric and SoftBank announced on December 1 a collaboration to advance AI-powered robots capable of autonomous work in offices and other public spaces. The companies signed an agreement to promote \u201cphysical AI,\u201d enabling robots to recognize real-world conditions and select appropriate actions. Their first joint project developed office-use examples such as organizing desks and retrieving supplies, tasks previously difficult due to changing environments. SoftBank\u2019s system generates work instructions using AI, while Yaskawa\u2019s robots create and execute precise movements. Sensor and camera data are processed with low latency through SoftBank\u2019s communications technology. The partners plan to expand applications to hospitals, schools, and commercial facilities. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softbank.jp\/corp\/news\/press\/sbkk\/2025\/20251201_02\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SoftBank<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_softbank-yaskawa_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C778&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AI Robot Partnership Announced\" width=\"1400\" height=\"778\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_softbank-yaskawa_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_softbank-yaskawa_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_softbank-yaskawa_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C569&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_softbank-yaskawa_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yaskawa Electric and SoftBank announced on December 1 a collaboration to advance AI-powered robots capable of autonomous work in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174595","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","news-category-technology","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174595","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=174595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}