{"id":179841,"date":"2026-09-17T11:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179841&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:25:34","slug":"yaskawa-uses-ai-robots-to-build-ai-robots","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/yaskawa-uses-ai-robots-to-build-ai-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaskawa uses AI robots to build AI robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric is using AI-equipped robots to assemble other AI robots at a new factory that entered full operation in July. Its MOTOMAN NEXT system can plan actions in response to broad instructions rather than relying entirely on preprogrammed movements. In screw-fastening work, autonomous retries have raised the reported success rate from 99% to more than 99.9%. Other applications include using three-dimensional sensors to open bags without damaging their contents. Two AI robots also prepare udon and soba in the company cafeteria. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2950771?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaskawa.co.jp\/motoman-next\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">YASKAWA Electric<\/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\/2026\/09\/fnn_yaskawa-ai-robot_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1179&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1179\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yaskawa-ai-robot_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yaskawa-ai-robot_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yaskawa-ai-robot_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C862&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_yaskawa-ai-robot_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C647&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: YASKAWA Electric<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitakyushu-based Yaskawa Electric is using AI-equipped robots to assemble other AI robots at a new factory that entered full operation in July. Its MOTOMAN NEXT system can plan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179841","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179841","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}