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Robo-Welder
Photo: Shimizu Corporation (official image), from shimz.co.jp. Image policy
Pilot useJapanFully autonomous

Shimizu Corporation · working robot

Robo-Welder

A welding robot that travels around a steel column, measures the joint groove with a laser and welds it; two usually work one column together.

Price
—In-house system, not sold
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

A pilot use machine from Shimizu Corporation.

Real-world use

Used on the Shin-Osaka high-rise hotel site in 2018, usually two per column.

Timeline

First shown
2018-04-24
Released
2018
Media tour of the Shimz Smart Site robot laboratory, Tokyo

Public attention

How much public attention Robo-Welder gets, from open data.

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

Lineage

Every Shimizu Corporation machine in order.

  1. Robo-BuddyRobo-Buddy2018Pilot use
  2. Robo-CarrierRobo-Carrier2018Pilot use
  3. Robo-WelderRobo-Welder2018Pilot use

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedIn-house system, not sold
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

The Construction Index Japanese robots to work on high-rise buildings World Construction Network Shimizu to deploy robots for high-rise building work in Osaka

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