Mitsubishi Electric increases its stake in real-time robotics to support greater use of motion planning technology in FA products

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) today announced that it will increase its existing investment in U.S. company Realtime Robotics, Inc. based in Massachusetts, activation a company that pioneered motion planning technology to calculate trajectories to enable factory automation (FA) devices to avoid obstacles and generate optimized routes.

By expanding the use of advanced Realtime Robotics technology in Mitsubishi Electric’s FA software and control system hardware, the partners expect to further enhance the digitalization and optimization of automated production in manufacturing plants. Since May 2019, when Mitsubishi Electric first invested in Realtime robotics, the two companies have been promoting the technology cooperation between Realtime’s motion planning technology and Mitsubishi Electric’s industrial robots to help manufacturers achieve agile, variable-volume and flexible manufacturing to increase productivity in the face of rising capital investment and labor costs, as well as diversifying consumer needs.

As Mitsubishi Electric strives to become a “Closed-Loop Digital Engineering Company,” its FA Systems business is investing in and collaborating with software vendors to strengthen the automation and digitalization of a variety of manufacturing processes, including design, manufacturing, testing , operation and maintenance, ultimately providing customers with best-in-class products and solutions.

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