Pandemic Stirs FUJI to Build up Unorthodox Business

摘要

FUJI Corporation's new businesses dealing with transfer support robots and deliver locker system have been steadily expanding. To expand sales channels, FUJI has showcased these products in exhibitions and industries of different fields than exhibitions of mounters and industrial robots, in which the company used to take part. FUJI positions as flagship business its robot solution centering on mounters, and machine tool business. In response to Japan's growing shortage of healthcare personnel, particularly caregivers, FUJI introduced a transfer support robot in Apr. 2016. Subsequently, the company has released new models and expanded the business. The new model Hug T1-02 released in Oct. 2019 received Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry Award at The 9th Robot Award co-organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.