History
The history of industrial robots in Japan began when Kawasaki Heavy Industries successfully completed Japan's first domestically manufactured industrial robot.
How was an American-born industrial robot brought into Japan and introduced into manufacturing sites?
What was behind Kawasaki's decisions to expand its robotics business overseas, its recent efforts on promoting robotics in fields such as healthcare and human-robot collaboration?
Stepping back in time on a path paved by Kawasaki's 50 years in the making,
the Kawasaki Robot Story explores the history of industrial robots from the birth of the industrial robot in the United States in 1956 to the present day.
1954〜Birth of an Industrial Robot in the USFrom the Birth of Industrial Robots in the United States to Their Launch in Japan
1968〜The First Industrial Robot in JapanA Project to Make Japan's First Domestically Manufactured Industrial Robot Begins
1986〜Expansion to the Western MarketKawasaki Sets the Next Destination for Expansion to the US and Europe
1995〜With the Growing Tech BoomFull-Scale Entry into the Cleanroom Robot Market as Demand for Semiconductors and Liquid Crystals Increased
1999〜Into the Emerging AsiaA New Base for the Semiconductor and Automotive Market, Hastening to Expand Into Asia
2013〜The Collaborative FutureCloser and Wider: Broadening the Realm of Robotic Applications