Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

• EX ROVR ASCENT

  EX ROVR

• Operating use

  2025-02-13 - MHI and TotalEnergies completed a three-month EX ROVR ASCENT trial at the TADI industrial test site in Lacq, France, evaluating stair navigation and autonomous control-panel operation. - Completed EX ROVR ASCENT TADI trial - Lacq, France

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• Operating use

  2023-11-09 - EX ROVR ASCENT performed autonomous inspection trials at ENEOS Oita refinery from June through September 2023, collecting instrument images, thermal scans and acoustic information. - EX ROVR ASCENT trial at ENEOS Oita refinery - Oita, Japan

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• 7011.T - Tokyo Stock Exchange - JPY

• Eisaku Ito - President and Chief Executive Officer - Leads the diversified group after directing its technology strategy, research and innovation functions.

Curated durable documents and official technical references.

• MHI Financial Report 2026

  PDF · Year ended 31 March 2026 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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Events

• 2026-09-16 - Market Signal - Preferred Networks discloses ¥10B capital alliance with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

  The partners began joint development in June for autonomous machinery used in social infrastructure and national-security settings. MHI brings equipment, control and field-operations data; PFN contributes chips, computing infrastructure and foundation models. The planned share subscription requires PFN shareholder approval and other procedures.

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• 2026-09-10 - Demonstration - ABEJA begins UAV autonomy verification work for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

  The work advances a February feasibility study on applying vision-language-action models. ABEJA is evaluating AI agents and related methods for autonomous unmanned-aircraft functions. The engagement is commissioned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

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• 2026-09-02 - Partnership - NEC and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries form unmanned-systems alliance

  The strategic partnership covers operational planning, command-and-control and unmanned assets. NEC contributes data, AI, network and C2 capabilities. MHI contributes defense platforms and physical mission systems.

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• 2025-12-18 - Demonstration - Shield AI and MHI complete Hivemind Enterprise flight demonstrations in Japan

  MHI used Hivemind Enterprise for AI development, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing and UAV integration. Flight demonstrations occurred on 7 November and 18 December 2025 in Japan. MHI said the programme moved from AI development through UAV installation and flight in eight weeks.

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• 2025-02-13 - Demonstration - MHI completes EX ROVR ASCENT trial at TotalEnergies TADI site

  Testing covered stair navigation and autonomous control-panel operation. The integrated six-axis arm was used to evaluate remote plant operations. Feedback from the trial informs further usability and functionality development for onshore and offshore assets.

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• 2023-11-09 - Demonstration - MHI completes EX ROVR ASCENT inspection trial at ENEOS Oita refinery

  The robot traversed uneven floors, narrow spaces, grass, gravel and pooled water, including night-time operation. The trial collected instrumentation images, thermal scans and acoustic information during refinery patrols. A six-axis explosion-proof arm positioned the camera near plant instruments; remote operations and mission planning used the accompanying application.

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• 2022-04-11 - Product Launch - MHI launches second-generation EX ROVR as ASCENT

  IECEx and ATEX certification supports Zone 1 combustible-gas operation. The robot combines autonomous plant inspection with a six-degree-of-freedom manipulator. Visible, thermal, gas and audio sensing feed remote inspection records.

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Profile notes

• Wakamaru reached limited commercial sale but never became the household robot platform Mitsubishi demonstrated

  reviewed 2026-07-20 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries offered Wakamaru in a limited Japanese release after presenting it as a domestic communication robot. Production did not scale into a sustained consumer line, and later units mainly appeared in institutional demonstrations and research. A small number of delivered robots does not validate the broader household-market expectation surrounding the launch.

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Relationships

• ABEJA

  Technology Partner - ABEJA is conducting commissioned verification of AI-agent autonomy functions for MHI unmanned aircraft.

• Preferred Networks

  Mission Critical AI Technology Partner - Preferred Networks and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are jointly developing and deploying AI for intelligent and autonomous machinery.

• Shield AI

  Mission Autonomy Development Platform - Shield AI Hivemind Enterprise supported MHI mission-autonomy development and UAV flight demonstrations in Japan.

• NEC

  Unmanned Systems Technology Partner - NEC and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are partnering on operational planning, command-and-control and unmanned defense assets.

Shared workflows

• Revolute Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Hazardous Site Inspection

• Salem Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Hazardous Site Inspection

• Taurob

  workflow adjacency - Hazardous Site Inspection

• Waygate Technologies

  workflow adjacency - Hazardous Site Inspection

• Ground Control Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Hazardous Site Inspection

• QITEN Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Hazardous Site Inspection

Context tags

• Hazardous site inspection - Workflow - EX ROVR ASCENT performs autonomous inspection in hazardous industrial plants. https://www.mhi.com/news/23110901.html
• Unmanned aircraft OEM - Stack Layer - MHI develops unmanned aircraft and integrates mission autonomy. https://www.mhi.com/news/26031702.html