Armo

Source-backed capabilities

• Inventory scanning

  Customer-site use - 2026-07-28 - moved through the store, captured shelf images and checked for out-of-stock conditions - environment: Welcia Koto-Hirano retail store

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• Customer Site

  1 store - 2026-08-25 - Foodcellar Market - grocery retail - Armo One began operating at one Foodcellar Market store in Long Island City for merchandise-cart transport.

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• Operating Use

  22 stores - 2026-04-09 - Belc - retail stores - Armo was operating in 22 Belc stores as of 9 April 2026.

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• MUSE begins first U.S. Armo deployment at Foodcellar Market

  2026-08-25 - Deployment - Operations began in August 2026 at one Foodcellar Market location in Queens, New York. Armo is moving carts loaded with merchandise in a live grocery-store workflow. MUSE described the installation as an initial deployment with expansion dependent on the evaluation results.

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• MUSE and Welcia expand Armo retail pilot to five stores

  2026-07-28 - Deployment - All five stores will use Armo promotion units with digital signage for product and campaign content. The existing Koto-Hirano store will continue using an imaging unit for autonomous shelf capture and stockout checks. The expanded pilot is scheduled from August 2026 through January 2027.

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• MUSE launches RoboPro across 22 Belc stores

  2026-04-09 - Deployment - The 22 stores serve as operating sites for robot-delivered in-store promotions. MUSE opened participation to manufacturers, wholesalers and advertising agencies. The companies plan to measure and optimize sales impact across stores using robot-collected data.

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• MUSE, Cyberlinks and MrMax start an Armo shelf digital-twin pilot

  2026-02-17 - Deployment - Armo autonomously patrols the sales floor and captures high-resolution shelf images with location data. Cyberlinks systems analyze product presence and shelf position. The pilot targets faster detection of stockouts and merchandising disorder.

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• Belc expands Armo deployment to ten stores

  2025-02-05 - Deployment - Two stores had operated Armo since June 2024. Operations at the remaining eight stores were scheduled to begin from February 2025. Belc said Armo was primarily used for shelf-stocking work at that stage.

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• MUSE launches the Armo One production model

  2024-10-08 - Product Launch - The production model improved reliability, durability and motion stability over the prototype. It added user-managed map maintenance, operating-status monitoring and physical start, stop and return-to-base controls. A pilot-test plan was offered ahead of official shipments.

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• Belc begins regular Armo operation at two stores

  2024-06-11 - Deployment - Belc had been validating in-store operation since December 2023. Regular operation began sequentially at two Saitama stores from June 2024. The disclosed workflows included shelf-stocking transport and broader in-store operations.

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• MUSE raises JPY 570 million to scale Armo

  2024-06-11 - Funding - Equity participants included Incubate Fund, XTech Ventures, a Global Brain-managed fund, Spiral Capital, Toshiba Tec and four other investors. Debt financing came from Japan Finance Corporation and Mizuho Bank. The company said the capital would accelerate Armo service deployment.

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• MUSE raises approximately JPY100M seed round

  2022-10-01 - Funding - The financing followed MUSE's establishment in April 2022. MUSE used the capital for physical prototyping, customer trials and team expansion. The work supported development of Armo, its autonomous retail-store robot.

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