GMO AIR joins JGSDF quadruped security-robot verification contract
GMO Internet Group won a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force contract to design, develop and verify a domestic quadruped security-robot system, with GMO AIR responsible for robot quality management.
Evidence notes
- Four GMO group companies and Mirai Robot will cover programme management, communications, cybersecurity, robot quality and domestic quadruped development.
- Trials will run at multiple garrisons across paved, unpaved and cold-region environments, including cybersecurity and operational-safety verification.
- Mirai Robot is contributing the robot design and fuRoute autonomous-navigation technology, while the programme targets labour savings and continuous base security.
Company context
GMO AI & Robotics Corporation, known as GMO AIR, procures, integrates and deploys humanoid and service robots for Japanese organisations.