- All right guys, it's
Philip English, IRX 2019.
We're at another stand and
we've got a gentleman here
who's gonna introduce himself
and tell us a little bit more
about his robot called Ugo.
Is that right, Ugo?
- Ugo.
- Ugo, okay.
Okay, and so what's your name, sir?
I am Kim.
- Kim.
- CEO of Mira Robotics.
- So, the CEO?
- Yes.
- Wow, okay, and Ugo is the first product
from the company?
- Yes, exactly.
- All right, perfect.
And then, so, what, well I can see we have
two different robots here.
So we have one that folds up laundry
and that's more of a manual
robot, is that right?
- Yes, but basically, same
robot, same avatar robot.
Avatar robot is a tele-operating robot.
So you can control by this
kind of VR controller.
- [Philip] Okay.
- And you can control arm
and also you can move the robot
and also you can change the height.
- [Philip] Ah, right, okay.
- Body.
- [Philip] And then, and
is it a 3-D printed robot,
is that right?
- Yes, actually, we
pro-typing, doing pro-typing,
so, not in mass production.
- Right, okay, so in mass production
you use more of a harder material.
- Yes, yes.
- But for prototypes.
Okay, okay.
So this one, so this one
is obviously for folding
and this one's for security.
- Yes.
- And is the whole, is the idea to create
a veritable amount of robots
that basically do a
different amount of tasks,
is that right?
- Yes, exactly.
- Oh, okay.
So what did you see, so like
what's the sort of problems
that the robots fix?
Is it because there's not enough labor?
- Yes, yes.
- So this is for security?
- As you know, Japanese
population is very decreased.
And also, for, especially
in service market,
like middle men and us,
like a security person
and also clean staff, is
very limited resource.
So we provide such a partner robot
for working with human.
- Yeah.
- So we want to serve such
a human resource issues.
- I see, so, so, the main problem is,
is that, obviously there's
a lack of a work force,
so the idea is to create, add these robots
that can do a whole
mixture of different tasks
and then they, one could be security,
what one could be fold cleaning.
But then it's just more
and more and more tasks.
- Yes, exactly.
- Right, I see.
So that's the solution
of the actual robots.
And are they autonomous
or is it just manual
right at the moment?
- Actually, we use hybrid motor.
Like autonomous and also
there are remote control.
- Okay, yeah, so like
the teleportation thing.
- Yes, exactly.
- You, yeah, okay, okay.
And then for the, I guess
the idea is that to become
more and more autonomous as?
- Yes, exactly.
- As the product goes.
- So robot can learn from
every day they doing task.
- Okay, okay.
And then, I quite like the height thing.
So that's very smart, so
it can pick up something
from the floor and it can
go up to quite high, yeah.
- Yes, exactly.
- I really, really like that.
So, so, so, how far are you away
from like a mass-produced product?
- So we plan to sell this robot next year.
- Next year, yeah?
- So yeah, during this year
we will produce in mass production.
- Right, right, so 2020.
Okay, and then, so, if, do
you think in five year's time
that you'll start selling
or see your stuff,
you start next year, but in five years,
you'll have more
applications, more things.
- Yes, exactly.
- What about the grippers,
are you gonna stick with
that gripper, are you
gonna change those, or?
- Yes, actually, this
hand, robot can exchange
by themselves.
- Oh, right, okay, yeah.
- So maybe some hand is
changed for such a task,
specially tasks.
- Do you think that they'll be able to,
you know, if you change the hand,
then do you think they'll be
able to cook food as well?
Like one day?
- Maybe, it's possible, I think.
- Okay, okay.
That's a great, and obviously,
it's mobile as well,
so it can move around.
- Yes.
- Is the idea to have like
an autonomous mobile thing
as well?
- Yes, autonomous.
- Right, okay.
- Using slam.
- Slam technology, yeah, okay.
And you guys are based in Tokyo?
- Based in Kanagawa, Kawasaki.
- Oh it's just from there, right, it's.
- Yes, next to Tokyo.
- Next to Tokyo.
Right, it's a great, yeah, I
think it's a great product.
- Thank you.
- It's got a lot of potential.
I especially know what you know
in all the different fields.
- Thank you so much.
- Right, so thanks guys.
Yeah, so that's obviously
a very good overview
of the Ugo robot.
So, like, thank you
very much for your time.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you!
