Minamoto

The work those hands built should keep going.

Keep Japanese industry moving.

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/ 00 — WHY

Japan runs on hands, and now there are not enough of them. On factory floors, on demolition and construction sites, out in the fields, no one is coming next, and the knack that never gets written down leaves with the people. We record that work where it happens, and put a robot where the hands are missing.

/ 01 — HOW IT RUNS

How it runs on site

  • Line drawing of a robot arm on a bench picking fruit from a tree into a crate.

    Harvesting and sorting

  • Line drawing of two arms holding a bracket and driving a screw, with a parts tray.

    Gripping and fastening

  • Line drawing of two arms working a tool on a component inside a car door panel.

    Dismantling and processing

All diagrams, not photographs of live deployments.

  1. 01

    Record the work

    We come to the site and record how the work is actually done, including the knack nobody ever wrote down, without stopping anyone's hands.

  2. 02

    Put it where the work already is

    The robot goes onto the spot where someone is standing today. We do not rebuild the site or add special fixtures. We start with one task, in any trade.

  3. 03

    A person takes over

    The moment it is about to stall, someone watching remotely steps in. A person finishes that task, so the work on site keeps moving.

  4. 04

    It learns that site

    Every time a person takes over, that moment stays with the robot as experience from that site. The more the same work repeats, the less it stalls in the same place.

/ 02 — WHAT YOU PAY FOR

This is not about buying a machine. It is about not stopping the work.

We own the robot. There is no large payment up front. You pay month by month, and it starts in one place.

The usual way

  • Buy the equipment first
  • A large payment up front
  • Rebuild the work area
  • If it does not run, that is the end
  • It ends up sitting there

With Minamoto

  • Use the spot you already have
  • Start with one task
  • A person takes over when it stalls
  • That one time becomes experience
  • Keep going on a monthly fee

/ 03 — CONTACT

Start by showing us the site.

A conversation is enough to begin. Any trade.

Talk to us

Prefer email? Reach us at contact@minamoto.ai.