Japanese cyborg venture company spun off from university. Known for unique robot hand with high DoF, lightness and power. Based on 20+ years' research, the company possesses strength in biosignal processing and robot hand's control. Recently completed large-scale fund raising and announced the initiatives on remote control avatar robot and application of biosignal processing technology in healthcare domain. Year of foundation: 2013 Capital: JPY 100 million Number of employees: approx. 20

Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Control software development for multi-DoF robot - Reflection of sensing information from the operation interface to robot motion control - Transmission control of feedback information from the robot side to the operation interface

[ Mandatory ] ・Control software development experience (language: C/C++, etc.) ・Development experience in a team of 5 or more people [ Preferred ] ・Knowledge of control engineering (impedance control, bilateral control, inverse kinematics, etc.) and its implementation experience ・Experience developing human interface for operation ・Knowledge of control hardware ・Motor driver control program development experience ・Development experience using embedded Linux OS / RTOS ・Knowledge and experience in software quality control and quality assurance ・Experience developing in cooperation with mechanical and electric engineers (else debugging or evaluating) Business level

A startup whose core technology is vision-based tactile sensor that enables multi-modal perception at low cost and with high durability. Working on its application to pick-and-place automation in ready-made food production. Foundation: October 2021 Capital: 104 million yen Office location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo or Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu

Responsible for developing programs to generate robot motions. Based on sensor data, grasp planning and trajectory planning are performed to create robot motions, and then they are executed through visual and tactile sensor feedback control. This role covers from low-level real-time control to higher-level action planning.

Mandatory skills: - Programming robot arms (manipulators) from Python or C++ - Python - C++ - ROS - Motion planning Preferred: - Motion generation with 3D (RGB-D) sensors - Visual servoing - Robotic manipulation of deformable objects - Robotic manipulation with tactile sensors - Robot learning - Machine learning, reinforcement learning Either English or Japanese at business level required

A startup whose core technology is vision-based tactile sensor that enables multi-modal perception at low cost and with high durability. Working on its application to pick-and-place automation in ready-made food production. Foundation: October 2021 Capital: 104 million yen Office location: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo or Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu

This role processes images acquired from external cameras and sensors and converts them into the information necessary for motion generation. This role covers a wide range of image processing, from low-level processing such as marker tracking to image recognition such as object segmentation, as well as GPU implementation and embedded programming.

Mandatory skills: - Deep learning for computer vision (segmentation, classification, anomaly detection, etc.) - Traditional computer vision skills (non-deep learning) - OpenCV - PyTorch (or other deep learning framework) - C++ - Python Preferred: - ROS - Image processing on embedded systems - Robot learning with computer vision Either English or Japanese at business level required

A startup aiming to utilize robot in new field such as retail industry by automated manipulation and remote control. Their robots are in service at multiple konbini stores and about to enter serial production and deployment. Year of foundation: 2017 Number of employees: 40+ Total fund raised: more than 1 billion yen

Chuo-ku, Tokyo

- Robot electrical design, actuator design, and control software design. Specifically, electrical design and low-level control software design for actuators that combine brushless motors, planetary gear and strain-wave reducers, encoders, and limit switches. - Evaluate, test, and improve actuator and electrical systems. - Work with quality assurance and manufacturing teams to address and improve the quality of the robots and market defects.

- Working experience in robotics or similar product development. - Must be able to design their own electrical circuits and take a hands on approach to analysis and problem solving 　|_ Layout design skills are nice to have, but it can be outsourced. 　|_ Use of instrumentation such as an oscilloscope, multimeter, etc., will be essential. - Deep technical understanding and design skills in the following three areas: 　|_ Improvement of stability around the power supply against back EMF of the motor 　|_ Circuit design for highly accurate sensing of current values to measure the load on motors (noise reduction, sensor selection, etc.) 　|_ Low-level software design for position PID control of brushless motors using limit switches and encoders - Technical ability to perform software review and some coding of embedded motor control code implemented on STM microcontrollers and FPGA. 　|_ C and C++ programming languages are required. - Technical knowledge of mechanical engineering at a level that enables in-depth discussions of technical considerations with the mechanical design team. 　|_ Mechanical design engineers are in charge of design itself. CAD design skills are not required, but knowledge to be able to have technical discussions with the mechanical design engineers is required. - Technical knowledge of firmware development at a level that enables in-depth discussions of technical considerations with the firmware team. 　|_ Full implementation skills are not required, but enough knowledge to have technical discussions with the firmware engineers is required. - Ability to lead PCB board manufacturing and component assembly by working with manufacturing vendors. - Ability to have in-depth technical discussions with in-house engineers in Japanese and English. Business level in either English or Japanese

A Japanese startup globally leading intelligent robot manipulation. Co-founded in 2011 by CEO, ex-technical sales at global tool maker and CTO, PhD in robotic who has expertise in motion planning. They have strength such as: - Acceleration of industrial robot's motion planning by sophisticated in-house library - Intelligent manipulation based on perception by 3D vision - Interface via which you can teach robots from major makers with ease from a single device Currently best at logistics warehouse where automation is most rapidly introduced these years, though delivering factory projects too. Ranking around top of the world in terms of number of delivered cases, they are now planning to build a package of control platform. Year of foundation: 2011 Number of employees: 150+ (Japan) Capital: 100 million yen Headquarter: Koto-ku, Tokyo local offices in Nagoya, USA and China

Koto-ku, Tokyo

- Setting up industrial robot arms and controllers, gripper, 2D/3D vision system - Executing robot systems demos for customers - Support installation and configuration of company's own controller and peripherals at customer sites - Provide technical support for the systems deployed to customer sites (remote and on-site support). Customer sites could be both in Japan and overseas. Max. 40% of a month is on-site, depends on the progress of the projects in charge. - Mechanical Design peripherals such as robot hand, robot cells, robot stand, demo frame, camera mounting plates, gripper parts, etc.

Minimum Requirements: - At least 2 years of experience in machinery and equipment. Electrical, Mechanical, Field-service, control, manufacturing, design - Ability to understand manuals of factory automation systems, warehousing (WMS), and logistics systems written in Japanese - Business level Japanese for effective communication with customers and vendors - Ability to read specification sheets and purchase necessary mechanical and electrical components from suppliers Preferable Requirements: - Hands-on experience in maintenance and manipulating industrial robot or/and AGV (AMR) at factory or/and warehouse - Hands-on experience in robot arm task creating, conveyor belt control, setting up industrial sensors, CNC, PLC is an advantage - Conversational level English; comfortable working in English only environment - Work experience in design, research, and/or development in a manufacturing-related company - Electrical and mechanical licenses - Familiar with industrial safety best practices, domestic and international, with regard to robot systems - CAD modeling skills (Both 2D and 3D) - Trouble-shooting skills Nice to have

Robotics startup co-founded by robotics researchers. Specialized in flexible and compact robots with unique strength in narrow inspection, pipe inspection, disaster rescue etc. Increasing focus on data platform for infra maintenance. Year of foundation: 2004 Workforces: approx. 30

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

- Create mechanisms that will be part of company's robots. - Build parts with 3D printers, assemble prototypes quickly. - Design jigs for tests and validation. - Perform experiments to validate new concepts, test endurance of parts. - Design parts and assemblies for real use in outdoor conditions. - Integrate electronics and wiring into mechanical assembly. - Make and review manufacture and assembly drawings. - Make and review Bill of Materials.

Must have: - Experience with 3D CAD (Creo preferred) - Experience with design of movable mechanisms (actuators, transmissions, links) - Ability to create parts with 3D printer, assemble and test them quickly - Ability to test mechanisms, analyze results, propose improvements (R&D) Preferred: - Communication / Presentation skills - Ability to communicate in English and Japanese (or at least willingness to improve) Ability to communicate in English and Japanese (or at least willingness to improve) preferred ! Company has members from over 10 different countries, and the technical discussions may happen in either Japanese or English. Mastery of both languages is not required, but willingness to improve languages skills in order to convey the ideas clearly is expected. For production, Japanese conversation skills may be needed to communicate with Japanese local manufacturers.

Robotics startup co-founded by robotics researchers. Specialized in flexible and compact robots with unique strength in narrow inspection, pipe inspection, disaster rescue etc. Increasing focus on data platform for infra maintenance. Year of foundation: 2004 Workforces: approx. 30

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

- Review current design of company's robots, propose and implement improvements for serial production. - Overview integration of several sub-systems (mechanical, electrical, harness) - Review manufacture and assembly drawings. - Make and maintain Bill of Materials. - Create and execute test plan for endurance / quality assurance. - Interface with external parts suppliers and assembly partners. - Interface with notified bodies for the certification of our systems (ISO 10218, ISO 12100, ISO 13849...) - Create management procedures for QA and production

Must have: - Experience with 3D CAD (Creo preferred) - Experience with design of movable mechanisms (actuators, transmissions, links) - Experience with serial production of mechanical systems - Knowledge about Quality Assurance for mechanical systems Preferred: - Communication / Presentation skills - Ability to communicate in English and Japanese (or at least willingness to improve) - Knowledge about certification procedures (ISO, CE/UL, others) Ability to communicate in English and Japanese (or at least willingness to improve) preferred ! Company has members from over 10 different countries, and the technical discussions may happen in either Japanese or English. Mastery of both languages is not required, but willingness to improve languages skills in order to convey the ideas clearly is expected. For production, Japanese conversation skills may be needed to communicate with Japanese local manufacturers.

A university-launched startup aiming at DX (digital transformation) and automation of construction sites. The main services are following : - Provision of a real-time control system for construction machine in distant location - Provision of collaborative unmanned construction machine We will promote the DX of the construction and its machinery, by making full use of the cutting-edge IoT technology.

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

You will be in charge of advanced development of the company's own products, which are remote control machines and autonomous driving machines which can be attached to existing construction machines. You will be mainly responsible for the development of advanced technologies for automation and will be required to discover customer needs and problems in the industry, and develop technologies to solve them. In those processes, you will often work on unsolved issues. Thus, a certain level of academic background is required, mainly in motion planning, navigation, SLAM, or perception technology. Since the demanded skills are broad, we are looking for people who are taking concrete actions to improve their skills, such as commitment to OSS or dissemination of technical information. Specific tasks will be determined flexibly and optimally through discussion, depending on your skills, aptitude, and career objective. ◆Tasks include: - Development of advanced technologies for autonomous software (motion planning, task planning, SLAM, navigation, perception) - Technology integration using ROS/ROS2 - Software stabilization with CI/CD ◆Technology stack: Ubuntu 20.04 / Python 3 / C++ / ROS1 / ROS2 / AWS / Tornado / React /MQTT / WebRTC / CAN-BUS

Must have: - Implementation experience on robot - Academic knowledge in one or more of the following domains: robotics (motion planning, task planning, SLAM, navigation, perception), mathematics (optimization, topology, statistics), and physics (analytical mechanics) - Activeness in skill development, specifically in dissemination or development of OSS products. Nice to have: - Experience developing robots (including participation in robot contests, research, hobby, club activity for　ROBOCON etc.) - Conference presentation / paper publication in relevant domain - Development experience on ROS/ROS2 - Development experience on Linux - Experience of CI/CD-based operation and development on Github - Experience developing products in robotics - Experience developing software of image recognition / statistical processing - Experience developing software of point cloud processing - Experience developing web application We love to work with you if you: - Wish to create unprecedented technologies and services with your skills - Wish to create robots that are truly useful to people - Respect other engineers - Have a certain physical strength (as there are works at the construction site) N.A.

A Japanese startup developing mobile manipulator that co-exists side-by-side with humans. Aims at its utilization in various industries including restaurants. Year of foundation: 2019 Workforces: 4 Capital: approx. 30 million yen

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Tasks include (but are not limited to): - Write a program and make the robot move - Write test cases

Must have: - Git / Linux (systemd, bash etc.) / ROS1 / C++11 / Python2 / Python3 - Basic knowledge and ability equivalent to robotics post-graduate degree - Knowledge and experience in either of the following domains of robotics: >> Image processing >> 3D sensor and point cloud processing >> Machine learning >> Autonomous mobility >> Manipulation - Passion for robot Nice to have: - Rust - OpenCV / PCL - Experience in robot hardware development - OSS development / contribution - ROS2 Nice to have

A Japanese startup developing mobile manipulator that co-exists side-by-side with humans. Aims at its utilization in various industries including restaurants. Year of foundation: 2019 Workforces: 4 Capital: approx. 30 million yen

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Robot's mechanical design, circuit design, assembly, evaluation and so on

Must have: - Basic knowledge and ability equivalent to robotics post-graduate degree - 5-10 years' experience in mechanical design - Professional experience of product development - Experience of mechanical design using reducer, linear motion, and belt drive mechanism - 3D CAD design (including stress analysis) - Passion for robot Nice to have: - Robot design experience - Control system design skill - Capability of assembly and adjustment, verification and testing - Electrical circuit design and PCB making - Project management experience involving external vendors - Passion for making things Nice to have

A Japanese venture company founded by a robotics professor, developing humanoid-type heavy machinery robot to substitute human labor at hazardous sites. Their robots are capable of sensitive manipulation with highly amplified power and bipedal walking on rough terrains. Their master-slave model enables intuitive control either remotely or in ride-on style. Year of foundation: 2007 Capital: 106 million yen Number of employees: 8

Kusatsu-shi, Shiga-ken

Candidate will be in charge of Image Processing / Vision Transmission / VR / AR development for humanoid heavy machinery robot. Though their robot has excellent haptic interface based on master-slave system, its current vision transmission is relatively simple, using professional wide-angle camera, HTC Vive, Unity etc. The target for the vision transmission development from now is to create a virtual interface overlaid on real camera image from the robot and integrate them into a single AR-like vision.

Must have: - Development experience related to AR and/or VR - Knowledge and experience in 3D modelling - Hands-on development experience on Unity Nice to have: - Coding skill in C, Python - Background in Robotics, HMI or image processing Not required