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Yaskawa and GR Introduce AI Autonomous Welding Technology into GR KART Production Line
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The AI autonomous robot production technology jointly developed by Yaskawa Electric and Toyota GAZOO Racing began being introduced in September 2026 at the Gamagori GR KART workshop, for use in the KART frame welding process. Yaskawa states that this is not a case that stops at the verification or evaluation stage, but rather a case in which MOTOMAN NEXT has entered a customer's actual production line. The technology is based on the SFA method (Sequence Freezing Arc Welding) jointly developed by the two parties in 2024, and uses MOTOMAN NEXT robots equipped with GPUs and AI, which can autonomously recognize the state of the pipe frame, complete welding, quality confirmation, and correction, and comprehensively analyze appearance images, welding sounds, and various types of data.
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- Yaskawa Electric and GAZOO Racing to Bring AI Autonomous Welding Robot Technology to GR KART Manufacturing Site
Yaskawa Electric and Toyota GAZOO Racing have jointly developed AI-driven autonomous robot production technology, with deployment beginning in September 2026 at the Gamagori GR KART workshop. The technology builds on the SFA method (Sequence Freezing Arc Welding) jointly developed by the two parties in 2024, and uses MOTOMAN NEXT robots equipped with GPUs and AI to autonomously recognize the state of pipe frames, complete welding, confirm and correct quality, and analyze appearance images, welding sounds, and various data in an integrated manner.
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