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About Us
...saving the world, using one robot at a time
We specialize in building intelligent robots that minimize risk and increase efficiency in dangerous or highly repetitive industries. The industries we focus on are forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and construction. Our services include software and hardware, their integration, as well as on-site operation and consultancy. We are a for-profit company that is driven by social responsibility. Our projects continue to focus on contributions to humanity that will long outlast us.
Applied Fields
Robotics & Automation R&D
Agriculture & Forestry Optimization
Biomass & Alternative Energy
Engineering Consulting
Project Management
Agriculture & Forestry Optimization
Biomass & Alternative Energy
Engineering Consulting
Project Management
Core Strengths
Intelligence & Vision
Signal & Image Processing
Motion Control and Planning
Mechatronic Engineering
Embedded Software
Automation & Process Control
Electro-hydraulic Systems
Signal & Image Processing
Motion Control and Planning
Mechatronic Engineering
Embedded Software
Automation & Process Control
Electro-hydraulic Systems
Products and Services
Products
If you have to ask, you’ll never know. If you know, you need only ask.
Services
Robotics & Automation Consulting
Industrial plant Automation
Cultivation automation
Motion control engineering
Green energy engineering
Agriculture and Forestry Automation
Aquaculture Automation
If you have to ask, you’ll never know. If you know, you need only ask.
Services
Robotics & Automation Consulting
Industrial plant Automation
Cultivation automation
Motion control engineering
Green energy engineering
Agriculture and Forestry Automation
Aquaculture Automation
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
As part of our goal of making Japan energy independent and carbon negative (Project "Minus Zero"), we are currently developing a renewable energy harvesting technology. This has not been an easy path to take and the project has been sidelined many times since its start but we still continue the fight. We are expanding into aquaculture and testing and crossing over our technology into the food and beverage industry, starting with coffee bean harvesting and processing and then beyond.
Because we work almost exclusively within the primary industries, we are keenly aware that our products have the potential of making a severely negative impact on the environment. Therefore we work with our customers to ensure they practice responsible automation. We are continually studying the impact of robotics and automation on society.
Because we work almost exclusively within the primary industries, we are keenly aware that our products have the potential of making a severely negative impact on the environment. Therefore we work with our customers to ensure they practice responsible automation. We are continually studying the impact of robotics and automation on society.
COMPANY HISTORY
Nōrin Robotics was founded in Boston, USA in 1997 under the name Open Thoughts Research ("OTR") with the goal of developing easily producible technology for communities in developing countries who can then build and sell locally. In 2002, OTR established its first Japanese office and soon thereafter assembled and led a consortium to develop an autonomous sewer inspection robot. Funding for this project, roughly ¥300,000,000, was competitively funded, of which OTR successfully won over numerous competitors. Since then, OTR has provided automation and robotics consulting in areas such as vision, motion control, electronics miniaturization, and automation for customers.
Since his time as engineering physics student at the university, Norin Robotics’ owner has worked on various aspects of alternative energy. His physics research topic was the design of a solar-powered co-generation/desalinization plant and, as part of his professional career, he has done consulting work on biomass (sawmill-waste) co-generation and landfill gas-energy plants, and control electronics for a nuclear power plant. Recently, by using a novel method of collecting biomass waste accumulated from automated harvesting, we are finally able to combine alternative energy with our core strengths—robotics within the primary industries. As such, we have updated our name to so that our business content can be recognizable from the name—Nōrin is a Japanese portmanteau of “nōgyō” (agriculture) and “ringyō” (forestry). We chose to use these primary industries in our name as we believe our contribution to these two industries will make the greatest positive impact on mankind.
Since his time as engineering physics student at the university, Norin Robotics’ owner has worked on various aspects of alternative energy. His physics research topic was the design of a solar-powered co-generation/desalinization plant and, as part of his professional career, he has done consulting work on biomass (sawmill-waste) co-generation and landfill gas-energy plants, and control electronics for a nuclear power plant. Recently, by using a novel method of collecting biomass waste accumulated from automated harvesting, we are finally able to combine alternative energy with our core strengths—robotics within the primary industries. As such, we have updated our name to so that our business content can be recognizable from the name—Nōrin is a Japanese portmanteau of “nōgyō” (agriculture) and “ringyō” (forestry). We chose to use these primary industries in our name as we believe our contribution to these two industries will make the greatest positive impact on mankind.
CONTACT INFORMATION
GENERAL INFO
Head office
Kitakyushu, Japan (the birthplace of mechatronics)
Main support area: Asia & Worldwide
Other locations
We have an additional office in the USA for our North American customers and also have partners located in Germany, Spain, and Brazil for our European and South American customers.