Physical AI work covered by Yomimono spans an industry co-creation program from RobotBank, a dedicated business conference set for March 2, 2027, and public demonstrations from Act Node and LexxPluss. RobotBank's program is the most recent development, with system integration and on-site operation handled in-house.
Coverage of Physical AI centers on companies building the operational layer around robots rather than the robots alone. RobotBank Inc., led by representative director Keito Mori, launched a Physical AI Industry Co-Creation Program. The Tokyo company handles product planning, development, system integration, and demonstration in-house while partnering with AI, robotics, and manufacturing firms in Japan, China, and the United States. Named themes are mobile manipulation that pairs autonomous mobile robots with robot arms, inspection and patrol with quadrupedal walking robots, and object manipulation with robot hands and end effectors.
The event side of the field is narrowing toward adoption. Growth DX Inc. will hold Physical AI CROSS presented by BtoB Growth EXPO on March 2, 2027 at Ariake Central Tower Hall, with 300 decision-makers from major corporations expected and exhibitor slots capped at 30 companies. Takao Anno, Rikiya Yamamoto, and Kohei Matsushita are confirmed speakers. An earlier Tokyo Physical AI Summit, hosted by the Tokyo Consortium with free admission and advance registration, put LexxPluss CEO Masaya Aso on a September 2, 2026 panel about collaboration structures and startup potential.
On the farm side, Act Node Inc. is taking its Physical AI work into public view. The company will exhibit at the 7th Livestock Materials EXPO at Makuhari Messe from October 7 to October 9, 2026, showing an automatic opening and closing curtain that controls itself from livestock barn environmental data. Act Node calls the curtain the first installment of its Physical AI development and is working on the project under a national smart agriculture technology program, with weight estimation and poultry house environment control among the work.
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RobotBank Inc., led by representative director Keito Mori, has launched a Physical AI Industry Co-Creation Program. The Tokyo company will handle product planning, development, system integration, and demonstration in-house, while partnering with AI, robotics, and manufacturing firms in Japan, China, and the United States. Priority themes are mobile manipulation pairing autonomous mobile robots with robot arms, inspection and patrol using quadrupedal walking robots, and object manipulation with robot hands and end effectors.
Sep 11
Act Node Inc. will exhibit at the 7th Livestock Materials EXPO, held at Makuhari Messe from October 7 to October 9, 2026. The company will show an automatic opening and closing curtain that controls itself from livestock barn environmental data, described as the first installment of its Physical AI development. Act Node is working on the project under a national smart agriculture technology program, with work including weight estimation and poultry house environment control.