Tokyo – October 3, 2022 – NTT Urban Solutions, Inc. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Member of the Board President: Hiroshi Tsujigami), NTT Urban Development (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Hiroshi Tsujigami), NTT Communications Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Toru Maruoka, “NTT Com”), and NTT Corporation (Head Office：Chioyda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Akira Shimada, “NTT”) are working together to reduce the need for human labor by utilizing robots in a new initiative. The four companies are conducting demonstration experiments involving food delivery using autonomous robots linked to mobile ordering apps. Through this demonstration, they also aim to create new and valuable experiences for office workers and sales opportunities for restaurants. This demonstration will begin on October 3, 2022, at the Urbannet Nagoya Nexta Building (1-chome, Higashi-sakura, Higashi-ku, Nagoya), a new construction completed in January 2022.
Fig. 1: Home Delivery Robot “DeliRo”
Outline of the Demonstration Experiment
Seamless coordination between robots and buildings is becoming commonplace. By collecting building facility information, route and store traffic information, and other data in the cloud, the robot autonomously searches for the optimal route without human instructions after receiving an order, all to pick up and deliver to the applicable floor.
Verification Details
Verification of User Needs (users and restaurants)
Verification of Technology
We will utilize NTT’s “Machizukuri DTC®“1 and “4D Digital Platform®“2 technologies to achieve this demonstration. In addition, we will utilize 5G for communication with the robot, characterized by high speed, a large capacity, and low latency. 5G communication will achieve safe and secure indoor delivery services by determining the position information of the robot, providing camera footage while on the road, and the operation status of multiple units.
Fig. 2: Robot delivery service and system overview
Role of Each Collaborator:
Upcoming Developments
Initiatives to Use Robots
NTT Urban Solutions already uses robots for security and cleaning at Urbannet Nagoya Nexta Building. In the future, we will continue to work toward further utilization of robots in buildings and districts in anticipation of a declining working population, such as delivery by robots within districts (including indoors and outdoors), integrated control (including robots with different purposes), and the multi-use of robots. We will continue to study and verify the surrounding issues.
NTT Group’s vision for urban development
NTT Group aims to create new value by integrating various robots into the lives of each person through the “MachiZukuri DTC®” utilizing the IOWN Concept3 technology.
The robots will not only fulfill the functions of delivery, security, and cleaning, but will also predict and anticipate each person’s current condition to provide comfort, security, convenience, and excitement.
1“MachiZukuri DTC®” is a technology that optimizes the entire city by linking various functions such as store management, food loss prevention, and personal service (hospitality) based on the concept of digital twin computing4. Please refer to the Related Press Releases section below to see other related initiatives.
3The “IOWN concept” uses innovative technology to exceed the limits of conventional infrastructure, optimize the individual and entire systems based on various kinds of information, and create a prosperous society open to diversity. It is a network and information processing infrastructure including terminals that can provide high-speed, large-capacity communication and innovative technologies centered on this concept.
https://www.rd.ntt/iown/0001.html
At the NTT R&D Forum: Road to IOWN 2022*, which will be held from Nov. 16th- 18th, 2022, we will exhibit a robot-based food delivery operation demonstration.
*NTT R&D Forum 2022 Homepage: https://www.rd.ntt/forum/2022/index.html
4“Digital Twin Computing (DTC)” is the construction of digital replicas of things and people found in the real world. Systems that could not be handled comprehensively until now can be reproduced with high accuracy, enabling predictions of the future.
https://www.rd.ntt/iown/0003.html
Related Press Releases
NTT Corporation & NTT Urban Solutions (Feb. 2, 2022)
NTT’s Digital Infrastructure “MachiZukuri DTC™” Realizes Future Urban Development
https://www.ntt-us.com/news/2021/02/news-210202-01.html
NTT Urban Solutions & NTT DATA Corporation (March 30, 2021)
Commencement of Demonstration Experiment of “MachiZukuri DTC™” at WITH HARAJUKU
https://www.ntt-us.com/news/2021/03/news-210330-01.html
NTT Urban Solutions & NTT DATA Corporation (Sept. 6, 2021)
Commencement of “Personalized Service (Hospitality)” Demonstration Experiment in the Shinagawa Area
https://www.ntt-us.com/news/pdf/news_us210906_001.pdf
NTT Urban Solutions, NTT Communications, NTT Facilities & NTT Urban Development (Nov. 29, 2021)
Development of “MachiZukuri DTC™” Air Conditioning Control Optimization System
https://www.ntt-us.com/news/2021/11/news-211129-02.html
NTT Urban Solutions & NTT Urban Development (Feb. 1, 2022)
Completion of the Next-Generation Advanced Office “Urbannet Nagoya Nexta Building”
https://www.ntt-us.com/news/2022/02/news-220201-01.html
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