March 24, 2017
by Canadian Packaging staff

文字及翻译：www.hufu.club 护肤俱乐部 

Shiseido tests humanoid robots on assembly line – a cosmetics industry first

Shiseido aiming to establish a new form of manufacturing through “collaboration of humans and robots”.  日化巨头资生堂致力于建立人机合作的全新生产制造模式。

JAPAN—Global cosmetics giant Shiseido Company, Limited has introduced a pilot program deploying industrial humanoid robots on the assembly lines of makeup products at its Kakegawa factory in Shizuoka-ken, Japan starting from March 2017, for the first time in the world among cosmetics companies.

日化巨头资生堂于今年2017年3月，在静冈县挂川市的化妆品工厂，率先在彩妆生产组装线上引入机器人作为试点。

In this factory, one human worker and two humanoid robots work together to assemble various parts of varied shapes and materials, delivering finished products.

While humanoid robots cover the procedures that are hard to be automated with conventional machines and existing industrial robots, the human worker focuses on inspection of minor defects such as scratches, assuring the quality of products.

Through a “collaboration of humans and robots” Shiseido safeguards its future by providing against changes in the social environment such as declining workforce, and aims to establish a new form of manufacturing that responds to the market changes more swiftly and flexibly.

在这化妆品工厂，一工人和两个仿生机器人协调工作，组装不同形状材料，一同完成成品。

此仿生机器人能够完成传统自动化机器和现有的工业机器人所不能完成的工作，而工人则去质检微小的产品缺陷，如划痕，以确保产品品质。

通过人机协调模式，资生堂能确保未来适应一些不确定因素，如劳动力下降，通过此建立一个全新的制造模式灵活适应市场的变化。

Shiseido says it will further develop and evolve this initiative to realize effective manufacturing and reduce the work load of on-site workers.

Going forward, Shiseido aims to further advance innovation in technology, enabling robots to team-up on more complex, high-dimensional operations by applying AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology.

The humanoid robots are designed and manufactured by the Mechatronics Group of the Japanese entity Kawada Industries, Inc. 

资生堂称未来会进一步发展此策略，以有效释放制造力，减少人力劳动。进一步致力发展技术创新，运用AI技术让机器人适应更复杂更多维的操作环境中。

此仿生机器人由 mechatronics group 设计制作。

HUFU.CLUB后记：

化妆品生产组装一直是依靠人力流水线生产，每个工人对产品组装的力道，偏好，心情，认真态度都有所不同，甚至是重复劳动长时间后身体及心理疲倦，对产品稳定都有一定偏差，让智能机器人的运用成为一种趋势，可预见其会改变未来行业，也许5年，10年。

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