Kawasaki Heavy Industries opens innovation facility in Tokyo

Kawasaki Heavy Industries opens innovation facility in Tokyo

Photo taken on April 20, 2022, shows a table-setting robot introduced at a cafe near Tokyo's Haneda airport on a trial basis. The cafe is part of the Future Lab HANEDA innovation facility Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. opened the same day to explore ways to solve social issues including manpower shortages.

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