Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Plant Patrol Explosion-Proof Robot

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and JXTG Energy Corporation (JXTG) announced today that they have jointly conducted a driving test of the EX ROVR, an explosion-proof robot that patrols the plant, at JXTG's Mizushima Refinery in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. It was confirmed that the basic functional requirements were met. In the future, the company will delve deeper into the evaluation of the test results and make improvements, aiming to start receiving orders from petrochemical manufacturers and others in fiscal 2020. The JXTG Mizushima Refinery in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, March 6, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images