Nabtesco Timeline

Events

• 2025-12-02 - Product Launch - Nabtesco launches RVmini and Monocrank compact precision reduction gear series - Nabtesco added the RVmini Series and Monocrank Series to its compact precision reduction gear lineup. The company positioned the products for lower-torque applications including collaborative robots, humanoid robots, machine tools and automation equipment.… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2025-10-16 - Capability - Nabtesco begins development of autonomous marine control system with optimal navigation application - Nabtesco announced development of an autonomous control system integrated with an optimal navigation application through its Marine Control Systems Company. The initiative was selected for Japan MLIT's NX Subsidy Program for domestic shipping transformation.… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2025-09-24 - Deployment - Nabtesco starts onboard verification of TELEGRAPH AGENT and Pythia on NYK VLCC - Nabtesco completed installation of TELEGRAPH AGENT on the 300,000-ton class tanker TSUGARU operated by NYK Line. The company started onboard verification to determine optimal settings for VLCC fuel-efficiency and emissions-reduction use cases. DeepSea's… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2025-04-04 - Deployment - Nabtesco demonstrates TELEGRAPH AGENT and Cassandra on Eastern Car Liner vessel - Nabtesco installed TELEGRAPH AGENT on the car carrier Malaysia Grace, owned by Eastern Car Liner and managed by ECL Ship Management. Cassandra, an AI monitoring system from DeepSea, was installed alongside TELEGRAPH AGENT to support fuel-consumption… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2024-12-20 - Market Signal - Nabtesco invests in autonomous vehicle startup Embotech - Nabtesco announced an investment in Embotech AG, a Swiss autonomous-vehicle software company. Embotech provides automated vehicle marshalling for finished-vehicle logistics and automated terminal tractor solutions for port and yard logistics. Nabtesco said… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2024-09-20 - Deployment - Shimizu adopts Nabtesco RVW AGV/AMR drive units for Stage-Scaffold Movable Cart - Shimizu selected Nabtesco's RVW Series AGV/AMR drive units for its newly developed Stage-Scaffold Movable Cart. The RVW Series uses an in-wheel structure with Nabtesco Precision Reduction Gears RV inside a mecanum wheel. The cart supports a maximum load of… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2024-07-04 - Regulatory - TELEGRAPH AGENT and HyperPilot receive DNV type approval - Nabtesco and DeepSea received DNV type approval for TELEGRAPH AGENT and HyperPilot. HyperPilot uses route and vessel-speed plans from DeepSea's optimal operation support services and outputs vessel-speed proposals to TELEGRAPH AGENT. Nabtesco framed the… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2023-10-25 - Partnership - Nabtesco supplies RV precision reduction gear units for Tsubame Industries ARCHAX robot - A technical-support agreement covers Nabtesco RV precision reduction gears used in Tsubame Industries' ARCHAX cockpitted robot. One ARCHAX uses nine RV units across functions including waist rotation and vehicle drive. The agreement extends Nabtesco… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2022-09-23 - Production Milestone - Nabtesco breaks ground on Hamamatsu precision reduction gear plant - Nabtesco held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Hamamatsu Plant, the company's third production base for precision reduction gears. The plant is planned to add 1.2M units of annual precision reduction gear capacity by 2030. Nabtesco said the Hamamatsu… - source: nabtesco.com
• 2017-11-06 - Production Milestone - Nabtesco announces ¥26B precision reduction gear capacity expansion for robot-joint demand - Nabtesco announced a precision reduction gear capacity expansion program covering its Tsu Plant in Japan and Changzhou base in China. The company planned to expand annual production capacity from 640,000 units at the beginning of fiscal 2017 to 1.2M units by… - source: nabtesco.com