Japanese logistics company Sagawa Express has approved onsite operational validation of Dexterity’s Industrial superhumanoid, Mech in its X Frontier relay center in Tokyo, Japan.
The decision was made after successful completion of rigorous testing. The approval, obtained with the partnership of Sumitomo Corporation, marks the beginning of Mech’s onsite use at Sagawa starting May 2025.
In testing at Dexterity’s facilities, Mech reportedly met and exceeded loading quality, speed, and space utilisation performance benchmarks defined by Sagawa Express.
Sagawa Express, Sumitomo Corporation, and Dexterity plan to work together to pilot Mech in Japan with plans to scale the technology to additional relay centers following the operational validation at X Frontier.
This initiative is spearheaded by Dexterity-SC, the joint venture between Dexterity and Sumitomo Corporation.
Together, they plan to deliver over 1,000 Mech robots to Japanese customers within the next few years, with the Sagawa deployment marking the first commercial launch in this broader plan.
General manager of transportation network department at sagawa express, Seiichi Watanabe, said: Dexterity’s unique approach to robotics and enterprise Physical AI ability has shown us great promise that it can meet our strict operational criteria.
“Mech’s performance shows that it can transform how we manage loading, and we are confident in Dexterity and Sumitomo as partners to deploy and scale this technology in Japan.”
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