TOMOROBO

Summary

The TOMOROBO is a 38.5 kg battery-powered rebar tying robot that traverses horizontal rebar grids on dirt floors and slabs, activating two mounted tying tools at each detected intersection. It covers a single subtask within the concrete reinforcement job: tying rebar intersections across grids with 100 to 300 mm pitch, while rebar placement, spacer positioning, and all vertical or wall rebar work stay with the crew. The A1 model shipped in 2020 for small-diameter rebar (phi 10 to phi 16), and the A2 followed in 2021 for large diameters up to phi 32; KEN ROBOTECH reports deployments at 180+ construction sites across Japan and Singapore.

Rebar Placement and Tying

How it works on your site

Rebar Placement and Tying

The robot rides along the rebar grid and fires two tying tools at each intersection it detects, tying on both one-way and round-trip passes. Sensors adapt to pitch variances of +/- 20 mm and rebar width variances of +/- 40 mm without manual recalibration. A single switch selects one of three tying patterns: all intersections, every other, or every third. The crew still handles rebar placement, spacer coordination, vertical rebar, and manual repositioning of the 38.5 kg robot body between rows (unless the optional Slider or Operobo system is installed).

What users have experienced

80%

Labour saving

NTT West · deployment →

30 minutes per 8hr day

Time saving

Ken Robotech

30%

Performance

Ken Robotech

Robot deployment record

3 deployments on public record

Deployments on record for this robot
Project	Organizations	Country
NTT West former HQ redevelopment demonstration	NTT West	Japan
Seven-day remote-operation demonstration (May 2023, Osaka) with six onboard cameras and cloud-based control. Non-construction workers operated the robot remotely during the trial. Vendor reported 80% replacement of manual rebar tying during the demo period. labour saving pct 80 NTT West's record →
Aggregate: 180+ construction sites trial	Not stated	Not stated
Ongoing production deployments since 2020 across Japan and Singapore. Rebar tying is the sole documented task across all sites.
Singapore construction project (unnamed) production	Not stated	Singapore
30% productivity gain reported (vendor-stated), used as basis for government subsidy approval. Rebar tying performed by unnamed construction company. usage fee 70% government subsidy received labour saving pct 30
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Other companies that have deployed this robot

31 organizations on record for this robot

NTT West

Dai Nippon Construction Daito Trust Construction

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. Daiwa Lease FUJI P.S CORPORATION FUJI STEEL CORPORATION Fujinetsu Co. Fujinetsu-Service Co. JFE Civil Engineering & Construction

KAJIMA CORPORATION KOZAI STEEL Kyokuto Tekkin Kougyousyo Murata Tekkin Nishimatsu Construction NST Wire & Welding Onogumi Co. RESOURCES CO. SAMZ inc. SAYAMA Company Shimizu Corporation

Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd. SUN-S Co.

Takenaka TAKENOBE Co. The Zenitaka Corporation TOAMI CORPORATION TOKYU CONSTRUCTION TOUATU CO. Yanai Trading Co. YUASA TRADING

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Will it work on your site

Tying speed 2.7 seconds per intersection (200 mm pitch, two tying tools) Vendor-stated; ABC Platform repeats figure without independent measurement

Geographic availability Japan (180+ sites); Singapore office incorporated Feb 2023; early-stage US and EU market entry Deployment count and client list are vendor-stated; Singapore entity confirmed by Leave a Nest

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How it works on your site

Rebar Placement and Tying

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