THK Journal

We are getting closer to achieving a world straight out of a movie scene, where people work side by side with humanlike robots as their colleagues. AI is already being employed in the digital realm, while humanoid robots are active in the physical. How did these robots come to exist in the real world? Let’s take a look behind the scenes of their development.

• Column
• Service robot
• Robot hand
• Humanoid robot
• Humanoid

Robots are used in various industries to position workpieces very quickly and accurately. Some robots, not limited to orthagonal movements, have multi-joint assemblies letting them simulate the movements of human arms. These joint sections must have a high swing accuracy and high rigidity ensuring that sudden stops do not put them off-track, THK's unique products are powerful and small enough to meet those demands.

• Industrial Robots
• Example of use

An electronic device is a collection of small units and actuators. The manufacturing equipment for these units is also a collection of small actuators. THK supplies a wide variety of actuators to all market areas where space-saving and energy-saving actuators are continually in demand.

• Example of use
• Electrical and Electronic equipment

As equipment becomes smaller and more accurate, the need for precision in the manufacturing of machine parts increases. Measuring instruments allowing higher accuracy to be maintained help to meet this need. THK products are making great contributions to the ability of precision instruments to detect very fine movements and changes.

• Precision Machinery
• Example of use

Various types of manufacturing machines are being used for automation and labor saving purposes in fields where production was previously carried out by manual labor. THK's products are being used in this context, from devices which simply repeat the same operation accurately and efficiently to those enabling craftsperson-like precision.

• General Industrial Machinery
• Example of use

All the various parts used in machine tools are made by "mother machines" that produce machine parts themselves. Whether fine and complex or massive and heavy, the manufacturing precision of parts produced by machine tool is increasing at an accelerating pace. THK's linear motion systems help provide the guidance that makes this precision and speed possible.

• Machine Tools
• Example of use