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Uniqlo has already replaced 90% of humans in its megastore with robots

Births are falling, the people are getting older: Japan is "forced" to choose robots. In its megastore Uniqlo already has 90% of non-human personnel, and it is only the beginning.

December 29 2019
Gianluca RiccioGianluca Riccio
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And the age-old problem of folding and storing shirts after rehearsals has also been solved.

The Japanese clothing company Uniqlo approaches full automation in its flagship megastore in Tokyo.

According to a new report from the Financial Times, Uniqlo's parent company, Fast Retailing, has partnered with a Japanese startup that develops industrial robots. The aim is to create a two-armed robot capable of collecting T-shirts and packaging them, a task that previously could only be carried out by a human being.

Uniqlo robot megastore
One of the robots in the Uniqlo megastore.

This is an important innovation as it could allow Uniqlo, which in its megastore has already replaced 90% of its employees with robots, to start a fully automated process.

Mujin, the "mother" of Uniqlo robots

Mujin is a Japanese startup developing industrial robots, which has recently focused its efforts on equipping its machines with special capabilities. For example, that of collecting T-shirts and boxes from display to packaging, up to sending to customers.

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One of the Uniqlo managers in retail who focuses on supply chain development, stressed the importance of such innovations in Japan at this time.

"It is becoming extremely difficult to hire workers - much more than people think"said the executive vice president of Fast Retailing Takuya Jimbo. "We need to be at the forefront and keep trial and error because only companies that can upgrade their business models can survive."

Jimbo it refers to a labor shortage that is crippling Japan, due to the low birth rate and the rapid aging of society. A shortage that forces the elderly to work beyond retirement age, with the help of technologies such as the exoskeleton.

Data from the National Institute for Population and Social Security estimates that Japan's population will collapse. From about 127 million in 2018 to about 88 million by 2065.

Recent data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan also indicate that one in five people in Japan is now over 70 years old.

For this reason, no one worries about the impact on employment.

Resellers, developers, users and even "beneficiaries" of robots applaud the robots.

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