Manufacturing Support Activities

MISUMI Group is engaged in various manufacturing support activities, including support for students who will take on the next generation of manufacturing.

Sponsoring of the Biped Robot Battle Tournament (aka “ROBO-ONE”)

Sponsoring of the Biped Robot Battle Tournament (aka “ROBO-ONE”)

MISUMI Group has been sponsoring “ROBO-ONE”, since FY2016 as the main sponsor, organized by the Biped Robot Association, in order to support the passion of people involved in manufacturing, such as engineering students and corporate engineers.
At the tournament, ‘MISUMI Award’ is presented to robots that captivated spectators with their prominent design and dynamic movements.

Scene from ROBO-ONE competition

Scene from ROBO-ONE competition

Overview of the Biped Robot Battle Tournament (aka ROBO-ONE)

Overview of the Biped Robot Battle Tournament (aka ROBO-ONE)

“ROBO-ONE” (organized by the Biped Robot Association) is a biped robot battle tournament that has been held since 2002. The objective of the tournament is to improve manufacturing technologies and popularizing biped robots. Wide range of people from students to professional engineers are entering the tournament.
The tournament consists of two divisions: the Fight Division and the Performance Division. The Fight Division is a martial arts division with a tournament system where contestants compete to win by defeating their opponent with punches, throws, etc. in a 3-minute round with the three knockdown rule. In the Performance Division, contestants perform for approximately 2 minutes according to a predetermined theme and are scored by the judges. Prizes are awarded in the order of the highest scores.
On September 23 and 24, 2023, the “MISUMI presents the 42nd ROBO-ONE” was held with spectators after a three-year hiatus. In addition to the visitors, over 420,000 viewers (*2) gathered on the live streaming service “Twitch” (*1) to watch the tournament.
In the Performance Division matches, the robots with advanced technologies such as AI and sensors captivated the venue. In the Fight Division, the “Ultimate Time” rule was introduced, allowing attacks on downed robots, crouch moves, crouch attacks, and side attacks during the final 30 seconds of the match. This Ultimate Time allowed robots to score a knockdown with a single big move, which led to a significant change in offense, defense, and tactics, and big moves were performed one after another.

*1. A live streaming distribution platform provided by Amazon.com.
*2. Number of live streaming viewers (total for two days, September 23-24, 2023, according to our research).

Scene from ROBO-ONE competition

Scene from the ROBO-ONE competition

Manufacturing Support for Student Groups

Manufacturing Support for Student Groups

In the “MISUMI Student Manufacturing Support” initiative, open invitation applications are accepted from a wide range of student groups that take on challenges in manufacturing at universities, technical colleges, etc. providing MISUMI products free of charge.
Support to more than 2,200 student groups have been provided since the program began in FY2008.

Since FY 2018, we have been supporting the activities of SAKURA Tempesta, a team of junior and senior high school students competing in the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC), an international robotics competition. The team has been remarkably successful, winning various awards in five consecutive competitions since its first year of operation and qualifying for the world competition three times. The team also provides many junior high and high school students with opportunities to learn about engineering and promotes the appeal of manufacturing.

One of the Supported Groups in FY2023

One of the Supported Groups in FY2023

Ohkubo Lab., Tokyo University of Technology

MISUMI Student Manufacturing Support
(FY2023: 110 groups in total)

MISUMI Student Manufacturing Support
(FY2023: 110 groups in total)

Team name

Tokyo University of Technology
Ohkubo Lab.
 

Comment from a student
Comment from a student

“We are working toward the practical application of a solar-pumped laser, which generates laser light using only sunlight without the use of electricity. We are grateful for the support from the MISUMI Student Manufacturing Support Program, mainly in the form of tools for machining the cavity that produces the effect of collecting and compressing light.  The solar energy has no risk of being exhausted, and it has almost no impact on the environment, such as carbon dioxide emissions. To make solar-pumped lasers practical, we aim to update the world's highest solar power conversion efficiency and realize a sustainable society.”

Activities to convey the appeal of manufacturing

Activities to convey the appeal of manufacturing

Tohoku University FROM THE EARTH

Summer Vacation Manufacturing Class

SAKURA Tempesta

Junior/ Highschool team
SAKURA Tempesta

Summer vacation manufacturing class

Summer vacation manufacturing class

In August 2019, "MISUMI x SAKURA Tempesta Summer Vacation Manufacturing Class" for junior and senior high school students was held in order to foster manufacturing human resources. Participants endeavored in assembling machines and games using MISUMI’s full-fledged components. After the event, many students said that they became “interested in engineering” and experienced the enjoyment of manufacturing.

Exhibiting MISUMI Art Collection

Exhibiting MISUMI Art Collection

Exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

MISUMI Group has loaned works from the MISUMI Art Collection 22 times under special arrangements with museums holding contemporary American art exhibitions. The MISUMI Art Collection focuses on contemporary American art and is corporate art with high acclaim for its uniqueness and foresightedness. Proponents of American contemporary art aimed to achieve independence from European influences to freely pursue the potential of art. That spirit coincides with MISUMI Group’s corporate attitude of perpetually pursuing innovation. Going forward, we plan to circulate artworks on loan in response to exhibition requests from museums in other areas as well.

Picture: Exhibit scene at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2002)

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