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Takenaka, NTT Docomo, Asratec develop Spatial ID Robot System

Takenaka Corporation, NTT Docomo Business Corporation (formerly NTT Communications), and Asratec Corporation announced the development of a "Robot Navigation System" for construction site robot operation using spatial ID. The spatial ID is a data standard being developed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and others that integrates building floor plans, equipment placement locations, and robot patrol routes. By dividing 3D space into cubes (voxels) and assigning a unique ID to each voxel, any location on Earth can be identified. The robot navigation system combines the 3D location information from spatial ID with "tateras Task Coordination," a service developed by NTT Docomo Business that supports task coordination on construction sites, to enable autonomous robot movement within construction sites. This enables highly accurate route planning for patrol robots and…