Robot Arms Learn to Fillet Salmon

Episode 104 of The Robotics Business podcast dives into how robot arms are learning to fillet salmon. Lucas and Luna explore a collaboration between the Japanese robotics startup Mujin and seafood processor Maruha Nichiro, which deployed a dual-arm system that can debone and portion a salmon in under 30 seconds. They discuss the technical challenges: soft tissue variability, knife trajectory planning, and the need for real-time force feedback. The episode also touches on the labor shortage in fish processing and why this specific use case is harder than assembling car parts. Listeners will learn why salmon fillets are a tougher problem than welding car doors. #RobotArms #SalmonFilleting #Mujin #MaruhaNichiro #FoodProcessing #Automation #IndustrialRobots #Robotics #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #RoboticsPodcast #FisheryAutomation #ForceFeedback #SoftRobotics #LaborShortage #JapanRobotics Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo