SENDAI, Japan -- Japanese manufacturer Iris Ohyama is "positioning robots at the top of our business-to-business" operations in its partnership with SoftBank Group's robotics unit, CEO Akihiro Ohyama said in an interview on Wednesday.
Iris Ohyama is investing 10 billion yen ($87 million) in Tokyo-based SoftBank Robotics under a capital and business tie-up announced the same day. The Japanese home goods and electronics maker has said it aims to make commercial robots the next big earnings driver.
