Future Outlook

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Trends in Main Application Areas
Area
Semiconductor
manufacturing
equipment

Industrialrobots

Industry Trends

Technology Trends•Growing oligopoly of device makers•Restructuring of manufacturing
equipment vendors•Miniaturization•Flash memory 3D stacking•Larger wafer sizes•Growing robot demand in emerging
countries•Expanding robot production in China•Expectations for robots that collaboratewith people•Expectations for application to food andpharmaceutical use•Progress in developing robots that thinkand adapt to changing situation•Expansion of small robot
market•Multiaxial, dual-arm robots•Faster, greater precision•Parallel-link robots•Advances in sensor
technology•Advances in hand technology

Diversifying and expanding needs for motion control

24Core technology and wider choice of product variations
Improving the basic performance of
speed reducers

Making products easier forcustomers to use
Integration
Peripherals
technology
development

More powerful

Lighterweight

Higherprecision

Smaller size

Product variations meeting different needs for different applications
Light weight

High response

Hollow shape

Low vibration

Positioning accuracy

Flat shape

High-capacity bearings

Low noise

Fast25Cultivating Markets by Launching New Products:
HarmonicDrive®
1. Helping make robots faster

HarmonicDrive®
Place lightweight unitary typeproducts on the market

Lighter reducer
weight at eachaxis means:(1) Lightweight tip axis!

(2) Because the tip axis
is light, the stem canbe made faster!

2. Helping boost robot load capacity
3. Contributing to lighter robots that areeasier to install and relocate•Adoption in newly developed vertical robots (meet needs forcompact size and high speed)•Adoption in hand axes of large robots (meet need for improvedload capacity)26

Cultivating Markets by Launching New Products:
Mechatronics Products
Link with control systems of other vendors

Mechatronics Products

Connect using Mitsubishi Electric SSCNETIII/H
communication
Typical SSCNETIII/H system• Collaboration with servo motor
manufacturers• Addition of AC servo actuatormodels and expanded options

AC servo amps

Controller supporting SSCNETIII/H

Connect easily with
SSCNETIII/H! Choose!
Mitsubishi Electric HG Series

HarmonicDrive® SHA-M Series

HDS actuator can be driven by Mitsubishi
Electric AC servo amp.
(before)(now)

Mitsubishi amp＋Mitsubishi motor＋
HDS reducer

Mitsubishi amp＋
HDS actuator

HDS mechatronics products are adopted in equipment built
around Mitsubishi Electric control system

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Enhance product lineup Planetary Gear
Accuracy
Robotics,
Semiconductor
Equipment
Transporters,
Processing
Equipment etc.

General Industrial
MachineryHigh
positioning
accuracy
NewProduct

Normalpositioning
accuracy

High-output
products
HPGP series
NewProduct
For Korean(Asian) market
HPN series

Focusing on
expansion oftorque
General Gear

High-accuracy
positioning,
Low noise,
Short lead time,
Low price

Current mainproducts
HPG series
High-accuracypositioning,
Low- backlash

High torque,
High-accuracy
positioning,
Low- backlash

Note: This graph is conceptual. This shape, size, and position of images used do not accurately reflect market size or product positioning

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Cultivating Markets by Launching New Products:
Precision Planetary Gear Reducers
Precision PlanetaryGear Reducers

1. Start of production in South
Korean subsidiary
SAMICK ADM Co., Ltd. (S. Korea)

Launching for Asian markets

Production starting in this term, using production
technology transferred from Japan

2. Buildup of sales capability inSouth Korea and China markets• Expand sales agent network• Enhance product lineup

Working with Korean partner to develop new markets andestablish production base29