Insights & Culture
Discover office life, team culture, welfare benefits, and stories from the engineers building Mujin.
【Japan Startup Award 2026】Mujin Wins the Prime Minister's Award, the Grand Prix!
At the Japan Startup Award 2026 held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Mujin received the highest honor, the Prime Minister's Award. Read the official rationale, Prime Minister Takaichi's remarks, CEO Issei Takino's full statement, and future roadmap.
Mujin Secures $233M in Series D First Close: Advancing Physical AI and the Universal OS for Industrial Automation
Mujin raises $233M (¥36.4B) in Japan's largest startup fundraising round of 2025, co-led by NTT and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), bringing cumulative funding to $411M (¥59.6B). Discover how MujinOS is establishing a global standard for intelligent robotics and end-to-end digital twin automation.
Mujin's Path of Excellence: Celebrating 29 Major Awards Shaping Our History
From two-time Prime Minister's Awards and METI Minister's Award to three-time RBR50 Innovation Awards and Forbes Startup of the Year: explore the 29 milestone awards shaping Mujin's journey in Machine Intelligence.
MujinMI Technology: The Machine Intelligence Making Industrial Robots Truly Autonomous
An engineering deep-dive into MujinMI (Machine Intelligence): high-speed analytical inverse kinematics, dynamic motion planning with real-world physics, situational 3D vision, and 1-in-40,000 industrial reliability.
Accenture and Mujin Establish Joint Venture 'Accenture Alpha Automation' to Transform Manufacturing and Logistics
Accenture (70%) and Mujin (30%) join forces to establish Accenture Alpha Automation, seamlessly bridging shop-floor robotic operations with enterprise management data to power hyper-automation. Plus, global CEO Julie Sweet's visit to Tokyo HQ.
From MIT to Mujin: What Top Robotics Minds Experience on the Frontlines
MIT mechanical engineer Kenji and robotics master's student Zachary reflect on their 3-month internships at Mujin—from deploying real-world damper mechanisms on 20kg grippers to optimizing automated pose generation on multi-ton industrial manipulators.
Release: Mujin Concludes $104 Million Series C Funding to Accelerate Global Adoption of Intelligent Robotic Automation
Japan's fastest-growing intelligent robotics pioneer, Mujin, secures $104 million in total Series C funding (cumulative $178 million) backed by SBI Investment, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Accenture, Dr. James Kuffner, 7-Industries, and Japan Post Capital.
Mujin Expands Standard Gripper Lineup: Next-Gen Intelligent Bag Grippers
Mujin introduces specialized intelligent robot grippers engineered specifically for heavy industrial bags: damage-free top-suction depalletizing and high-speed bottom-support stacking, powered by real-time digital twin simulations.
The Essence of Vision Engineering: Why Deep Learning Alone Cannot Drive Industrial Robots
The critical gap between 95% academic benchmarks and 99.99% real-world reliability. Exploring Mujin's multifaceted approach uniting geometry, optics, 3D point clouds, and physics models to conquer the 'last 5%'.
Everything You Need as a Robotics Engineer: A Look Inside Our High-Tech Office
A behind-the-scenes look inside Mujin's 14,500 m² Tatsumi Robot Center: 60+ real industrial robots, large-scale physics simulation clusters, multi-maker integration, and the engineering culture empowering robotics developers.
Attracted to the robots that are actually used – intern interview
Why intern at Mujin? Yoshiki, a master's student from the University of Tokyo's JSK robotics laboratory, shares his thoughts about the Robotics Technology Internship.
Enter the Mujin Gym! What is it really like?
Mujin provides free drinks, snacks, and daily lunches, but in fact, Mujin has a full in-house gym! Take a look inside our Tatsumi HQ gym facility.
Free drinks, free snacks! Why are we doing this?
Mujin offers free drinks and snacks to our members, eliminating small daily stresses so everyone can focus on what they do best.
Ace Your Computer Vision Job Interview at Mujin
Practical tips on how to prepare for a Computer Vision Engineer interview at Mujin: domain fundamentals, 3D perception vs. 2D bounding boxes, technical interview stages, sample questions, and curated study resources.
Giving Robots the Power of Perception: Interacting with the Physical World – Employee Interview: Computer Vision Lead
Meet Jeronimo, Lead Computer Vision Engineer who studied under Prof. Takeo Kanade at CMU, debugged a critical trade show demo straight off an overseas flight at Narita, and built Mujin's foundational 3D vision stack from scratch.
MujinRobot: Automating the "See, Think, Pick & Place" in Modern Logistics
Mujin unveils its next-generation MujinRobot intelligent automation package. By unifying brain (MujinController), eyes (Mujin 3D Vision), and hands (Mujin Gripper), Mujin automates previously unautomatable warehouse workflows.
At the Forefront of Building 'Industrial Robots for Everyone'
For our 'Mujinians Voice' series, Frontend System Team Lead Binbin and engineers share their mission to make robot interfaces as intuitive as video games.
Exploring Mujin Perks & Welfare: Supporting Life, Health, and Growth
A comprehensive guide to Mujin Japan's employee benefits: free Michelin-chef lunches, unlimited specialty coffee, in-house gym, global relocation support, learning budgets, and healthcare coverage.
Changing the World with Robotics – Employee Interview: Robotics Engineer Edition
Meet Denys, Lead Robotics System Engineer who moved from Ukraine to Tokyo in 2012 as one of Mujin's very first engineers, tackling 'impossible' automation on the frontlines.
Good Coffee at the Workplace – It's Possible with Mujin!
Discover how Mujin embodies its core value 'Pursue the Highest Quality' through Swiss JURA espresso machines, Brazil single-origin beans, and an inspiring coffee culture.
Working at Mujin: An Intern's Perspective
We would like to get an inside look at how different roles contribute to Mujin’s success. Today we talk with Tab, a hardware engineering intern from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Mujin Story: From Inception to Global Automation
From a 41㎡ garage in Tokyo to powering the world's first unmanned warehouse. How Mujin revolutionized industrial robotics through autonomous machine intelligence.
Hungry? There is a Free Lunch!
Sharing a meal brings us together. Learn about Mujin's daily buffet-style free lunch freshly prepared from scratch by our in-house Michelin-trained chef.
Inventing Valuable Things with My Own Hands: From Univ. of Tokyo JSK to Mujin – Employee Interview: Integration Engineer
From the University of Tokyo JSK robotics lab to semiconductor equipment and humanoid robotics, meet Nori. He designed the world's first dual-case depalletizing gripper and Fast Retailing robot cells, explaining the thrill of real-world mechanical integration.
Staying Connected – Forming Communication Bonds Across 100+ Members
As Mujin grows past 100 employees from 20+ countries, monthly all-hands Internal Update Meetings align the entire company behind our automation mission.
Mujin LOGO: The Hidden Meaning
Why is there no robot arm in the logo? CTO Rosen Diankov reveals the hidden symbolism behind the Mujin brand, distributed computing, and the brain philosophy.
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