TOKIOテラス＃97「グローバルテラス」 2024年10月05日
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00:00Good morning. Welcome to Tokyo Terrace.
00:03Thank you for having me.
00:04This is the 4th episode of Global Terrace,
00:07where we shine a light on foreign startups.
00:10Thank you for having me. I love this show.
00:13It's a lot of fun.
00:16This time, we have a series of foreign startups
00:19that are world-renowned for their cutting-edge technology.
00:24America's car-share service, where cars are delivered remotely.
00:30Wow!
00:31Wow!
00:34Messages from overseas to Taichi Fukunaga.
00:37Hi, Taichi. It's really nice to meet you.
00:39Hi, Taichi. Nice to meet you.
00:41I'm sure he doesn't know who I am.
00:49This time, we have a Terracist
00:51who is well-versed in foreign business.
00:53He is the editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal,
00:56Mr. Joshi Nishiyama.
00:59This is the 4th episode.
01:01I'm surprised that there are so many companies,
01:04but none of them have gone bankrupt, right?
01:06I try not to look back.
01:10Because it's a startup,
01:12there are a lot of cases where you lose money
01:14because of a serious problem.
01:16That's not uncommon,
01:18and in a way, it's not a bad thing.
01:20It's a challenge.
01:21New companies keep coming out.
01:23That challenge is important.
01:25Now, let's take a look at a global startup.
01:29It's the ultimate share car.
01:31It's a remote-controlled startup.
01:35Germany is the largest economy country in Europe.
01:39It's also a car country,
01:41and it has created many global brands
01:43such as Benz and BMW.
01:46Currently, there are more and more people
01:48who use car sharing.
01:51In the midst of this,
01:53a startup called Bay,
01:55which was established in 2018,
01:57is developing a car-sharing service
01:59that is unique in the world.
02:02A car is in front of a woman.
02:05What?
02:06No one is in the car.
02:09And the woman gets in the driver's seat.
02:12What is this?
02:16Bay is a remote-controlled car-sharing service
02:19that delivers a car to a woman.
02:21A car is delivered by a single button.
02:26This is what it looks like in the car
02:28before a woman gets in.
02:30The steering wheel is moving on its own.
02:34The lane change is also done by hand.
02:36The car is running to the woman,
02:38who is the client.
02:42A human driver
02:44delivers a car to the user
02:46with a remote-controlled car-sharing service.
02:49After getting in the car,
02:51the user drives to the destination
02:53and delivers the car to the next user
02:55with a remote-controlled car-sharing service.
02:58Are you driving?
03:00In the distance?
03:02You don't have to go get a car
03:04or park,
03:06so it's the most efficient way to get around.
03:08That's true, but...
03:10The price is about half the price of a taxi.
03:13The remote-controlled car-sharing service
03:15is called Teledriving.
03:17It takes five years
03:19from development to commercialization.
03:25The remote-controlled car-sharing service
03:27allows you to operate the car
03:29while watching a live video
03:31and operate the car with a turn signal
03:33or an accelerator.
03:35You can see the back of the car.
03:37It's also equipped with a sound system,
03:39so it's easy to handle
03:41and drive.
03:43Of course, only those
03:45who have passed the test
03:47can drive the car.
03:49In the future,
03:51research is underway
03:53to make it possible
03:55to drive four cars by yourself.
03:57There's an interesting fact
03:59about the academy.
04:01Young gamers
04:03are good at driving from the beginning.
04:05They have very good skills and talents.
04:07It's like a ditch racer.
04:11Since January of this year,
04:13VEI has been providing services
04:15in Las Vegas, USA.
04:17It's a 20-car service
04:19and only in urban areas.
04:21It's said that you can drive
04:23anywhere in the United States.
04:25VEI is the first car
04:27in Europe and the United States
04:29to drive on the road
04:31unmanned.
04:33As a commercial service,
04:35we're the only ones
04:37who drive remotely.
04:39It's the first in the world.
04:41That's a great idea.
04:43The technology is
04:45very popular all over the world.
04:47There are a lot of inquiries.
04:49I wonder if Osaka Bandai will come.
04:51For example,
04:53there are people living in the countryside
04:55who can't go by train or bus,
04:57but with VEI's technology,
04:59we can bring them to the city.
05:05All the cars in the world
05:07will be able to drive remotely.
05:11We want to change the world
05:13with this technology.
05:17Hi, Taichi.
05:19Nice to meet you.
05:21We can send you a car
05:23if you give me your address
05:25in Japan.
05:27I'll send it to you.
05:29If you tell me
05:31your address in Japan,
05:33you'll send me a car?
05:35That's amazing.
05:37You don't know me,
05:39do you?
05:43It's a dream come true.
05:45There's a lot of research
05:47about remote driving,
05:49but I didn't know
05:51that people can drive
05:53remotely.
05:55That's right.
05:57What I like about this
05:59is that there are still
06:01a lot of problems with
06:03remote driving.
06:05But as you said,
06:07remote driving can be done.
06:09There's a problem
06:11with the lack of people.
06:13Also, when you want to drive
06:15completely by yourself,
06:17you can't do it easily.
06:19I thought that
06:21we were applying technology
06:23more realistically
06:25by using this technology
06:27that can be realized.
06:29That's right.
06:31I'm surprised to see that
06:33when people are driving
06:35while watching the video,
06:37it's safer than
06:39leaving it to AI or machines.
06:41What about the legal barriers?
06:43It's still difficult in Germany.
06:45It's a German company,
06:47but it's in the United States.
06:49I think that
06:51each country has to clear it.
06:53I see.
06:55If you tell me your address,
06:57I think you're lying.
06:59It's definitely difficult
07:01in Japan.
07:03I think it's the hope of the CEO.
07:05I see.
07:09Mr. Nishiyama picks up
07:11other overseas startups
07:13using remote driving technology.
07:17There's a company
07:19called Fune
07:21in Helsinki.
07:23There are a lot of small islands.
07:25There's a lot of demand
07:27for water and sea transportation.
07:29Is this remote?
07:31Yes, it is.
07:33You can call them
07:35by app.
07:37Isn't it difficult
07:39to put it there?
07:41I didn't know you could
07:43put it on the pier.
07:45It's still legal.
07:47You can't do it
07:49without permission,
07:51but you can cut
07:53the cost.
07:55That's amazing.
07:57There's a lot going on.
07:59In fact, in Japan,
08:01remote driving technology
08:03is being tested
08:05on container ships.
08:07In July of this year,
08:09a project called
08:11Neguri 2040
08:13completed a land support center
08:15that can operate
08:17four ships at the same time.
08:19In 2040,
08:21a global startup
08:23called
08:25Oishii Saisentan
08:27was launched.
08:31In recent years,
08:33due to climate change
08:35and the decline of
08:37agricultural population,
08:39people are interested
08:41in food machines.
08:43Agricultural products
08:45using AI and robot technology
08:47have become more active.
08:49In the meantime,
08:51Zordi, a startup
08:53that was launched in 2020
08:55in the United States,
08:57is attracting attention.
08:59What we are working on
09:01is a sound cultivation
09:03using AI and robots
09:05that can grow fresh
09:07fruits and vegetables
09:09with high quality
09:11without any
09:13expertise in agriculture.
09:15This is a dream-like robot
09:17that can grow fruits and vegetables.
09:19If you look closely,
09:21it has a light on the strawberry.
09:25This robot has a light
09:27and a camera,
09:29and it accurately measures
09:31the maturity of the fruit
09:33and whether there is any pain.
09:37This data is shared
09:39with the harvest-specific robot
09:41and only the strawberry
09:43that has reached the harvest timing
09:45will be packed directly.
09:47In addition,
09:49it is expected that
09:51it will also reduce labor
09:53to pack the harvested strawberry
09:55directly.
09:57In addition,
09:59it also measures the
10:01sunshine,
10:03moisture,
10:05and humidity of each lane.
10:07It is also characterized
10:09by being able to make
10:11high-quality strawberries
10:13Our robots
10:15can detect
10:17even very small pests.
10:23Ablamsi and Azamiuma,
10:25which are the ones
10:27that cause crop failure
10:29and fruit discoloration
10:31and trouble farmers.
10:33This robot can accurately
10:35detect even a few millimeters
10:37of pests.
10:39And Zoldy has also
10:41developed a unique function
10:43that is not found in conventional
10:45automated harvesting robots.
10:47The biggest feature of our technology
10:49is to tell farmers
10:51what to do
10:53to control
10:55diseases and pests.
10:57In Zoldy,
10:59AI analyzes
11:01the measured data
11:03and proposes
11:05the best solution,
11:07so that even people
11:09can harvest strawberries.
11:13Mr. Gill, who developed
11:15this innovative technology,
11:17worked at Canon when he was a student.
11:19He felt a big difference
11:21between Japanese strawberries
11:23and American strawberries.
11:25At that time,
11:27I was a college student,
11:29so I was in Boston,
11:31but Boston has
11:33a lot of
11:35really bad fruits.
11:37The reason is that
11:39all American fruits
11:41come from California and Mexico,
11:43so the concept is
11:45to grow only fruits
11:47that can survive
11:49on trucks for a long time
11:51so that the fruits can
11:53come to Boston.
11:55Therefore,
11:57Zoldy was launched
11:59so that people in the United States
12:01can also taste
12:03the ripened state
12:05of Japanese strawberries.
12:07I also enjoy studying
12:09what is in Japan
12:11to choose
12:13new varieties
12:15and fruits.
12:17Currently,
12:19it is being tested,
12:21but if it is introduced
12:23in the agricultural field
12:25in the near future,
12:27it will greatly reduce
12:29the labor burden
12:31of farmers.
12:33I'm glad I met him.
12:35He seems to be able to speak Japanese.
12:37But after all,
12:39I first learned about
12:41the technology of Japanese farmers,
12:43so I wanted to make
12:45the same thing in the United States
12:47and deliver delicious food.
12:49That's how I got here.
12:51At least,
12:53America, where I lived when I was a child,
12:55has a completely different
12:57sense of fruits.
12:59In Japan,
13:01Japanese farmers
13:03carry bags on their backs.
13:05But in the United States,
13:07they don't do that at all.
13:09I can't understand
13:11why Japanese farmers
13:13spend so much time
13:15in the United States.
13:17It's surprising.
13:19But now,
13:21everyone knows the taste
13:23and wants to buy and eat it.
13:25As the number of foreigners
13:27who come to Japan increases,
13:29they know how delicious
13:31Japanese fruits are.
13:33When they go back to their hometowns,
13:35they will send information
13:37and when they buy and eat it again,
13:39they will definitely say
13:41that Japanese fruits are delicious.
13:43Currently,
13:45strawberries grown in Zordy
13:47are sold at twice the price of others.
13:49Because they sell well even if they are expensive,
13:51it seems that the retail store side
13:53is selling well.
13:55I think this kind of evolution
13:57is very important.
13:59Now,
14:01we sell straight cucumbers
14:03as usual.
14:05But even if it's damaged,
14:07it's still delicious.
14:09I think it's important
14:11to make such a container.
14:13Are there any other
14:15startup companies
14:17that you are interested in?
14:19Now it's fruits.
14:21It's agriculture.
14:23One step ahead is cooking.
14:25There is a robot
14:27that automatically
14:29cooks fruits.
14:31It's a hamburger patty.
14:33It's actually artificial meat,
14:35but it's a robot that
14:37turns it over and bakes it.
14:39Cooking is love, isn't it?
14:41This system,
14:43which was introduced
14:45by the New York hamburger chain
14:47Carnel in January this year,
14:49has been developed
14:51over two years
14:53.
14:55There was a serious problem
14:57behind it.
14:59Of course,
15:01this is the same in Japan,
15:03but it's hard for people
15:05to go to restaurants,
15:07so sales have decreased.
15:09On the contrary,
15:11the economy has been recovering
15:13and human resources are increasing.
15:15These robots are increasing
15:17at a tremendous speed.
15:19That's right.
15:21It's hard for people
15:23to go to restaurants,
15:25so we have to raise
15:27human resources.
15:29On the other hand,
15:31the ratio of restaurants
15:33to restaurants is high.
15:35In the United States,
15:37the ratio of restaurants
15:39to restaurants is
15:41said to be about 150%.
15:43In Carnel's system,
15:45there are less than three
15:47staff working at the store,
15:49so it seems that it will increase
15:51in Japan as well.
15:53This hamburger robot
15:55is quite large,
15:57so it may be suitable
15:59for restaurants
16:01with a large area
16:03like the United States,
16:05but on the other hand,
16:07the automatic story
16:09of the cooking robot
16:11will definitely come out.
16:13By the way,
16:15the first rotating sushi in Japan
16:17was opened in Osaka City,
16:19East Japan in 1985,
16:21and it was developed
16:23with a hint of the belt conveyor
16:25used in the production
16:27of beer factories.
16:31This is a cooking robot.
16:33I see.
16:35We used to
16:37make sushi robots
16:39with this
16:41at the batting center.
16:43If we slow down this speed,
16:45we may be able to
16:47make rice.
16:49I thought so,
16:51but it all flew away.
16:55Here is the next
16:57global start-up
16:59to be noticed.
17:01It is a start-up
17:03to develop
17:05a bicycle kit
17:07that makes
17:09riding a bicycle
17:11easy and electric.
17:13In fact,
17:15it is also a bicycle advancement country.
17:17The maintenance of bicycle-only lanes
17:19and the subsidy system for purchasing
17:21have been in place
17:23for about 15 years
17:25in Japan.
17:31Among them,
17:33the start-up that is attracting
17:35attention now is
17:37Switch Bike,
17:39which was founded in 2017.
17:41If you use a switch kit,
17:43any bicycle will become an electric bicycle.
17:45With this small battery,
17:47the bicycle at home
17:49will change quickly in an instant.
17:51That's amazing.
17:53Amazing.
17:55All bicycles are
17:57originally not electric,
17:59but if you look closely,
18:01a switch kit is installed.
18:03Any bicycle?
18:05Electricity is transmitted
18:07from the battery to the front wheel,
18:09so even if the slope is 30 degrees,
18:11it seems to burn easily.
18:13The battery is
18:15a size that fits in your pocket,
18:17but it can run
18:19about 15 km in 2 hours.
18:21It assists up to
18:2325 km per hour.
18:25After purchasing,
18:27you can replace the wheel with the front wheel
18:29and attach some parts
18:31and batteries.
18:33You can do it yourself.
18:35This is amazing.
18:37If you have two wheels,
18:39you can handle mountain bikes,
18:41road bikes,
18:43slightly different two-wheeled bikes,
18:45and any bicycle
18:47with a huge front wheel.
18:51The only thing you can't do
18:53is a one-wheeled car.
18:55Because there is only one wheel.
18:57Switch Kit
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19:13M 잡아
19:14Yes, a single-wheeled bicycle.
19:24We've checked with
19:26the bicycle shop if it can actually be used.
19:28It's a very interesting product.
19:30The installation is easy,
19:32I think the city cycle is more suitable for the general public.
19:38However, there is one thing that concerns me.
19:41It is not easy to change the front wheel.
19:47It is very easy to change the front wheel.
19:50There are two types of wheels.
19:52The first one is called disc brake.
19:54The second one is called quick release.
19:57This one is very easy.
19:59First, loosen the lever.
20:03Then, turn it several times.
20:05Then, it will come off.
20:09It seems that it is easy to upgrade bicycles in Japan.
20:15According to the survey in the UK and Europe,
20:17the number of users of electric bicycles is five times higher than that of conventional bicycles.
20:28In addition, there is a research result that electric bicycles can be used for exercise.
20:34It seems that the increase in the number of users of electric bicycles will contribute to health.
20:42I think some people can't buy electric bicycles because they are too expensive.
20:46However, I think everyone can convert their bicycles into electric bicycles with a switch kit.
20:52We want to provide electric mobility to everyone on the planet.
21:00Hi, Taichi.
21:02It's really nice to meet you.
21:04We're about to launch the switch kit in Japan this month.
21:07So, please get one.
21:09And then you have no excuse not to cycle into the office.
21:13I can't get it.
21:16I have to buy it.
21:18Is there a wide market for bicycles?
21:22In the case of overseas, the price of gasoline has skyrocketed,
21:26and the demand for e-bikes has increased.
21:30I see.
21:33Since 2020, the price of gasoline has continued to rise.
21:40The number of electric bicycles sold in the world was about 7.3 million in 2020.
21:47It is expected to expand to about 17 million in 2030.
21:55Is there anything else?
21:57This is called P-Wheel.
21:59This is also a poster.
22:00It's about the rear wheel.
22:02This is the P-Wheel developed by StartUp in China.
22:07The roller is set so that it hits the rear wheel firmly,
22:11and when the power is turned on, the roller rotates to assist the riding.
22:16It is a kit that can electrify conventional bicycles.
22:21The capacity is only 2 kg.
22:24With one full charge, it is said that it can assist riding for about 50 km.
22:29So, I don't have to turn on the electricity in the bicycle.
22:33That's right.
22:34It may be easier than changing the front wheel.
22:36That's right.
22:37Next time, we will challenge the hidden food loss.
22:41Start-up of food circulation.
22:44What?
22:45Does it dry in 5 seconds?
22:49It smells like onion gratin soup.
22:53The life of the president, Haran Banjo, is like a drama.
22:57Is it a Sunday theater?
22:59Let's make it a series of dramas.