UMITRON Significantly Upgrades AI in Smart Feeder “UMITRON CELL”

~ Advanced Fish Activity Analysis for Greater Feed Efficiency and Enhanced Smart Aquaculture ~

UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Location: Singapore, Co-founder / President Masahiko Yamada) has announced a major update to the AI functionality of its smart feeder “UMITRON CELL.” The update significantly enhances the algorithm of its core AI system, the Fish Appetite Index (FAI), along with the control system that governs feeding operations.

With this update, the system can now quantify fish feeding behavior with higher accuracy, enabling customized feeding control tailored to individual producers, fish species, and farm environments. The result is greater feed efficiency, reduced labor burden, and continued support for the sustainable growth of the aquaculture industry.

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Umitron Selected for JAXA Space Strategy Fund Project “Feasibility Study on Overseas Demonstration of Satellite Data Utilization System”

Umitron K.K. (Location: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Ken Fujiwara, hereinafter referred to as Umitron) has been selected as the implementing organization for the “Feasibility Study on Overseas Demonstration of Satellite Data Utilization System” in the FY2024 Space Strategy Fund Project publicly solicited by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

The technical development theme is “Demonstration of marine spatial planning and monitoring platform for aquaculture industry development,” and the project is scheduled to be undertaken until the end of FY2026.

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Turning the tide to improve blue carbon mapping: Umitron’s latest project unveiled on Nippon Television’s Programme!

Prepared by: UMITRON K.K. (Location: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Ken Fujiwara; hereinafter referred to as ‘UMITRON’)

UMITRON is excited to announce the completion of a collaboration project in Miura Peninsula, Japan, using the company’s advanced AI expertise to map eelgrass beds in the region. This groundbreaking project was recently featured on Nippon Television’s (hereinafter ‘NTV’) The News Program, ”Bankisha!”, broadcast every Sunday at 6 pm. The segment aired on 21 July 2024, highlighting the collaboration between the programme’s primary anchor, Taichi Masu from Doshisha University and Takashi Kimura, the Director of the Association for Shore Creation.

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Umitron Seafood Makes A Splash In US Waters

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UMITRON is thrilled to officially announce the expansion of its seafood arm, bringing sustainably farmed fish to consumers across the United States. This initiative aligns with the company’s mission to raise consumer awareness about sustainably farmed seafood and create additional stable sales channels for aquaculture partners leveraging UMITRON’s advanced technology.

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Umitron’s Satellite Monitoring System Gives Japanese Aquaculture A Digital Boost

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Ehime Prefecture, renowned for its picturesque natural beauty and thriving aquaculture industry, has selected UMITRON for a project to integrate its buoys into PULSE, a cutting-edge satellite monitoring tool that caters to production-centric environmental parameters. This integration is a part of the FY2022 Ehime Prefecture Digital Implementation Acceleration Project, - TRY ANGLE EHIME -.

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Umitron Seafood Continues Its Journey Into International WatersUMITRON PTE. LTD. (Location: Singapore, Co-founder/President Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON), a leading provider of technology solutions for the aquaculture industry, is excited to... — **Umitron Seafood Continues Its Journey Into International Waters**
UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Location: Singapore, Co-founder/President Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON), a leading provider of technology solutions for the aquaculture industry, is excited to announce the launch of its seafood brand in Singapore in partnership with Chef Shusuke Kubota from Omakase at Stevens. This partnership will bring Umitron’s sustainably farmed Japanese red sea bream to local consumers via a carefully crafted limited-time menu (available until 15 June 2023 only) that is guaranteed to be a gastronomical delight.
The company, which has been a pioneer in developing cutting-edge solutions to support aquaculture producers, is now taking its commitment to environmental stewardship to the next level by teaming up with the renowned chef to showcase the delicious possibilities of more sustainably-farmed seafood.
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Umitron Takes Its Satellite Remote Sensing Technologies to New Depths With Its Latest Blue Carbon Project.Under the direction of the Japanese Cabinet Office’s FY2022 Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing Data Application Model Demonstration Project for... — **Umitron Takes Its Satellite Remote Sensing Technologies to New Depths With Its Latest Blue Carbon Project.**
Under the direction of the Japanese Cabinet Office’s FY2022 Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing Data Application Model Demonstration Project for Problem Solving, Umitron was able to utilise its technology services to complete a “Blue Carbon Potential Evaluation Project Demonstration” and ground-truth a method that’s the first of its kind that can now be applied to other similar global projects for national carbon accounting and planning.
UMITRON K.K. (Location: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Ken Fujiwara; hereinafter referred to as “Umitron”) recently expanded its A.I. and remote sensing capabilities, creating a cost and labour-efficient methodology to identify and map existing and future blue carbon sinks that can be scalable across large coastal regions.
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Umitron makes new waves with Remora by integrating AI-based feeding optimization and mortality estimation to large-scale farms.UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter Umitron) is proud to announce the... — **Umitron makes new waves with Remora by integrating AI-based feeding optimization and mortality estimation to large-scale farms.**
UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter Umitron) is proud to announce the launch of its latest product, Umitron Remora. This plug-and-play software brings the company’s highly specialized feed optimization algorithms, pellet detection, and mortality estimation to large-scale farm operations without installing additional hardware equipment. It was specifically designed to be a tool to complement a farm’s operations to increase efficiency and reduce unnecessary workload and stress for feed operators when having to monitor multiple concurrent pen feeding.
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Umitron launches a capital and business alliance with ENEOS to commence joint research on blue carbon to achieve a carbon-neutral circular economy
UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter Umitron) has... — **Umitron launches a capital and business alliance with ENEOS to commence joint research on blue carbon to achieve a carbon-neutral circular economy**
UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter Umitron) has launched a capital and business alliance with ENEOS Holdings, Inc.(Japan, Representative director/ President Katsuyuki, hereinafter ENEOS), which is the top oil company in Japan. ENEOS participated in the capital alliance through its wholly-owned subsidiary, ENEOS Innovation Partners LLC. (Japan, Representative Yasunori Yazaki).
Via this alliance, Umitron will begin joint research on blue carbon in aquaculture, applying technologies such as AI, IoT, satellite remote sensing and data it has been using for fish and shellfish farming to research and develop technologies for seaweed and seagrass farming, known as blue carbon ecosystems.
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UMITRON Continues its Push to Bring Satellite Data to Aquaculture with the Launch of the Pulse iOS Application and a New Collaboration with the Japan Space ForumUMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter... — **UMITRON Continues its Push to Bring Satellite Data to Aquaculture with the Launch of the Pulse iOS Application and a New Collaboration with the Japan Space Forum**
UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON) is bringing more satellite data to the aquaculture industry with the roll out of the Pulse iOS application and the kick off of a new project with the Japan Space Forum*.
Pulse is a new ocean data service from Umitron that provides a high-resolution map of critical environmental parameters such as water temperature, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and wave height. The iOS application launch completes Umitron’s roll out of Pulse after the initial launch of Pulse for desktop computers in July followed by the Android application release in November.
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UMITRON encourages consumers to support sustainable seafood production with the launch of a new initiative: ‘UMI to SACHI’UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Location: Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON) recently launched... — **UMITRON encourages consumers to support sustainable seafood production with the launch of a new initiative: ‘UMI to SACHI’**
UMITRON PTE. LTD. (Location: Singapore, Co-founder/ Managing director Masahiko Yamada, hereinafter UMITRON) recently launched ‘UMI to SACHI’, an initiative advocating for consumers to be more emotionally in touch with the way seafood is produced and to encourage them to be more involved in the future of our oceans. In doing so, Umitron hopes to leverage technology to help farms not only optimise their material and manpower resources but also to adopt more sustainable and environmentally conscious farming practices that protect the surrounding marine environment.
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Umitron Develops a Smart Fish Body Measurement System Called “UMITRON LENS”.Umitron K. K. (Location: Tokyo, Co-founder / CEO Ken Fujiwara, hereinafter Umitron) has developed a new service using AI and IoT technology - a smart fish body measurement... — **Umitron Develops a Smart Fish Body Measurement System Called “UMITRON LENS”.**
Umitron K. K. (Location: Tokyo, Co-founder / CEO Ken Fujiwara, hereinafter Umitron) has developed a new service using AI and IoT technology - a smart fish body measurement system for aquaculture farmers called “UMITRON LENS®︎”. Using a portable camera paired with a mobile app, Lens automatically measures fish size underwater and all of the data is accessible in the cloud.
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Japan office relocation to transform our working style.Umitron K. K. (Location: Tokyo, Co-founder / CEO Ken Fujiwara, hereinafter Umitron) moved to a new office on December 2nd. Please note that the physical office and mailing addresses are... — **Japan office relocation to transform our working style.**
Umitron K. K. (Location: Tokyo, Co-founder / CEO Ken Fujiwara, hereinafter Umitron) moved to a new office on December 2nd. Please note that the physical office and mailing addresses are different.
■New address
Office : AIOS Gotanda Building 1102, 1-10-7 Higashigotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo 141-0022
Post：1097, 2-11-7 Furuishiba, Koto, Tokyo 135-0045
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4 minute walk from “Gotanda station” (JR Yamanote Line)
2 minute walk from “Gotanda station” （Toei Asakusa Line）
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Karatsu City and Umitron Partner To Improve Karatsu Q Saba (Chub Mackerel) Aquaculture using IoT and AI Technology
Umitron K. K. (Location: Tokyo, Co-founder / CEO Ken Fujiwara, hereinafter Umitron) has started work with the Kyushu University faculty... — **Karatsu City and Umitron Partner To Improve Karatsu Q Saba (Chub Mackerel) Aquaculture using IoT and AI Technology**
Umitron K. K. (Location: Tokyo, Co-founder / CEO Ken Fujiwara, hereinafter Umitron) has started work with the Kyushu University faculty of agriculture and University of Miyazaki faculty of agriculture on a new project titled: Expansion of full-life cycle production of saba (chub mackerel) for export. Umitron will cooperate with aqua farmers in the Karatsu Genkai area and demonstrate effective aquaculture management by using AI and IoT technology. The project aims to improve the stable and sustainable production of farmed saba.
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Umitron Receives an Asia Digital Transformation (ADX) Grant, Sponsored by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), with the Winning Submission Theme: Developing a Data Platform for Shrimp Farming in the ASEAN Region by Using IoT/AI... — Umitron Receives an Asia Digital Transformation (ADX) Grant, Sponsored by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), with the Winning Submission Theme: Developing a Data Platform for Shrimp Farming in the ASEAN Region by Using IoT/AI Technologies.
Umitron K.K. (Location: Tokyo; President: Ken Fujiwara; hereinafter referred to as “Umitron”) was selected for an Asia Digital Transformation (ADX) project grant, sponsored by JETRO(Japan External Trade Organization). Umitron will lead the project to develop a data platform for shrimp farming in the ASEAN region by using IoT/AI technologies. The project aims to contribute to SDGs by improving shrimp farming productivity, while conserving the natural environments as well as improving the working conditions in an industry where digital transformation has historically been slow.
Don’t hesitate to contact Umitron if you have any interest in installing technology at your shrimp farm to improve productivity and working conditions.
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UMITRON Significantly Upgrades AI in Smart Feeder “UMITRON CELL”

~ Advanced Fish Activity Analysis for Greater Feed Efficiency and Enhanced Smart Aquaculture ~

Umitron Selected for JAXA Space Strategy Fund Project “Feasibility Study on Overseas Demonstration of Satellite Data Utilization System”

Turning the tide to improve blue carbon mapping: Umitron’s latest project unveiled on Nippon Television’s Programme!

Umitron Seafood Makes A Splash In US Waters

Umitron’s Satellite Monitoring System Gives Japanese Aquaculture A Digital Boost

Umitron Seafood Continues Its Journey Into International Waters

Umitron Takes Its Satellite Remote Sensing Technologies to New Depths With Its Latest Blue Carbon Project.

Umitron makes new waves with Remora by integrating AI-based feeding optimization and mortality estimation to large-scale farms.

Umitron launches a capital and business alliance with ENEOS to commence joint research on blue carbon to achieve a carbon-neutral circular economy

UMITRON Continues its Push to Bring Satellite Data to Aquaculture with the Launch of the Pulse iOS Application and a New Collaboration with the Japan Space Forum

UMITRON encourages consumers to support sustainable seafood production with the launch of a new initiative: ‘UMI to SACHI’

Umitron Develops a Smart Fish Body Measurement System Called “UMITRON LENS”.

Japan office relocation to transform our working style.

Karatsu City and Umitron Partner To Improve Karatsu Q Saba (Chub Mackerel) Aquaculture using IoT and AI Technology

Umitron Receives an Asia Digital Transformation (ADX) Grant, Sponsored by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), with the Winning Submission Theme: Developing a Data Platform for Shrimp Farming in the ASEAN Region by Using IoT/AI Technologies.