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New Energy and Industrial Technology Development OrganizationRobot and Arti�cial Intelligence Technology Department19F MUZA Kawasaki Central Tower, 1310 Omiya-cho, Saiwai-kuKawasaki City, Kanagawa 212-8554 JapanTel: +81-44-520-5241 Fax: +81-44-520-5243URL: https://www.nedo.go.jp/english/index.html

Projects in the Robotics and Arti�cial Intelligence Fields

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Overview of NEDO

Introduction of Projects in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Fields2

Overview

of NED

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●�NEDO plays an important role in Japan’s economic and industrialization policies through its funding of technology development activities. NEDO also acts as an innovation accelerator to realize its two basic missions of addressing energy and global environmental problems and enhancing industrial technology.

●�NEDO coordinates and integrates the technological capabilities and research abilities of industry, academia, and government instead of employing its own researchers. It also promotes the development of innovative and high-risk technologies. NEDO aims to contribute to the resolution of social issues and market creation by demonstrating and producing practical applications of such technologies.

About NEDO

In its role as an innovation accelerator, NEDO formulates project plans and establishes project implementation frameworks by combining the capabilities of industry, academia, and government, including public solicitations of project participants. NEDO carries out research and development projects and set targets based on changes in social conditions in order to realize maximum results.

Positioning of NEDO

Nationalgovernment and

Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry

Policy formulation

System designPromoting practical application

Realizing open innovation

Industry

Universities Publicresearchinstitutes

Technology strategy formulation

Project planning,operation,

budget management

Innovationaccelerator

Technologystrategy proposal

Operation,assessment

Frameworkdevelopment

National guidelines,budgets

Project participation

NEDO’s Missions

NEDO actively undertakes the development of new energy and energy conservation technologies. It also conducts research to verify technical results. Through these efforts, NEDO promotes greater utilization of new energy and improved energy conservation. NEDO also contributes to a stable energy supply and the resolution of global environmental problems by promoting the demonstration of new energy, energy conservation, and environmental technologies abroad based on knowledge obtained from domestic projects.

Addressing energy and global environmental

problemsWith the aim of raising the level of industrial technology, NEDO pursues research and development of advanced new technology. Drawing on its considerable management know-how, NEDO carries out projects to explore future technology seeds as well as mid- to long-term projects that form the basis of industrial development. It also supports research related to practical application.

Enhancing industrial technology

Managing Technological Development to Utilize

Results in Society

Fostering Technology-Based Startups

Determining the Direction of Mid- to Long-Term

Technology Development

Three Initiatives Based on NEDO’s Fourth Five-Year Plan


� Overview�of�NEDO

Introduction of Projects in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Fields 3

Overview

of NED

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Main ProjectsNEDO aims to address energy and global environmental problems and raise the level of industrial technology through integrated management of technological de-velopment. This ranges from the discovery of technology seeds to the promotion of mid- to long-term projects and support for practical application.

* As only an outline of NEDO’s activities is given below, individual budget amounts do not add up to the total.

1.43 billion US dollars

(FY2019 tentative budget)

NEDO HistoryIn the 1970s, the world experienced two oil crises. To improve Japan’s energy diversification, NEDO was established in 1980 to help usher in energy conservation and new energy technologies.In 1988, NEDO added research and development of industrial technology to its activities. Today, it uses its role as a research and development management organization to boost innovation and promote research and development on energy, environmental technology, and industrial technology.

Areas of focus●System provision technology●Energy storage technology such as batteries●Technology related to hydrogen production, storage,

transport, and use●Renewable energy technology

Energy Systems (500 million US dollars)

Areas of focus●Robot and AI technology●IoT, electronics, and information technology●Manufacturing technology●Materials and nanotechnology●Biotechnology

Industrial Technology (417 million US dollars)

Areas of focus●Technology to harness unutilized thermal energy●Environmentally-friendly steel manufacturing technology●Development of high-efficiency coal-fired power generation technology ●Technology related to sequestration of CO2

●Fluorocarbon recovery technology●3R technology, including resource screening and metal refining technology●International demonstrations, Joint Crediting Mechanism activities, and others

Energy Conservation and Environment (390 million US dollars)

Areas of focus●Fostering technology-based startups●Promotion of open innovation

New Industry Creation and Discovery of Technology Seeds (56.3 million US dollars)

1980 ● �New Energy Development Organization established

1988 ● �Research and development on industrial technology added. Name changed to New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

1996 ● Integration with Coal Mine Damage Agency. Coal mine damage compensation program added

2003 ● Incorporated Administrative Agency New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization established under the Act on the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

2006 ● Kyoto Mechanisms Credit Acquisition Program added

2007 ● Transitional operations related to coal mine damage recovery completed

2012 ● Coal and geothermal operations transferred to Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation

2014 ● Technology Strategy Center established

2015 ● Status changed from incorporated administrative agency to national research and development agency

2016 ● Kyoto Mechanisms Credit Acquisition Program discontinued

2012Commercial model demonstration hydrogen station constructed

1986Experiments on a large-scale grid-connected photovoltaic power system started for the first time on Rokko Island in Hyogo Prefecture


Introduction of Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department

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Introduction of Projects in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Fields

Missions and ActivitiesDue to the decreased labor force associated with dwindling birth rates and an aging population, and the need to respond to increased operational demands for enhanced product/service quality and rates of productivity, expectations are increasing with regard to ensuring safety and enhancing productivity using next-generation robots and AI technologies. NEDO carries out R&D for advanced robots that can be utilized in various contexts and contribute to building a smart society in areas such as disaster relief, services, and manufacturing. By bringing together at a single research site the collective expertise of Japanese and foreign industries, academia, and governments, NEDO is also carrying out high-risk R&D from a long-term perspective with the aim of realizing the social implementation of AI technologies that match or exceed human capabilities. This brochure introduces the activities of NEDO’s Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department, with a focus on the fields of AI and robotics.

Main Projects

◦ Promoting the development of unmanned aircraft and robots for various fields such as logistics, infrastructure inspection and disaster assistance, and also conducting system construction for social implementation and flight tests

Drones

◦ Create “platform robots” for further enhancement of manu-facturing capability of small and medium-sized companies

◦ Make living hours more effective and productive by having robots handle back-office operations of the service industry

Robots for Manufacturing/

Service Operations

◦ Realize the practical and wider use of automated driving for the resolution of social issues such as reducing traffic accident, traffic congestion and securing mobility in underpopulated areas, in order to create societies in which people can move around safely in peace.

Automated driving

◦ Support R&D of revolutionary technologies such as AI, sensors and actuators that exceed or match human capabilities.

◦ Research on mobility, manufacturing, services and healthcare based on the industrialization roadmap to realize a prosperous society

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◦ Promoting R&D on aircraft system with the goal of practical applicationAircraft

※ �The R&D project shown above is a part of “Horizon 2020 VISION”, which is conducted by the collaboration between Japan and Europe


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Chronology of Projects2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 20232022

Note: the full name of SIP is the Cross-Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program.

■Drones and Robots for Ecologically Sustainable Societies project p.12

Drones

■Technology Development Project for Robot Commercialization Applications p.14

Robots for Manufacturing/

Service Operations

■Development of Integrated Core Technologies for Next-Generation AI and Robots p.18

■Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Big-Data and AI-Enabled Cyberspace Technologies p.22

■Realization of Smart Society by Applying Artificial Intelligence Technologies p.20

■Development of Core Technologies for Next-Generation AI and Robotics p.16

AI

■Research and Development of Advanced Aircraft Systems for Practical Application p.24

Aircraft

■Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Automated Driving for Universal Services p.26

Automated driving



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Policies and Milestones for Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department

2014 2015 2016 2018 20202017 2019

June 2016Japan Revitalization Strategy 2016: Toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution(approved by Cabinet)

April 2014Robot and Machinery System Technology Department established

March 2015Technology strategy formulated for AI and robotics fields

May 2015Secretariat of Innovation working group established under Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative

April 2016Vision for social implementation of next-generation AI technology published

October 2018World Robot Summit 2018 held

April 2016Renamed to Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology DepartmentAI Social Implementation Promotion Division established

October 2016World Robot Summit Team established

November 2017MoU concluded with Fukushima Prefecture regarding robot/drone demonstrations

August, October 2020World Robot Summit 2020

September 2014 – Robot Revolution Realization Council

May 2015Robot Revolution Initiative

April 2016 -Artificial Intelligence Strategy CouncilFirst Tri-Ministerial AI Symposium

April 2019Concluded agreements with Minamisoma City regarding development of robot-related human resources

June 2018Future Investment Strategy 2018(approved by Cabinet)

Robotics

May 2014 – OECD Ministerial Council MeetingKeynote address by Prime Minister Abe

February 2015Japan’s Robot Strategy(issued by Headquarters for Japan's Economic Revitalization)

June 2015Revised Japan Revitalization Strategy 2015: Productivity revolution through investment in the future(approved by Cabinet)

June 2017Future Investment Strategy 2017

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January 2016The 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan(FY2016-2020)(approved by Cabinet)

June 2019

(government-private council for the creation of an environment for small unmanned aircrafts)

Roadmap 2019 for Industrial Revolution in the Air

April 2016Fifth Public-Private Dialogue for Future Investment(Headquarters for Japan's Economic Revitalization)

March 2017Artificial Intelligence Technology Strategy formulated

GovernmentGovernment

(approved by Cabinet)


7 Introduction of Projects in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Fields

Topic (1)Topic (1): Major Project Results

Development of the world's first reversible gear applicable to 100:1 speed-reducing ratio

Release of the world’s first data set containing face data for communication analysis

NEDO and Yokohama National University developed a reversible gear (bilateral drive gear) that is applicable to reducers of 100:1 or higher reducing ratio, which had previously been impossible. This was achieved by drastically increasing the power transmission ratio through optimizing the elements of the reducer. The gear does not just have the effect of enabling robot joints to move flexibly against external forces, but it also enables efficient energy regeneration, load torque estimation from motor information, and the simultaneous realization of size/weight reduction, cost cutting, and energy saving. In the future, the gear is expected to be used for joint parts for collaborative robots, assistance robots, and mobility robots, as well as shifters of electric vehicles (EV).

NEDO and Tokyo Denki University created a data set (corpus) of group communication including face expression videos, voice records, and body movements captured by various sensors. The data was released to universities and company research institutions from February 2. With the consent of subjects, NEDO and Tokyo Denki University were able to collect face data such as expressions and lines of sight, which are important elements for the analysis of communication behaviors. And also annotations of speech and actions were appended. With these elements, the data set is the world's first group communication corpus that can be used for the design of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems.This corpus enables more comprehensive analysis of human communication behaviors. We can expect the research and development of next-generation AI that supports smooth human communication, as well as research in improving human communication capabilities, to accelerate.

January2019

February 2019

Structure of a bilateral drive gear

Reversible bilateral drive gear

Screenshot of disclosed corpus

Planet gear

Sun gear

Internal gear

Video

Head acceleration rate

Chest acceleration rate

Audio

SpeechLine of sight

GesturePosture

Head movement



Topic (1)

Topic (1): Major Project Results

World's smallest and lightest, high-precision 3D vision sensor developed with the stereo phase shift method

Super-long (world's longest, 10 m) multi-jointed robot arm, holding 10 kg horizontally

NEDO and YOODS Co., Ltd. developed YCAM3D, a 3D vision sensor for robot arms, which is small, light, high-precision, and inexpensive. The sensor is able to get the high-precision location information of an object using a proprietary small, high-output projector and the stereo phase shift method. The sensor is the smallest and lightest in the world among 3D vision sensors using the same method. The sensor is directly attached on a robot arm and facilitates the calibration of coordinate transformation between the camera and robot, allowing the sensor to accurately capture the position and attitude of parts for picking. The commercialization of the 3D vision sensor, which is the eyes of robot arms, is expected to open up new fields where robot arms are used, leading to increased productivity in a wide range of fields, including automobiles, electronic devices, and logistics.

NEDO and Tokyo Institute of Technology have been working to develop a slim and long robot that can enter narrow sites. In September 2018, they developed the world's longest (10 m) super-long, multi-jointed robot arm, and recently demonstrated that the arm tip can hold a 10-kg object horizontally.Due to the principle of leverage, it is not easy for a long robot arm to hold a heavy object. Therefore, it was accomplished by distributing the load by winding multiple chemical fabric ropes on pulleys installed at the joints. This technique will be further developed to enable the robot not only to hold objects horizontally but also to raise and carry heavy objects.

This demonstration of holding heavy objects allows us to expect the application of this robot to the inspection of large infrastructure constructions such as bridges and tunnels. Also, in FY2019, we are planning to study the possibility of using the robot to investigate reactor decommissioning at the Naraha Center for Remote Control Technology Development (Fukushima Pref.) of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

March 2019

March 2019

Whole of Super-long and multi-jointed robot arm with 10 m length, 20 cm diameter and 300 kg weight (arm unit : 50 kg, base unit : 250 kg)

３D vision sensor YCAM3D Image of YCAM3D operating at picking work



Topic (1)Topic (1): Major Project Results

World's first collision avoidance test of unmanned aircrafts at a relative speed of 100 km/h

Development of AI-based child-abuse prevention assistance system

NEDO, SUBARU Corporation, Japan Radio Co., Ltd, Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory Ltd. conducted the world’s first test of autonomous collision avoidance of mid-size unmanned aircrafts at a relative speed of 100 km/h in wide aviation space (Minamisoma City, Fukushima Pref.) on July 24 and 25, with the cooperation of (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework Promotion Organization, Fukushima Pref. and Minamisoma City. In the test, a mid-size unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras, a radar, and other devices flying at a speed of 40 km/h detected a manned helicopter flying toward the aircraft at a speed of

60 km/h, and autonomously avoided collision.NEDO will establish a collision avoidance system to promote the practical use of unmanned aircrafts in disaster response, logistics, and other fields. NEDO will promote social implementation of this function with an eye to installing this function on smaller unmanned aircrafts. This test is a part of the collaboration agreement on demonstration testing of robots and drones that NEDO and Fukushima Pref. signed on November 22, 2017.

As a NEDO project, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology developed Japan's first AI-based child-abuse prevention assistance system for the staff members of child consultation centers. Furthermore, a demonstration experiment started at a child consultation center in Mie Pref. at the end of June. In the experiment, the AI makes a comprehensive forecast of child-abuse severities and other aspects, and the AI’s effect is evaluated in terms of results such as easing of staff workload and acceleration of abuse prevention actions. Based on the experiment, NEDO will conduct technology development and platform construction that contribute to high-quality support for child-abuse prevention in order to bring the system to practical use.

July 2019

May 2019

Screenshot of child-abuse prevention assistance system

Configuration of child-abuse prevention assistance system

Test of collision avoidance aviation

Tablet applicationAiCAN

Mid-size unmanned aircraft equipped with a collision avoidance system

Manned helicopter flying ahead

Cloud server

Need for temporary protectionNumber of days of support

Child-abuse severityRecurrence rateDatabase

Probabilistic modeling(pLASMA)

Machine learning(statistical analysis

software R)



Topic (2)

Topic (2) Publishing Project Accomplishments, Etc.

Major Exhibitions and Events

February 2019

Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP)/Automoted Driving Systems Showcase on — Future automated driving systems and universal mobility -

NEDO hosted a “showcase on Future automated driving systems and universal mobility” to explain the current status and the future of automated driving to those who actually use automated driving.

July 2019

Symposium on Interoperability for Safe Drone Operations

NEDO presented the results of research undertaken in the "Project for Realizing Drones and Robots for Ecologically Sustainable Societies" and held a symposium for in-depth discussion on the importance of interoperability in drone flight control.

Others

“AI portal”NEDO has an AI portal website that provides a summary of the joint efforts of relevant government agencies and institutions on the research and development of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) and related information.

“Drone portal”The portal site provides information on efforts made in the "Project for Realizing Drones and Robots for Ecologically Sustainable Societies" and the latest information on drones.

June 2019

Japan-US robot conference "The Rise of the Robots"

On May 30, NEDO held a Japan-US joint robot conference called "The Rise of the Robots" in Silicon Valley in collaboration with SRI International and Silicon Valley Robotics of the United States.

December 2019

International Robot Exhibition 2019

On December 2019, NEDO will exhibit in International Robot Exhibition 2019. (The picture is of the exhibit in 2017.)



Topic (3)Topic (3) Efforts toward Social Implementation

NEDO and Minamisoma City sign an agreement on collaboration to foster robot-related human resources

HONGO AI 2019

On April 10, 2019, NEDO and Minamisoma City signed an agreement on collaboration to foster robot-related human resources using the Fukushima robot test fields*1 and other facilities. NEDO and Minamisoma City will strengthen their collaboration through this agreement and hold robot-related courses to foster human resources using the DRESS project and the Fukushima robot test field. With this project, NEDO and Minamisoma City will establish an environment in the city that gathers excellent human resources from Japan

and overseas to promote the fostering of robot-related human resources and to activate robot-related industries.

On October 2, NEDO and the HONGO AI secretariat conducted the final selection and the award ceremony of "HONGO AI 2019", which is a contest that commends early-stage AI startup businesses. The award committee gave the prize to a company selected out of 14 companies that received the HONGO AI AWARD through a prior selection process of a paper review and interviews.

*1 Fukushima robot test fields

Fields for research, development, and

demonstration testing in reproduced real

environments, mainly targeted at field robots

of land, sea, and air fields, will start to open

in Minamisoma City and Namie Town, in

Fukushima Pref. in FY2018.

Hiroaki Ishizuka, Chairman of NEDO and Kazuo Monma, Mayor of Minamisoma City, shaking hands with each other

HONGO AI BEST AWARDMI-6 Ltd.

Award from Director-General of Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Instalimb, Inc.

https://hongo.ai/


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Drones


Drones and Robots for Ecologically Sustainable Societies project

R&D on common platforms to safely manage multiple small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in same airspace

Project period FY2017-2021

Budget 3.6 billion yen (FY2019)

PMKazuhiko Miyamoto (Chief Officer, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)Kenji Wasada (Chief Officer, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

PL

Hisashi Osumi (Professor, Chuo University)Kenya Harada (Senior Researcher, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency [JAXA])Eiyu Hayashi (Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.) Hiroyuki Okada (Professor, Tamagawa University)Satoshi Tadokoro (Professor, Tohoku University) Yasuyoshi Yokokohji (Professor, Kobe University)Amy Eguchi (Assistant Professor, University of California, San Digo)

Project Overview

The global market for UAVs (i.e., drones) is expected to grow to approximately 700 billion yen by 2020 and, in Japan, to approximately 100 billion yen by 2030. Discussions on the development of operational systems and proposals for international standardization of UAVs are actively taking place around the world. The Japanese government included the objective of realizing a mobility revolution as a strategic goal in its Future Investment Strategy 2017 which aims to take the global lead in realizing demonstrations of parcel deliveries in Japan utilizing UAVs. The government also aims to clarify requirements for aircraft and aircraft operators related to unassisted beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations, with the goal of realizing full BVLOS operations in urban areas sometime during the 2020s. To address these issues, NEDO started the Project for Realizing an Energy-Efficient Society by Utilizing Robots and Drones in FY2017.

Develop various functions and systems to ensure that drones can be operated safely, based on flight control systems developed under the project which include functionalities for information provision and integrated flight control.

A. Development of UAV operational control systems (FY2017-2019) + (FY2018-2021)

Develop technologies that enable drones to detect objects either on land or in midair, so that they can avoid collisions when flying in real time.

B. Development of drone collision avoidance technologies (FY2017-2019)

Develop technology for energy-efficient systems required for increasing the continuous operating time of various types of robots.

B. R&D to improve energy-saving performance (FY2017-2019)

①Development of performance evaluation methods for robots and drone devices

②Development of drone flight control systems and collision avoidance technologies

While cooperating on the international level, conduct studies to identify trends among international organizations and other groups around the world promoting standardization, and carry out activities linking the results of this project to international standards.

A. De jure standards (FY2017-2021)

Technology is being developed at tremendous speeds and robots are the key to developing de facto standards, so Japan will gather information regarding the latest global technology trends and promote methods to accelerate technology development using rules formulated in Japan.

B. De facto standards (FY2017-2020)

A. R&D of performance evaluation methods (FY2016-2017) + (FY2018-2021)

Establish performance evaluation methods for each sector and robot type, for various types of robots including drones, land-based robots and underwater robots.

③Promotion of international standards related to robots and drones

Project Overview (FY2017-2021, 5 years; FY2019 budget, 3.6 billion yen)

Conceptual image of drone flight control system

Integrated flight control functionality

Flight controlfunction C

Flight controlfunction B

Flight controlfunction A

Information provision functionality

■It is hoped that the use of drones and robots will help conserve energy, particularly in the logistics sector where there is demand for energy-efficiency due to increased deliveries of small parcels and lighter load ratios, as well as in the infrastructure inspection sector where there is an urgent need to reduce the use of resources by ensuring longer live-spans at infrastruc-ture facilities through effective and efficient inspec-tions.

■This project aims to encourage the development of drones and robots that can be used in sectors such as logistics, infrastructure inspections, and disaster response, while also establishing systems and conducting test flights in preparation for their increased utilization.

PM=Project Manager; PL=Project Leader


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Drones


Description of Research and Development

PM Comments

To investigate the question, "Won't drones collide with other drones in the sky when many are flying at the same time?,” this project will focus intensively on integrated R&D for three years, with a focus on developing superior technologies by carefully analyzing technology fields and market characteristics, consolidating related platform technologies, and bringing together businesses active in each field. With a goal of early social implementation of the R&D results, the project aims to establish an “all-Japan” collaborative structure between government, business, and other stakeholders, and promote in parallel for a maximum of five years efforts to create systems architecture, ensure consistency with overseas projects, and pursue international standardization.

Implementation Structure (FY2019)

①A. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/The University of Tokyo/Japan Organization of Occupational Health and SafetyAutonomous

Control Systems Laboratory Ltd. (ACSL)/EAMS Robotics Co., Ltd. /Prodrone Co., Ltd.; B. Enroute Co., Ltd./Prodrone Co., Ltd.

②A. NEC Corporation/NTT DATA Corporation/NTT Docomo, Inc./Rakuten, Inc./Hitachi, Ltd./KDDI Corporation/Terra Drone Corporation/Hitachi, Ltd./National

Institute of Information and Communications Technology/SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation/SUBARU Corporation/Japan Radio Co., Ltd./Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd./

ACSL/Mitsubishi Electric Corporation/Zenrin Co., Ltd./Japan Weather Association/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/National Institute of Maritime, Port

and Aviation Technology B. Japan Radio Co., Ltd./SUBARU Corporation/Nippon Avionics Co., Ltd./ ACSL./Magellan Systems Japan, Inc./Mitsubishi Electric

Corporation

③A. PwC Consulting LLC B. The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd./National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/Kobe University/International

Rescue System Institute/Tamagawa University

③ Promotion of international standardization related to robots and dronesA. De jure standards B. De facto standards

Operational controls systemarchitectureCommon API

Performance evaluation criteria

Internationalstandardization

http://worldrobotsummit.org

World Robot Summit 2018 TOKYOOctober 17 to 21, 2018 @ Tokyo Big Sight

October 8 to 11, 2018@Aichi International Exhibition CenterAugust 20 to 22, 2018@Fukushima Robot Test Field

World Robot Summit 2020 AICHI/FUKUSHIMA

①Development of performance evaluation criteria for robots and drone aircraft Development of UAV operational control systems and collision-avoidance technologies

A. R&D of performance evaluation criteria A. Development of UAV operational control systems

B. Development of UAV collision-avoidance technologiesB. R&D of energy-saving performance enhancements

logistics bridge inspectionsdisaster surveys

Formulation of performance evaluation criteria 1. Evaluation axis for robot performance and safety2. Performance levels (values) in alignment with valuation axis3. Standardized test methods for evaluations

②

InformationProvisionfunctionality

Integrated flight control functions

Flight controlfunction A

Flight controlfunction B

Flight controlfunction C

Flight controlfunction D

LT

Communications satelliteQuasi-zenith satellite

Relays

3-D map

OthersRadiowave informationMeteorological information

UAVs for UAVs for UAVs for Underwater robotsfor dam and

river inspections

Land-basedrobots for

disaster surveys

UAV equipped with built-in fuel cell to realize continuous flying of 2 hours or more

UAV equipped with autonomous control function to protect itself from heat sources and realize continuous operations in specialized environ-ments such as the scene of fires

Developing systems with technology enabling UAVs to autonomously change flight routes and fly using guidance from quasi-zenith satellites for long-distance flights where sufficient land-based communications infrastructure does not exist, such as oceanic areas between islands, and in situations where changes in flight conditions are anticipated.

Relative speed 200 km/h (for large UAVs) Relative speed 100 km/h (for small UAVs)



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Manufacturing

/Service Robots


Technology Development Project for Robot Commercialization Applications

Development of technology aimed at further utilization and diffusion of robots in the manufacturing and service fields


Budget 580 million yen (FY2019)

PM Kenji Wasada (Chief Officer, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

PLNoriaki Ando (Team Leader, Robot Innovation Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

SPLKei Okada (Professor, the University of Tokyo)Shinya Kotosaka (Associate Professor, Saitama University)

Project Overview

Japan has been a global leader in the use of robots, mainly for welding, coating, and picking processes at large automobile and electronics companies. However, there is still room to introduce robotics in other sectors such as services. Small and medium-sized enterprises have not yet fully utilized robotics, and even large companies have not taken full advantage of utilizing robotics in the product assembly process. Sectors facing worker shortages have greatly anticipated solutions to address this problem through the use of robotics. Japan’s sluggish labor productivity is also a pressing issue.Against this backdrop and in order to focus R&D efforts on specific new technologies, functions requiring specialization in the manufacturing and service sectors have been selected on the basis of user needs. Demonstration projects are aiming to lower the cost of introducing robots to new sectors by 20%. NEDO is promoting software sharing and the use of shared hardware platforms to develop platform robot systems for use in these new sectors.


Develop technology to realize innovative uses for robotics systems that carry out operations in the service industry which enhance labor productivity and add value (e.g. for service sectors such as logistics, distribution, food service, and lodging).

①R&D for technology to utilize robots in the manufacturing sector

②R&D for technology to utilize robots in the services sector

Robot which can recognize modifications to flexible parts of objects

Robot vision Robot hand

SeparatedUnited

Robotics system to align, separate, and bundle multiple cables

Piece-picking robotRobot palletizing various types and sizes of products

Develop technology to recognize and grasp objects needed for manufacturing and realize the utilization of robotics systems in high-level manufacturing operations as well as promote manufacturing automation and realize improvements in productivity (e.g. for soft/highly-flexible products such as cables and cooking ingredients, and for recognizing, grasping, and assembling products with indeterminate forms).

Corrugatedtube

Clamp ConnectorTerminal

Trolley for conveyingempty baskets

Loadingposition Discharge area

LoadingcompletedLoading

completed

Removal of mistaken items

Feed

Trolley for fillingempty baskets

Loadingposition

LoadingcompletedLoading

completed

Discharge

Feed for productsto be picked

Piece pickingby robot

Returning itemsto storage shelf

Moving target productsto shipment boxes

Transporting finished productsto shipment area

Illustration of small cell culture robot system

Dispensing operation replaced by robots

Automateddispenser

Robotic hand operation(for decontamination applications)

Cable

Soft tape Sheet Tape

PM=Project Manager; PL=Project Leader; SPL=Sub-Project Leader



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Manufacturing

/Service Robots


③R&D for robot software platforms

④R&D for robot hardware platforms Develop robot hardware platforms that can be deployed to multiple processes and operations in new sectors where robots are not currently utilized and the market is expected to expand. Through platform development, realize easy-to-use functions that can be easily customized and are capable of performing common operations.

Platform robots developed by hardware (HW) consortia

Individualapplication-specific

functions(HW Consortium 1)

Collaboration/support


Development of robot software platforms

Build a “software platform” enabling continuous maintenance and extension of functionalities that can continue to be used by hardware manufacturers and

system integrators after project completion

Manipulation

(1) Functional requirementsSoftware by field/function, middleware (real-time, support for installation/safety),

mutual operability, development/operational support functions and tools

Navigation Vision(2) Non-functional requirements・Testing/verification・Performance indices・Documentation・Education/community・Development processes・Response to safety standards・Licenses/patents・Maintenance/operational

structures









Through the formation of a consortium comprised of multiple research institutes and companies, develop software platforms that contribute to the enhancement of applicability and enable easy introduction for a wide-range of uses. Establish processes for introducing robots that enhance operational efficiency and productivity and reduce the cost of introduction while system integrators analyze user needs and operations to promote automation in an appropriate manner that does not simply replace human operations with robot operations.

R&D

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Displaying shared features/m

utual impacts

Adding functions and im

proving performance

FY2017Identifying required functions in target areas,

creating first prototype of platform robot

Transportation platforms for

distribution warehouses and retail stores

Loading carriages/checking stock

Two-arm assembly/handling

Displaying, disposing, and checking stock

Selecting food items

Transportation in hospitals, hotels,

and airports

Packing various items into boxes and assembling products

Picking automobile and electrical equipment parts

Identifying shared features to create platformsMaking interfaces open, sharing intellectual property including sources, documents, and simulation models

Development with PDCA

Software consortium

Intelligent unit, Creating forklift prototype

Cooperative control platforms

for assemblyWide-use prototype of robot operating

system (ROS) control adaption

Platforms for restaurants

Arm-hand module prototypes

Platforms for packing food

ROS for control of duAro robot

Transportation platforms for

public facilitiesAutonomous vehicle/safety

unit prototypes

Platform for medical supplies and cosmetics

Prototypes of robotics integration tables

Vision sensor platforms with

arm-type robots・Providing open-source software packages・Providing support for risk assessments/safety designs・Development of assistance tools

3D camera/vision control prototypes

Creating second prototype and improving functions

On-site demonstrations and evaluations of each process

FY2018 FY2019

PM Comments

We are working on various interesting robots; service robots in restaurants, self-driving wheelchairs, engine-powered drones, robotic suits for lifting heavy objects, snake-shaped robots for inspecting plumbing pipes and many other types of interesting robots. New activities are being carried out to create robotics systems in the industrial sector, such as automated wire harness manufacturing systems, automated cell culture systems for regenerative medicine, direct teaching robot systems, and 3D-vison sensors using projectors. Looking ahead toward a future where people might consider it natural to see robots at work in their daily lives, NEDO is carrying out projects to create new robots which can be realized after a multi-year technology development period and then introduced to the market, thus expanding their commercial use.


③ Consigned project (software platform technology development) eSOL Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo Opensource Robotics Kyokai, The University of Tokyo, Japan Quality

Assurance Organization④ Consigned project (hardware platform technology development) Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., KAWADA Robotics Corporation, Systems Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd., THK CO., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Nidec

Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, hapi-robo st, Inc., Fujisoft Incorporated, Meijo University, YOODS Co., Ltd.

[* Completed in FY2019]① Government promotion service (technology development of robot utilization in manufacturing) OMC Co., Ltd., Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sakagami Seisakusho Ltd., Kyoto Robotics Corporation, Sigma Corporation, SQUSE Inc., Sumitomo Wiring

Systems Ltd., DaikyoNishikawa Corporation, Chunichi Suwa Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Nihon Shoryoku Co., Ltd., Hirotec Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, Betsukawa Corporation, Housan Kanri,Co., Ltd., Lexer Research Inc., Y-TEC Corporation, KREUZ Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

② Government promotion service (technology development of robot utilization in service fields) IHI Logistics & Machinery Corporation, ATOUN Inc., Animal Stem Cell, Ishikawa Energy Research Co., Ltd., Eishin Techno Co., Ltd., KAWADA Robotics

Corporation, QI Inc., Koken Boring Machine Co., Ltd., Seven Dreamers Laboratories Inc., seven dreamers laundroid, inc., Denso Wave Incorporated, TEAD Co., Ltd., Toyo Kanetsu Solutions K.K., HiBot, Panasonic Production Engineering Co., Ltd., Prime Delica Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mujin Inc., IHI Corporation, IHI AEROSPACE Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation


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Development of core technologies for next-generation artificial intelligence and robotics

Research and development for the realization of artificial intelligence that tracks people and robots that collaborate with people

Project period FY2015 to FY2023


PM Tsunefumi Watanabe (Technical Researcher, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

PL Junichi Tsujii (Director of Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

Project Overview

This project is an industry-academia-government collaborative project that conducts the research and development of core technologies for next-generation artificial intelligence and robotics that will drive economic growth. The project not only aims for the generation of topnotch technologies and de facto standards, but also constructs platforms and launches consortia in order to establish a framework for the wide use of these technologies. Furthermore, the project coordinates collaboration between companies and supports business startup in order to promote social implementation. With these efforts, the project maximizes effects that continue even after the completion of the project. Furthermore, the project is working to implement these technologies in society (for practical use and commercialization) to solve the problems of modern society. For these purposes, the project invites excellent engineers from the United States, which is a country that is advanced in artificial intelligence, to accelerate research and development; conducts research and development toward social implementation as a model case of the use of artificial intelligence; and discovers and supports, through AI contests, startup companies that do business using artificial intelligence. With these efforts, the project aims to realize artificial intelligence that tracks people and robots that collaborate with people.


[Research and development site]The site gathers the wisdom of artificial-intelligence researchers in the Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC), National Institute in Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

[Field of next-generation artificial intelligence technologies]

①Broad-purpose basic research and high-tech R&DResearch and development on brain-type artificial intelligence and data-knowledge-combined artificial intelligence

②Research on the next-generation artificial intelligence framework and research and development of advanced core modulesModularize elemental technologies such as image recognition and audio recognition to construct a reusable framework to accelerate the application of technologies

③Research and development of common core technologies for next-generation artificial intelligenceTechnology development concerning the data set for the evaluation of next-generation artificial intelligence and the reliability of the standard problem-setting artificial intelligence

⑦Global research and development for the social implementation of next-generation artificial intelligenceContribute to the resolution of social issues in Japan and establish globally excellent artificial intelligence technologies.

In this field the project conducts the research and development of artificial intelligence technologies to realize societies that support people.

* AI contestDiscovery and support of innovative and challenging technologies owned by AI startup companies

⑧Japan-US joint research and development on next-generation artificial intelligenceInvite excellent researchers from universities and research institutions in the United States to universities and other research institutions in Japan.

PM=Project Manager; PL=Project Leader; SPL=Sub-Project Leader


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[Field of innovative robot elements]

④Innovative sensing technology (super sensing)Research and development of an innovative sensing system that properly extracts signals with the senses of vision, hearing, touch, smell, and acceleration, and the active sensing technology that provides improved detection capability by combining sensors and actions

⑤Innovative actuation technology (smart actuation)Research and development of new control techniques and mechanisms that realize software-based flexible joints by combining innovative actuators, innovative actuator control, advanced position control, and torque control.

⑥Innovative robot integration technologyResearch and development of system integration technology that effectively coordinates and orchestrates technologies that enable robots to instantly recognize and determine changes in the real environment and to instantly adjust their activities to the changes, as well as other individual elemental technologies

In this field, the project conducts the research and development of necessary but not yet realized technologies, such as technology for a robot to flexibly make action plans, in order to realize a human-robot collaborative society.

PM CommentsThis project consists of two themes: Basic research of core technologies of next-generation artificial intelligence and robotics, and social implementation for the resolution of social issues by using next-generation artificial intelligence technologies. Basic

research has the objectives of generating globally competitive technologies, de facto standard technologies, and topnotch technologies as the basis of industrial competitiveness, and of generating results that have wide-reaching impact in society even after the completion of the project. These accomplishments have two future directions: next technologies that are expected to become seeds of new research, and usable technologies that can be used in social implementation. Create seeds of next

technologies by enhancing and integrating the results of multiple research themes of basic research. Also, while research tends to focus too much on technological viewpoints, create usable technologies that are closer to practical use and commercialization by studying use cases and technology positioning that clarify novelty and uniqueness. For social implementation, conduct research and development with the objective of resolving social issues, and then work toward the objective from the viewpoints of necessary artificial intelligence technologies and business strategy to create new growing markets.Also, actively provide business matching opportunities between companies and promote the start of business to ensure the continuation of activities after the completion of the project. Furthermore, create a collaboration environment in which researchers of the project exchange information for collaboration and combining of their strengths, which we expect to lead to the creation of new values.

Implementation Structure (FY2019)[Field of next-generation artificial intelligence technologies]①②③ (Site selection) : National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology① : Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, MOLCURE,Inc.⑦ : The University of Tokyo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo/National Institute of Advanced Industrial

Science and Technology/Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, The University of Tokyo/Keio University/Chiba University/Tohoku University/National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/Japan Radio Co., Ltd./NEC Corporation/Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd./UTMS Society of Japan, Kyoto University

⑧ : University of Tsukuba, Saitama University, Nagoya University, Osaka University, Hiroshima University, Tohoku University①②③ : DeepX, Inc., PuREC/Nagoya University, MICIN, Inc., IDEC Factory Solutions Corporation/Rapyuta Robotics Co., Ltd., MI-6 Ltd., Rock Garage Co., Ltd.③ : Yokohama National University/Tokyo Medical University/Kewpie Corporation, Chubu University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Zenrin Co., Ltd./Osaka

University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/BonBon, Inc., Osaka University/The University of Electro-Communications, SUSMED, Inc., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

[Field of innovative robot elemental technologies]④ : The University of Tokyo/Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd./Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Tohoku University, Kumamoto University,

Toyohashi University of Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Toyama Prefectural University, Kyushu University⑤ : Tokyo Institute of Technology, Shinshu University/National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, Tohoku

University, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd./Advanced Softmaterials Inc., Chuo University, Meijo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology/Hokkaido University/Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

⑥ : Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Panasonic Corporation/Waseda University, Meiji University, Japan Robot Association, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/Keio University/Genesis Co. Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, DOUBLE Research and Development Co. ,Ltd./Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology, The University of Tokyo/Blue Innovation Co., Ltd., Keio University, Aerosense Inc.


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Development of integrated core technologies for next-generation AI and robots

Research, development, and demonstration of the social implementation of artificial intelligence technologies, and research and development for widening areas to which artificial intelligence technologies are applied



PM Kunio Nobori (Chief Officer, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

PL Tomoyuki Higuchi (Professor of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University)

PL Koichi Hori (Professor of the School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

PM Comments

This project conducts research, development, and demonstration in 13 research and development themes to reduce the time required for the deployment of artificial intelligence technologies to 1/10th of the current situation in the focused areas of productivity and mobility, for which early social implementation of artificial intelligence technologies is required. This project also aims to enlarge the areas of application of artificial intelligence technologies and the establishment of common core technologies that support people’s thinking. This project promotes these themes with agile development methods to accelerate social implementation, in order to capture global markets. Improved productivity brought about by the deployment of artificial intelligence technologies is expected to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission.


Project Overview

This project accelerates the social implementation of artificial intelligence technologies that contribute to the sophistication of energy demand structure, such as energy saving based on artificial intelligence, in order to capture global markets.

R&D item 1: Conduct research, development, and demonstration that use agile development methods for the acceleration of social implementation of AI technologies that realize the sophistication of the energy demand structure that cannot be achieved by conventional human-based control. In such AI technologies use and integrate artificial intelligence modules, sensor technologies for getting data, and research infrastructures.R&D item 2: Conduct research, development, and demonstration for technologies to accelerate the deployment

of artificial intelligence technologies that resolve issues in the sophistication of business support, including those of the basic level such as operation streamlining as well as the suggestion of business operation methods, operation improvement measures, and business strategies, to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence technologies in new areas and the social implementation of artificial intelligence technologies; artificial intelligence technologies

that assist the generation of hypotheses; and work-decision-making support artificial intelligence technologies that systematizes implicit knowledge in manufacturing workplaces to be applied to AI and that models the decisions of skillful workers.

R&D item 1: Research, development, and demonstration toward social implementation of artificial intelligence

R&D item 2: Research and development for the enhancement of application areas of artificial intelligence technologies

Social implementation

2-1: Technology for the accelerated deployment of artificial intelligence technologies

2-2: Artificial intelligence technologies for the support of hypotheses generation

2-3: Artificial intelligence technologies for the support of work decision making

(i) Artificial intelligence technologies that automatically point out problems and areas that require improvement (ii) Artificial intelligence technologies for the support of unskilled manufacturing workers in decision making

Core technology developmentUse of global sites

Integration

Methods and tools

Use cases and data

Operation analysis, issue clarification, and data collection, accumulation, processing

Productivity

Development and application of artificial intelligent module

Mobility

DemonstrationDemonstration in a real field

Research, development, and demonstration of agile development

Establishment of an evaluation system and feedback on the development and application of new artificial

intelligence technologies


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Implementation Structure (FY2019)■Productivity (plant maintenance): Konica Minolta, Inc., Kobe University

■Productivity (Supply chain operation): National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, ABEJA, Inc.

■Productivity (civil engineering and construction): Tohoku University, Sato Koumuten Co., Ltd., Chiba Institute of Technology

■Productivity (wind-power generation): Hitachi, Ltd., The University of Tokyo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

■Mobility (share ride): Mirai Share Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, NTT Docomo, Inc.

■Productivity (production support robot): SQUSE, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Shizuoka University, Toyo University

■Productivity (solar power generation): Girasol Energy Inc.

■Deployment acceleration and hypotheses evaluation support: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, ABEJA, Inc.

■Work decision support (design): SOLIZE Corporation, Retrieva, Inc., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

■Work decision support (production): Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Marine United Corporation

■Work decision support (production): Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Sumitomo Heavy Industries Himatex Co., Ltd.

■Work decision support (production): Shinshu University, Fujibo Holdings, Inc.

■Work decision support (production): The University of Tokyo, Lexer Research Inc., DENSO Corporation, Gifu Tadaseiki Co., Ltd., Research Organization of Information and Systems: National Institute of Informatics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Waseda University

1. Research, development, and demonstration toward the social implementation of artificial intelligence technologies

Productivity (plant maintenance) Productivity (wind-power generation)

Productivity (civil engineering and construction)Productivity (supply chain management) Mobility (share ride)

Productivity (production support robot)Productivity (solar power generation)

Use casesand data

Deployment acceleration andhypotheses evaluation supportDesign

(design process in the automobile industry)

Manufacturing(bending process in the shipbuilding industry)

Manufacturing(laser welding)

Manufacturing(production process in the fabric industry)

Manufacturing(assembly and metal mold production system)

Work decision-making support

Methodsand tools

2. Research and development for the enhancement of application areas of artificial intelligence technologies

Tool box (empty)

Rack

Improvement in manufacturing

Improvement in logistics

Improvement in business

Improvement in shops

Improvement in sales/services

Coordinated collaboration of construction machines

Generation of 3D mapLocation estimation

Simple robots for constructionApplication for SAVS passengers Application for

SAVS drivers

SAVS cloud

Tool box (real)

Wheelbarrow

Double-arm autonomous-mobile robot

Knowledge baseKnowledge base

DesignDesign

DRDR

MeasurementMeasurement

Recognition of flexible objects

etc.etc.

Transfer of techniques

Segmentationof process

MeasurementMeasurement

Reconsiderationof work

assignmentReconsideration

of workassignment

ProductivityimprovementSpace savingLabor savingEnergy saving

ProductivityimprovementSpace savingLabor savingEnergy saving

ModelingModeling

Flexible object handling modelFlexible object handling model

DataData

PlanPlan DesignDesign EvaluationEvaluation ProductionProduction TestingTesting ShipmentShipment

Training ofunskilled workers

Training ofunskilled workers

ManualoperationManual

operation

AutomationAutomation

Identificationof causes of loss

Identificationof causes of loss

UseUseDR instructionsDR instructions

Development problemsDevelopment problems

Production problemsProduction problems

Spiral-up AI

Implicit knowledge formalizationSkillful worker AI

Relationship between things and aspectsRelationship between things and aspects

Objective informationon work

Methods and knack ofhandling flexible objects

Natural language processingNatural language processing

Implicit knowledgeformalization approachData science approach

Implicit knowledgeformalization approachData science approach

Knowledge structuringinfrastructure

Knowledge structuringinfrastructure


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Realization of smart societies through the application of artificial intelligence technologies

Research, development, and demonstration of artificial intelligence technologies that realize smart societies in which everyone can receive high-quality services



PM Kiyoshi Sakamoto (Chief Officer, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

PL Junichi Tsujii (Center Director of Artificial Intelligence Research Center, (NRDA) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

Project Overview

This project conducts research and development for the promotion of the social implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in the focused areas of productivity; health, medicine, and nursing care; and mobility, selected by the strategy of artificial intelligence technologies. Especially, this project promotes research and development to achieve the goals defined in the policies of two target areas of PRISM* program: innovative cyberspace core technology and innovative physical space core technology. This project conducts research, development, and demonstration for the realization of smart societies in which the cyberspace and the physical space are combined, using artificial intelligence modules and data-acquisition sensor technologies that have been researched, developed, and deployed so far, and also using research and development infrastructures.This project maintains the competitive superiority of Japan by applying AI technologies to fields which Japan is strong in; determines types of data indispensable for the effective use of AI technologies and establishes the techniques of obtaining, accumulating, and transforming such data; and produces innovative successful cases of the social implementation of AI technologies. This project also promotes the construction of super smart societies in which various needs are taken care of and everybody can enjoy high-quality services.

(*)Public/Private R&D Investment Strategic Expansion PrograM


Implementation Structure (FY2019)[Area of Productivity]• MyData-based platform for AI development and operations: The University of Tokyo/Seijoh University/Keio University/Engraphia Inc./Institute for Future

Engineering• Value chains for vegetable cultivation facilities and others.: Farmship, Inc./The University of Tokyo• Smart food chains: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology /National Agriculture and Food Research Organization/Japan Weather

Association[Area of Mobility]• Geographical space information platforms: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology• 3D maps for transportation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology /The University of Tokyo/Panasonic Corporation[Area of Health, Medical care, and Welfare]• Modeling of everyday life phenomena: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology• IoT and AI-assisted health and nursing care service systems: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/RIKEN/Tokyo Metropolitan

Geriatric Hospital/National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry/Panasonic Corporation/King Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd./Mizuno Corporation/Takenaka Corporation/The University of Tokyo/Ritsumeikan University/Meiji University/Seiko Instruments Inc./foo.log Inc.

• Stroke prevention systems: The Jikei University/Tokyo University of Science/Maxnet Co., Ltd.

PM Comments

In order to have AI technologies contribute to people, we must establish the cycle of analyzing field data that are appropriately collected by artificial intelligence in a timely fashion and feeding the analysis results back to the fields appropriately and quickly.This project uses the AI modules, data-acquisition sensor technologies, and research and development infrastructures that have been developed and deployed so far. By doing so, the project promotes the AI-based resolution of social issues by conducting research, development, and demonstration for the realization of smart societies in which the cyber (virtual) space and the physical (real) space are sophisticatedly combined.


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Geographical space information platforms

Modeling of everyday life phenomena

[Area of Mobility]

[Area of Productivity]

[Area of Health, Medical care, and Welfare]

• Conduct research and development of AI and sensing technologies, that can share the data at each phase from production to consumption to realize agile and optimized matching of demand and supply

• Aim to optimize a whole of value chain, expand the market and create new industries

• Develop advanced technologies on 3D maps covering indoor and outdoor information with 3D data generation technology on a cyber space, training data and visualization, to optimize mobility of human, things and vehicles in the real world.

• Establish a platform of new industry through demonstration testing to optimize mobility of human, things and vehicles, standardization of 3D fundamental technologies and open-sourcing of cooperative technologies.

• Accumulate big data from front fields of welfare to conduct large-scale demonstration testing and establish smart regional welfare and health promotion system labor-saving and meeting with each userʼs requirements.

• Conduct demonstration testing at some specific local governments and expand the results into the other domestic regions to accelerate private investment.

MyData-based platformfor AI development and operations

Personal application

Business application

PLR

PLR Cloud

PLR

Gathering of free cloud services

encrypted data

encrypted data

encrypted data

Business operator’s computer

Personal device

Not rocked in byany cloud operator

Mobile objects

Details of abuilding interior

Aerial photo (3D)Authorized map

Health maintenanceHealth maintenance

SleepSleep

Prevention of dementiaPrevention of dementia

Facility careFacility careHome careHome care

BIM of above andunder the ground part

Shareddatabase



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Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Big-data and AI-enabled Cyberspace Technologies

Realization of the society (Society 5.0) in which people and AI collaborate through the integration of the cyberspace and the physical space and by freely using big data



PD Yuichiro Anzai (Executive Advisor for Academic Affairs/Professor Emeritus, Keio University)

PM Satoshi Mase (Chief Officer, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

Project Overview

The society envisioned as part of Society 5.0 is expected to spur the creation of a highly integrated cyberspace and physical space. Innovations born from the use of big data and AI may create new services and business models, create new values in various fields, and bring about a paradigm shift in economic and social systems. A system mutually linking cyberspace and physical space is needed to realize Society 5.0; however, various elements for development and other issues still remain. Among cyberspace platform technologies, this project particularly establishes highly-sophisticated human platform technology which contribute to human-AI collaboration and conducts social implementation of a cyber-physical system utilizing big data and AI.

PD=Program Director; PM=Project Manager

Big dataAI

Cross-domain date exchange

Human-related data collection

Data utilization and applications

using AI

Realization of Society 5.0

Data platforms by domainOther DB Energy Manufacturing Logistics/Commercial distribution Global environment Marine/Space, etc.

Cross-domain date exchange platform

Data collection for human-AI collaborations (welfare, education, customer service, others)

Platform technologies contributing to data utilization and applications using AI

Examples of services using AI

Demonstration experiment/efficiency verification

Human interaction platform technology (verbal/non-verbal) AI based Automatic Negotiation Platform

Agriculture

Independent DB Independent DB Independent DB Independent DB Independent DBCognitive behavior

characteristic data

Language resources

(dialogue) dataEducation data Welfare data

Manufacturing/

service dataCollaboration area DB Collaboration area DB Collaboration area DB Collaboration area DB Collaboration area DB

Automated driving

Data cataloguesGlossary

API

Health/medical care

Other databases

Other databases

Other databases

Infrastructure/disaster prevention

Comfortable nursing care for both caregivers and care

recipient

Teaching method matching the level of understanding of

individuals

Anyone can practice high-level customer service improving

consumer satisfaction

Human-corporation activities automated by collaboration of

AI systems

Comfortable customer service

Automated negotiations


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(1) Human interaction platform technology(1-1) Cognitive interaction support technology: Advanced interaction support technology that collects and structures

non-verbal data related to human cognition and behavior to realize advanced human-AI collaboration, and supports situational decision-making and communication with others based on individual needs

(1-2) Advanced multimodal dialogue technology: Advanced dialogue processing technology that enables multimodal memorization, integration, cognition, and judgment for human-AI collaboration

(1-3) Learning support technology: Technology that optimizes education and learning activities by collecting big data related to teachers and students from educational sites and combining them with AI

(1-4) Nursing-care support technology: Technology that reduces the burdens on both caregivers and care recipients by collecting big data related to them from nursing care sites and combining them with AI

(2) Cross-domain date exchange platform technology: Technology for cross-domain data sharing/utilization and development of a one-stop platform for providing these data

(3) AI-based automatic negotiation platform technology: Technology for automatic negotiation and collaboration between multiple AI platfroms

(4) Architecture development: Development of an architecture that enables cross-domain and cross-company collaboration


Implementation Structure (FY2019)(1-1) Cognitive interaction support technology : National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/Chemical Materials Evaluation and Research Base/The University of Tokyo/Tohoku University/University of Tsukuba//University of Tsukuba/Industrial Technology Innovation Center Of Ibaraki Prefecture/CreaTact.Inc./A-TEC Co., Ltd.// RIKEN/ National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology/Keisokukensa Co., Ltd./ Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution

(1-2) Advanced multimodal dialog technology : KDDI Corporation/National Institute of Information and Communications Technology/NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

(1-3) Learning support technology : The University of Tokyo/Kyoto University/Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation/NTT Communications Corporation/NTT Learning Systems Corporation//Okayama University//Hiroshima University

(1-4) Nursing care support technology : ExaWizards Inc.//Allm Inc./The Jikei University School of Medicine /Nippontect systems Co., Ltd./Datasection Inc.//aba Inc.

(2) Cross-domain data exchange platform technology : Research Organization of Information and Systems/NTT DATA Corporation/JIP Techno Science Corporation//Hitachi, Ltd./ SB Technology Corp./The University of Tokyo/NEC Corporation/Fujitsu Limited

(3) AI-based automatic negotiation platform technology : NEC Corporation/Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd./Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology/The University of Tokyo/Toyota Tsusho Corporation//Keio University/RIKEN/National Center for Child Health and Development/Saga University

(4) Architecture development : Accenture Japan Ltd./Data Trading Alliance/Kajima Corporation/Hitachi, Ltd./National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/NEC Corporation// Accenture Japan Ltd./ASUKOE Partners Inc./ARISE analytics Inc./TIS Inc.//Keio University/Nagoya University//NEC Corporation//NEC Corporation//JTB Corp.//Tsukuba Wellness Research/Nikken Sekkei Research Institute/Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC//EverySense Japan Inc./Softbank Corp./NS Solutions Corporation //Nikken Sekkei Research Institute/Sohgo Security Services Co., Ltd.//Data Trading Alliance//NTT DATA Corporation/Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd./Fujitsu Limited//Osaka University//NEC Corporation//KDDI Corporation//Seiko Solutions Inc./SECOM Trust Systems Co., Ltd.//Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution/Value Management Institute, Inc./National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/The University of Tokyo

PM Comments

This project is part of a Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Program (SIP) that is promoted by the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation. NEDO, as an administrative organization, will operate the project effectively and efficiently under Mr. Anzai, Program Director, to promote the research and development of new AI technologies and the social implementation of cyber-physical systems.




Aircraft

Practical application project for aircraft advance systems

Realize significant growth of aircraft industry by the development of next-generation aircraft systems



PM Satoshi Shimada (Chief Officer, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

Project Overview

Aircraft equipments other than structure (e.g. fuselage, wings, etc.) and engine are collectively called “system”. There are many types of system, such as flight control, air-conditioning, electric, hydraulic, and fuel, etc. They directly impact on the function and performance of aircraft, and are indispensable elements for the operation of aircrafts. Demand for passenger aircraft is expected to great growth, which will be double over the next 20 years. And system are highly important area accounting for about 40% of the total aircraft value.In order to take advantage of Japanese system manufacturer’s technical competence to enter the system market at full scale, and increase market share, this project develops lightweight, low-cost, and safe system for next-generation aircraft that will be Entry In Service from the mid-2020s. With this effort, Japanese system manufacturers will enhance their competence as system integrators to become Tier 1 manufacturers, and contributes to further development of Japanese aircraft industry.

PM Comments

It may be difficult to imagine aircraft systems for most people because they are rarely seen by passengers, but they constitute technologically and commercially important field. Comparing to the structure and engine market share, that of system is small for Japanese industry, in other words, there is a huge room for growth.On the one hand, recently electrification is a large technology development theme for a wide range of aircraft types from small aircraft like flying cars to large passenger aircraft. This situation is good opportunity for the industries which are not associated with aircraft industry deeply such as electronics manufacturers to enter the aircraft system market at full scale.NEDO contributes to develop aircraft industry by attaining entry into aircraft market and share enhancement through the project.


① : Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd., ② : Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd., ③ : Yokogawa Electric Corporation, ④ : Shimadzu Corporation⑤ : Tokyo Aircraft Instrument Co., Ltd., ⑥ : Ricoh Co., Ltd., The University of Tokyo, ⑦ : IHI Corporation ⑧ Kyushu University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Kobe Steel, Ltd., Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, SuperOx Japan LLC, GS Yuasa International Ltd.

Practical application project for aircraft advanced system①R&D for next-generation engine thermal control system⑦R&D for next-generation More Electric Engine (MEE) system⑧R&D for next-generation electrical propulsion system

②R&D for next-generation landing gear system

③R&D for next-generation cockpit display

④R&D for next-generation air-conditioning system

⑤R&D for next-generation flight control and maneuvering system

⑥R&D for next-generation automated flight system

PM=Project Manager




Aircraft

Research and development of next-generation More Electric Engine (MEE) system７

© IHI

Electric power management

Thermal management©

IHI

Engine-embedded electric machine

Thermal and electric power management system

６

Research and development of next-generation flight control and maneuvering system

Backup flight control system

ADC/ACC

EO

Motor controller

Piping

Pitot tube

Optical fiber

５

４

Two-phase fluid heat transport system Axial flow fan

Research and development of next-generation landing gear system２

Electrical taxiing systemLanding gear system

Research and development of next-generation cockpit display３©THALES iCockpit

Cockpit display

8

Propulsivedistributionfan

MotorPowerelectronicsGenerator

Turbo fanengine

Battery

Cooling system

１

Overview of heat control system AOHE :Air Oil Heat Exchanger

Electric power

Electric propulsion system

Research and development of next-generation engine thermal control system

Research and development of next-generation air conditioning system

Research and development of next-generation automated flight system

Research and development of next-generation electrical propulsion system

Development of highly efficient, lightweight, and compact heat control systems and their elements: ASACOC*1, HFCOC*2, and OFCV*3

(*1): Advanced Surface Air Cooled Oil Cooler: Heat exchanger that cools the engine lubricant using air taken in the engine(*2) Hybrid Fuel Cooled Oil Cooler: Heat exchanger that cools the engine lubricant using fuel carried in the aircraft(*3) Oil Flow Control Valve: Valve that controls the flow rate of the engine lubricant

Development of landing gear system utilizing EHA (Electrical Hydraulic Actuator), and electrical taxiing system that runs without using engine power on the ground

Development of large and seamless display modules with the safety, environment resistance, and market competitiveness, and development of touch-screen functions

Development of two-phase-fluid heat transport system for cooling electronic devices that uses latent heat generated by the evaporation/condensation of refrigerant, and the development of axial flow fan with variable rotation-speed

Development of backup flight control system consists of pitot tube that is used for air speed measurement, Air Data Computer (ADC), Actuator Control Computer (ACC), Optical Communication device (EO), and motor controller for electric actuator.

Development of automated landing system in the event of GPS/ILS* failure, and flight sustention system at the failure condition of control surface. Both of them are enabled by image processing system specially developed for aircraft.(*) Instrument Landing System

Development of next-generation electrification system consists of Engine embedded electric machine as the core component. That can address the expected increase in electric power demands for the next-generation aircraft

Development of elemental technologies for all superconductor rotating machines (synchronized generators and motors), superconductor cables, inverters, cooling systems, and other components that constitute electrical propulsion systems for aircraft, and the development of aircraft batteries that realize both high energy density (Wh/kg) and high power density (W/kg)

Lubricant

Engine

Generator

Fan air (atmosphere)Fuel

Generator

Fan air (atmosphere)

Thermal control system

Concentrator

Wick (generating capillary force)

Evaporation tube

Heat sourceSteam tubeHeat sink

Groove

Liquid tubeHeat flowRefrigerant flowRefrigerant(gas phase)Refrigerant(liquid phase)

Evaporation deviceConcentrator

Parts to be cooled (heat source)

Aircraft body (heat sink)

Highly efficient impeller with wide actuation range

Power supply- Direct current- Alternating　　　　current

DC-DC/AC-DCconverter

Permanent magnet motor (outer rotor motor)

Motor driver (built-in)

Rotationrate

command

Transfers heat by flowing refrigerant without electricity

[Example of application idea]

Automated landing control by self-position estimation

Automatic runway detection by image processing

Detection of control surface failures by image processing

Sustaining flight with fault-tolerant flight control

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Image processing system





Autom

ated driving

Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP): Automated Driving for Universal Services

Enhancement of the practical use of automated driving from expressways to general roads

Realization of the practical use of automated-driving-based logistics and mobility services



PD Seigo Kuzumaki (Company Fellow, Advanced R&D and Engineering Management Division, Toyota Motor Corporation)

PM Shigekazu Hayashi (Director General, NEDO Robot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department)

Project Overview

There is rapidly increasing interest in automated driving. Automobile manufacturers and component manufacturers are actively investing in research and development, and there are active government-led research and development projects and invitation of demonstration testing. Also, legal systems and environments for the practical use of automated driving are steadily being developed, especially in Japan, the United States, and Europe.By enhancing the practical use of automated driving, this project contributes to reducing traffic accidents, traffic congestion, and the resolution of social issues such as securing mobility in underpopulated areas and alleviating driver shortages, aiming for the realization of societies in which all people can move around safely and securely. NEDO supports the entire project as an administrative corporation.

Practical implementation of logistics/mobility services

Expansion from expresswaysto secondary roads

Automated driving levels by SAE*

Level 5

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

(Golf carts)

(Unmanned transport vehicles at factories)

(Automatic brake)(Pedal error controls)

UnrestrictedRestricted (Regions, roads, environments, traffic conditions, speeds, drivers, etc.)

(*) Society of Automotive Engineers, a standardization body in the United States

• Measures to address under-population• Measures to address driver shortages• Freedom of movement

✓Resolution of social issues

• Traffic accident reduction• Traffic congestion reduction• Vehicle value improvement

✓International cooperation✓Economic development

Privately OwnedVehicle

Logistics/mobility services

Completelyautomateddriving society

[Total vision of automated driving]

PD=Program Director; PM=Project Manager




Autom

ated driving

Demonstration experiment in the Tokyo waterfront area

Provision of traffic signal information

Public transportation system (automated-driving bus)

Support for entry into the main lane of expressways

Vehicles are allowed to pass through intersections safely and smoothly based on the signal display and changing timing information even in environments where recognition is difficult using in-vehicle cameras.

FOTs for the next-generation ART will be implemented on public roads by using automated driving technology in mixed traffic fiow.

Provision of main-lane traffic information

Stop

ITS wirelessroadside unitsITS wireless

roadside units

A bus group formed by CACC, which smoothly moves by PTP5 that prioritizes the bus group in signal control

A bus group formed by CACC, which smoothly moves by PTP5 that prioritizes the bus group in signal control

Operation loyal to the timetableOperation loyal to the timetable

Go

Automated-driving car


PM Comments

While worldwide expectations are rising for the reform of society through automated driving, in Japan, technologies of automated driving are required to take a lead role in the realization of Society 5.0. Especially, taking advantage of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, NEDO will conduct FOTs in the Tokyo waterfront and other areas involv-ing various business operators and local governments. With such stakeholder-participatory research and development activities, which are necessary to bring technologies to practical use, we will work to create new industries and services through the practical use of automated driving and demonstrate Japan’s technologies of automated driving to the world.

Implementation Structure (FY2019)Pacific Consultants Co., Ltd./Nippon Koei Co., Ltd./Docon Co., Ltd./Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd./Highway Industry Development Organization/Mitsubishi

Research Institute, Inc./Meijo University/Chubu University/Kanazawa University/SOKEN Inc./DENSO Corporation/Pioneer Corporation/Hitachi Automotive Systems,

Ltd./Keio Dentetsu Bus Co., Ltd./The Japan Research Institute, Limited/Nihon Unisys, Ltd./Mitsubishi Precision Co., Ltd./OTSL Inc./Ritsumeikan University/

Kanagawa Institute of Technology/RIKEN/University of Tsukuba/Nagoya University/Doshisha University/The University of Tokyo/Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd./

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation/NIPPO Corporation/SC-ABeam Automotive Consulting/Congress Corporation/Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd./Aisan Technology

Co., Ltd./Increment P Corporation/Toyota Mapmaster Incorporated/Zenrin Co., Ltd./PASCO Corporation/UTMS Society of Japan/Nippon Signal Co., Ltd./Omron

Social Solutions Co., Ltd./Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co., Ltd.

[Ⅰ］Development and evaluation of automated driving systems (FOTs: Field Operational Tests)

(1) Promotion of the FOTs and preparation of traffic infrastructure for FOTs in Tokyo waterfront area

(2) FOTs for the social implementation of transportation/logistics services in local regions

(3) FOTs of data association focused on traffic environment information related to automated driving

[Ⅱ］Core technology development for the practical use of automated driving

(1) Technology for using traffic environment information such as traffic signal information and vehicle probe information

(2) Technology for safety evaluation in virtual spaces

(3) Research on HMI for the sophistication of automated driving

(4) Investigation and research on new cyber-attack methods and countermeasure technologies

[Ⅲ］Fostering of social acceptance of automated driving

(1) Public relations and education of people

(2) Investigation on the use of automated driving technologies for the resolution of social issues such as the reduction

of traffic accidents and support for people who are handicapped in mobility

[Ⅳ］Strengthening of international collaboration

(1) Promotion of information delivery and collaborative research through international workshops and other events



Hum

an resource developm

ent

NEDO workshop

Comprehensive human resources development centered on NEDO projects and collaboration with industry and academia on AI course that uses real-world data

Cultivating ready-to-work human resources in the AI field through lectures and seminars that use real-world data

An educational program comprised of lectures and seminars is offered. Students choose the lecture and seminar subjects.

① Computer science (CS) placement testBasic academic skills related to computer science are confirmed prior to enrollment

② Computer science lecturesIf a certain score on the placement test is not achieved, students take supplementary computer science classes (e.g., intensive lectures, e-Learning).

③AI-related lecturesBasic and advanced knowledge is provided on AI-related subjects (e.g., AI basics, statistical machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, machine vision, big data analysis)

④Exercises working with real-world dataStudents work on social issues by utilizing real-world data to enhance their work-ready capabilities (e.g., image recognition, medical care-related data, meteorological data)

⑤ Certification scoreAt the end of the course, an evaluation is conducted to assess student progress and ensure educational objectives have been met.

CS placement test

CS lectures

AI-related lectures

Real-world data exercise

Certification score

Confirmation before enrollment

Certain score or higher

Completion certification

Lower than target score

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②

③

④

⑤

Description of Implementation

The project aims to continue developing work-ready human resources with knowledge of cutting-edge AI technologies and capable of independently conducting project operations in response to needs in the industrial sector. The project also promotes efforts that will lead to the identification of new technology seeds and technology applications as well as the development of related technologies in the AI field.

Future Developments

Osaka University/The University of Tokyo




Project Overview

With advances in the R&D of IoT and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the range of industrial areas that can utilize these technologies has expanded, intensifying international competition toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution. However, due to a substantial shortage in Japan of human resources specializing in the AI field, it has become urgent to cultivate work-ready, top-level human resources in this field through strong industry-academia-government collaboration. The project, part of the NEDO workshop series, offers an educational program, the AI Data Frontier Course, which mainly targets professional engineers and researchers in an effort to cultivate work-ready human resources with capabilities to create new businesses and industries by utilizing AI technology.

NEDO workshop: NEDO organizes workshops with the aim of enhancing Japanese industrial technology. Workshop programs provide opportunities for developing human resources capable of sustaining advanced and cross-sectoral technologies, as well as promote industry-academia collaboration through personnel exchanges.



Perform

ance evaluation NEDO workshop

Comprehensive human resources development centered on NEDO projects and collaboration with industry and academia on special courses about robot performance evaluation methods

Develop human resources who accelerate and spread the use of robots in infrastructure inspection and disaster handling.

Through this project, NEDO will work to create a virtuous cycle in which the continuous use of RTF and the performance evaluation procedure manual fosters human resources that accelerate and spread the use of robots in the target fields. This effort will also contribute to the creation of a robot-related market for the maintenance and refurbishment of social infrastructures, which is expected to grow to 700 billion yen in 2030.

Future development

Manufacturing Science and Technology Center




Project Overview

Various types of robots (unmanned aircraft, underwater inspection robots, and land mobile robots) are expected to be used in fields such as infrastructure inspection and disaster response. For these robots, NEDO have prepared a draft version of performance evaluation methods to evaluate the performance of robots before deploying them in the target sites. NEDO and METI published these methods as Robot Performance Evaluation Procedure together in May 2018. In the Fukushima Robot Test Field (RTF), NEDO will provide test equipment and measurement instruments for measuring the performance of robots according to this procedure manual. The facilities will be in full service at the end of FY2019.With this background, NEDO are conducting a human resource development project, as part of NEDO special courses, on the use of the Robot Performance Evaluation Procedure and RTF, aiming to accelerate and spread the use of robots for infrastructure inspection in disaster response fields.

(1) Courses for human resource developmentWe will provide courses for robot performance evaluation methods and RFT test methods for robot manufacturers, future potential robot users, and local public organizations that administer bridges and dams. In FY2019, quarterly lecture courses are planned for three fields (bridge, underwater, and land) in four areas (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukushima).

(2) Events for human interactionNEDO will hold symposiums and matching events in order to enhance the social recognition and acceptance of the Robot Performance Evaluation Procedure.

(3) Peripheral activitiesWe will study and sort out issues such as reviewing and revising the robot performance evaluation methods and the timely repair of RFT test equipment and measurement instruments.

Description

Kickoff symposium for robot performance evaluation (January 17, 2019)



World Robot Summit Ｗ

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World Robot Summit (WRS) is a competition and exhibition event that gathers the world’s wisdom on robots,

with an eye on realizing a world in which humans and robots coexist and collaborate. With a robot competition,

World Robot Challenge, and an exhibition of first-line robot technologies, World Robot Expo, WRS gathers

people engaged in robots from all over the world, aiming to accelerate the social implementation and research

and development of robots used in day-to-day real lives, societies, and industries.

Event overview

Holding World Robot Summit to accelerate robotics R&D and social implementation of robots

Robotics for Happiness

Competition of wisdom in four categories

CompetitionWorld Robot Challenge (WRC)

Robot use cases demonstrated to the world• Government-led latest robot exhibition• General exhibition area

ExhibitionWorld Robot Expo (WRE)

Symposium/Workshop Side events

Forum of knowledgeable personalities in the world, workshops hosted by sponsor companies, etc.

Participatory and hands-on events inside and outside the event building

• Manufacturing • Service• Infrastructure and disaster response • Junior



World Robot Summit

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Japan faces challenges such as a human resource shortage caused by the aging of society and a need to

improve productivity, and there are strong expectations for robots as the key to resolving these issues. Many

other countries are also expected to face the same problems in the future, and robots have great potential to

contribute to the resolution of these worldwide problems. Therefore, the development of robot technologies

is important to the future of the world. We hope that World Robot Summit provides opportunities for robot

technologies and new ideas to compete and develop, and also provides triggers for borderless efforts to tackle

worldwide challenges.

PM Comments

NEDO and METI held World Robot Summit 2018 at Tokyo Big Site for five days from October 17 to October 21.

We are currently reviewing competition rules and event operation aspects based on the results from WRS2018.

The main part of World Robot Summit 2020 is planned to be held at Aich Sky Expo and Fukushima Robot Test

Field.

Mr. Seko, then Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, delivering a greeting in the opening ceremony of WRS2018

WRS2018 awards ceremony

Ministry of Economy, Trade and IndustryNew Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

World Robot Summit (WRS)SecretariatE-mail [email protected]

Official home pagesFaceBookYouTube

https://worldrobotsummit.org/https://www.facebook.com/worldrobotsummit/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIi946f5n4X2ZRZdrWb8Ng

Host


December 2019(1st Edition)

New Energy and Industrial Technology Development OrganizationRobot and Artificial Intelligence Technology Department19F MUZA Kawasaki Central Tower, 1310 Omiya-cho, Saiwai-kuKawasaki City, Kanagawa 212-8554 JapanTel: +81-44-520-5241 Fax: +81-44-520-5243URL: https://www.nedo.go.jp/english/index.html

Projects in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Fields

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