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Association Overview

Name：

AI Robot Association（AIRoA） / 一般社団法人AIロボット協会

Address：

Nagase Hongo Building 5-24-5 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo-to, Japan 113-0033

Objective：

By integrating robots and AI, the Association aims to revolutionize the technologies used in robot development and thereby promote the use of robots across society.

Main Activities：

Advancement of AI Robot Development

Collecting, storing, managing, and publicly disclosing data necessary for foundational model development
Developing, operating, and publicly sharing foundational models and individual models
Facilitating a vibrant development

Promotion of AI Robots in Society

Measuring and publicizing the efficiency gains achieved by AI robots
Assessing and publishing AI robot safety evaluations

Other Activities Any additional endeavors required to fulfill the Association’s objectives

Board of Directors：

Tetsuya Ogata

Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

Joint Appointed Fellow, Artificial Intelligence Research Center, AIST

Visiting Professor, Research and Development Center for Large Language Models, NII

Yutaka Matsuo

Professor at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering / Department of Technology Management for Innovation

Tadahiro Taniguchi

Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Yoshitaka Ushiku

NexaScience, Inc. CEO／OMRON SINIC X Corporation Vice President for Research

Genki Sano

Telexistence Inc. CTO

Hiroshi Bito

Research Lead, Research unit for Advanced robotics, R-Frontier Div., Frontier Research Center, TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

Eriko Nogi

Manager, Special Situations Group, Matsuo Institute, inc

Auditor：

Masashi Baba

EDiX Professional Group
Partner CPA

Administration Office：

Executive Director Ryutaro Okada

Chief Technology Officer Tatsuya Matsushima

Assistant Professor. Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo

Regular Members

Associate Members

Algomatic Inc.

Connected Robotics Inc.

Jizai Inc.

Preferred Robotics, Inc.

Tokyo Robotics Inc.

ABEJA, Inc.

GMO Internet Group, Inc.

KDDI Corporation.

SB Intuitions Corp.

Telexistence Inc.

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota Frontier Research Center)

NEC Corporation

Fujitsu Limited

Sakura Internet Inc.

Matsuo Institute, Inc.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.

Expert Members