Honda Begins New Joint Research in Artificial Intelligence with Kyoto University Graduate School of Informatics
April 27 2017 - 8:09AM
JCN Newswire (English)
Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd. (HRI-JP), a Honda
R&D subsidiary, has established a project team with the
Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University and began joint
research this month to further accelerate research of artificial
intelligence (AI).
Since its foundation, driven by a passion to provide people
everywhere with the joy of expanding their life's potential, Honda
has been striving to evolve mobility and improve the daily lives of
people all around the world with its products including
motorcycles, automobiles and power products.
In the midst of this pursuit, and with the advancement of digital
technologies, Honda began to see a growing possibility to create
value in a wider range of fields beyond its current businesses.
Responding to such changes in the business environment, in addition
to its continuous pursuit of the art of making things
(Mono-zukuri), Honda will take on new challenges in enhancing brand
story creation about the new value and experiences (Koto-zukuri)
Honda can provide through the art of making things. In this way,
Honda will strive to make people's lives more enjoyable.
Honda believes that AI will be one of the technologies that will
make people's lives more enjoyable, and therefore, Honda is
striving to develop "AI that collaborates with people," which 1) is
capable of understanding and relating to the emotions of people, 2)
accommodates and grows together with people and 3) expands the
potential of people who play the leading role.
In order to accelerate the development of such new AI, HRI-JP
started the project and began joint research with the Department of
Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of
Informatics, Kyoto University. Professor Takatsune Kumada, who
specializes in psychoinformatics, will represent this project and
Professor Hisashi Kashima, the department head, also will
personally participate in this project, with a goal to establish a
concept under which AI that collaborates with people will be
broadly accepted and utilized in society.
Honda is envisioning a future society where mobility products and
robots equipped with such AI are trusted just like family members
and are useful as part of people's everyday lives. In order to
continue providing people everywhere with the joy of expanding
their life's potential, Honda will continue to strive to create
more and more innovations.
Comments by Professor Takatsune Kumada, Department of Intelligence
Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto
University
"We have high expectations for Honda's creativity and technological
strengths as well as HRI's research and development capability.
Creating a new concept of AI and presenting it to our society is
also a very attractive challenge for us in the world of academia.
Moreover, we would like to explore new ways of collaboration
between industry and academia through this project."
Comments by Hiroshi Tsujino, President & CEO, Honda Research
Institute Japan Co., Ltd.
"RI has a long history of conducting joint research with the
Department of Intelligence Science and Technology at Graduate
School of Kyoto University, which has top-class researchers in a
range of areas that include discovering how human beings process
information, theory establishment and intelligent information
processing. Through this new project we have just begun, we would
like to continue proposing new AI research."
About Kyoto University
Established: June 1897
Location: Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Representative: Juichi Yamagiwa, President
About Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd.
Established: January 2003
Location: Wako, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Representative: Hiroshi Tsujino, President & CEO
Capitalization ratio: 100% Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
About Honda
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (TSE:7267/NYSE:HMC/LSE:HNDA) is one of the
leading manufacturers of automobiles and power products and the
largest manufacture of motorcycles in the world. Honda has always
sought to provide genuine satisfaction to people worldwide. The
result is more than 120 manufacturing facilities in 30 countries
worldwide, producing a wide range of products, including
motorcycles, ATVs, generators, marine engines, lawn and garden
equipment and automobiles that bring the company into contact with
over 19 million customers annually. For more information, please
visit http://world.honda.com.
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