Notice of the 10th Robot Care Equipment Development Partnership Meeting

Notice of the 10th Robot Care Equipment Development Partnership Meeting The 10th Robot Care Equipment Development Partnership Meeting for fiscal year 2017 will be held.

【Kansai Venue】
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Osaka Institute of Technology, Umeda Campus 8F Robotics & Design Center
https://www.oit.ac.jp/rd/access/index.html (5-minute walk from JR " Osaka " Station)

【Kanto Venue】
Date & Time: January 19, 2018 (Friday) 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Life Support Robot Safety Verification Center
(5 min by taxi or 20 min walk from Tsukuba Express "Kenkyu Gakuen" Station, or 7 min by bus to "Oosakai" stop, then 7 min walk)

Program

(Updated: January 15, 2018)

1	Robot Care Equipment Development Partnership: Purpose Statement	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	Tomoki Ishida
2	Overview of FY2017 Subsidy Program	AMED	Tatsuya Kimijima
3	Outline of Successor Projects Starting Next Fiscal Year	Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	Tomoki Ishida
4	Overview of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Care Robot-Related Measures	Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare	Isao Taguchi
5	Implementation Status of the Welfare Equipment and Care Robot Practical Application Support Project	Techno Aid	Tomoyuki Kato
6	Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Initiatives for Care Robot Development and Introduction	Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry	Morishita Takeshi
7	Summary of Results from the Standard Development and Evaluation Project	AIST	Hirohisa Hirukawa
8	Robotic Care Equipment Risk Assessment	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health	Hiroyasu Ikeda
9	Robotic Care Device Safety Evaluation Method	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	Osamu Matsumoto
10	Robot Care Equipment Safety Testing Act	JARI	Tatsuo Fujikawa
11	Report on the Development of Standard Specifications for Robotic Care Equipment	JARA JASPA	Toshimichi Miura Tetsuro Bando
12	Activities of the Japan No-Lift Association ※	Japan No-Lift Association	Junko Yasuda
13	Q&A and Discussion	―	―
14	Facility Tour (Safety Verification Center / Robotics & Design Center)	―	―

※ Programs 1–5 and 7–11 are identical at both venues. Programs 6 and 12 are only at the Kansai venue.
※ Due to circumstances, the lecture will be held only at the Kansai venue.