Long-term Care Tech Portal

Definition of priority areas
(items for development)

Communication

A life aid device using a robot technology for communications with the elderly, etc.

Definitions

Daily living in general of the elderly, etc. can be supported.
Allows information exchanges while recognizing the language, face, and existence, etc. of the elderly and others, and making judgements based on the obtained information.
Helps promote the activities of the elderly and others by interactive information exchanges, thereby allowing maintenance and improvements of the ADL (Activities of Daily Living).

Product / Projects Adopted	Company name	Status
To Put Dementia-care Assist AI and Monitoring Robots into Practical Use: Research and Development Aiming to Build “Digital Twins, Including of Humans, at Nursing Care Sites”	GEOM Corp.	Under Development
Communication Robot That Creates an Actual Cyber Sports Environment	TANOTECH CORPORATION	Under Development
Research and Development of a Communication Robot to Support ADL of Elderly People in Nursing Homes	HIMIKA, Inc.	Under Development
Research and Development of Communication Robot to Maintain and Improve ADL of Elderly People	Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS Co., Ltd.	Under Development
Research and Development of Effective Interaction between the Humanoid Robot "Pepper" and the Elderly by Utilizing the Autonomous Conversation and the Remote Controlling Solution	SoftBank Robotics Corp.	Launched
Study of a communication robot reducing anxiety and stress for people with dementia: A development for dementia barrier-free	KOWA CO., LTD	Under Development
Study on communication robots that monitor and talk to reduce fall risk of elderly people	Econavista Co.,Ltd.	Development Discontinued
Development and evaluation of prompting function aiming to support maintenance and improvement of daily function of individual elderly by communication robot.	FUJI SOFT INCORPORATED	Launched
Development of a communication robot system realizing prevention of severe frailty of elderly living alone	NEC Corporation	Under Development
Development of communication robot Chapit for long-term care	ReyTron, INC.	Under Development
A.I.Viewlife	A.I.Viewlife co., ltd.	Production Discontinued

Product / Projects Adopted
補助事業実施中 To Put Dementia-care Assist AI and Monitoring Robots into Practical Use: Research and Development Aiming to Build “Digital Twins, Including of Humans, at Nursing Care Sites” Company name GEOM Corp.
Under Development Communication Robot That Creates an Actual Cyber Sports Environment Company name TANOTECH CORPORATION
補助事業実施中 Research and Development of a Communication Robot to Support ADL of Elderly People in Nursing Homes Company name HIMIKA, Inc.
補助事業実施中 Research and Development of Communication Robot to Maintain and Improve ADL of Elderly People Company name Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS Co., Ltd.
補助事業実施中 Research and Development of Effective Interaction between the Humanoid Robot "Pepper" and the Elderly by Utilizing the Autonomous Conversation and the Remote Controlling Solution Company name SoftBank Robotics Corp.
補助事業実施中 Study of a communication robot reducing anxiety and stress for people with dementia: A development for dementia barrier-free Company name KOWA CO., LTD
補助事業実施中 Study on communication robots that monitor and talk to reduce fall risk of elderly people Company name Econavista Co.,Ltd.
Launched Development and evaluation of prompting function aiming to support maintenance and improvement of daily function of individual elderly by communication robot. Company name FUJI SOFT INCORPORATED
補助事業実施中 Development of a communication robot system realizing prevention of severe frailty of elderly living alone Company name NEC Corporation
Under Development Development of communication robot Chapit for long-term care Company name ReyTron, INC.
Production Discontinued A.I.Viewlife Company name A.I.Viewlife co., ltd.

Source
Research Basic Plan of the Project to Promote the Development and Introduction of Robotic Devices for Nursing Care (Development Subsidies ), METI, on October 2017