The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will hold a presentation on the results of the FY2014 Project to Promote the Development and Introduction
of Robotic Care Equipment (Standard-Setting and Evaluation Project)
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Purpose of the Event: As part of the results presentation for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Project to Promote the Development and Introduction of Robotic Care Equipment, we will present and exhibit robotic care equipment developed by recipients of development grants, evaluation criteria for such equipment developed under the standards formulation and evaluation project, a simulated care facility, and safety testing facilities for life support robots.
- Organizer: Standards Development and Evaluation Consortium (Chair: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
- Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015
- Venue:
Access: A shuttle bus will run between Kenkyu-Gakuen Station on the Tsukuba Express, the Japan Automobile Research Institute, and the Safety Verification Center for Life Support Robots. If you are coming by car, please use the coin-operated parking lots near Kenkyu-Gakuen Station. (Parking at the event venue is not available.)
- Capacity: Care service providers and developers of robotic care devices, for a total of 250 participants
- Eligibility: This event is open to anyone who meets one of the following criteria.
- Long-term care providers, etc.
- Providers of rental care equipment, etc.
- Members of the NEDO Robot Care Equipment Development Partnership (or those considering joining)
- Members of the press
- Others (organizers, government officials)
- Registration and inquiries:
- Deadline: Monday, May 11, 10:00 am.
- Please download the form, fill in the required information, and submit your application via email or fax.
Robotic Care Equipment Project Secretariat
Email: robot-kaigokiki-pj-regist-ml@aist.go.jp
Fax: 029-861-5942
Program
| 10:00–10:30 | Overall Project Progress Report (Status of Standards Development, Equipment Development and Review Results, Priority Areas, Promotion of Adoption), Hirohisa Hirukawa (AIST) Presentation Materials: [PDF] |
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| 10:30–11:30 | Results Reports from Robot Care Device Developers |
| 10:30–10:50 | NK Works Co., Ltd. |
| 10:50–11:10 | King Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 11:10–11:30 | RT. Works Co., Ltd. |
| 11:30–12:00 | Best Practices in Caregiving, Equipment Usage, and Approaches to Development and Validation: Lecture by Yayoi Okawa (AIST) Presentation Materials: [Please specify the purpose of use and apply via the form] |
| 12:00–12:30 | Safety Testing at the Safety Verification Center: Tatsuo Fujikawa (JARI) ISO 13482 Certification: Sumio Asada (JQA) Robot Revolution Initiative and Consortium: Kotaro Oba (AIST) Presentation Materials: [PDF] |
| 12:30–14:00 | Tour of Facilities and Robotic Care Equipment (Safety Verification Center for Life Support Robots) |
*There are many restaurants in the area around Kenkyu-Gakuen Station, so please use the shuttle bus when going out for lunch.
Robotic Care Demonstration Equipment
<Mobility Aids (Outdoor Use)>
Walking Assistance Cart (RT.Works Co., Ltd.)
<Monitoring Support Devices (for Care Facilities)>
3D Electronic Mat Monitoring System (NK Works Co., Ltd.)
Silhouette Monitoring Sensor (King Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
