【News】CYBERDYNE Signs Strategic MoU with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), a Global Leader in AI and Robotics Research
Accelerating Research, Education and Societal Implementation in the United States through Collaboration with the Pittsburgh Medical and Healthcare Ecosystem

CYBERDYNE Inc. (“CYBERDYNE”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Carnegie Mellon University (“CMU”), a world-leading U.S. institution in AI and robotics research.

The MoU aims to promote collaboration in research and education in the rapidly advancing field of Cybernics, which integrates bio/medical systems with AI/robotics/information systems. CYBERDYNE seeks to accelerate the societal implementation of existing and future products across the United States. Under this MoU, CYBERDYNE and the School of Computer Science (“SCS”) at CMU will explore collaboration with a focus on CYBERDYNE’s core domains of Cybernics and Physical AI—AI operating in physical spaces, including AI-driven robotic systems. The two parties seek to foster the creation of a new medical and healthcare industry ecosystem centered on innovative Cybernics technologies, including Physical AI.

CMU, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is globally renowned for excellence in AI, robotics, and computer science, and is located adjacent to the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The Pittsburgh region is recognized for its unique innovation ecosystem, where universities, healthcare institutions, and regional organizations collaborate closely to drive stepwise industrial transformation. CYBERDYNE’s collaboration with CMU at the center of this ecosystem represents a strategically important milestone for its future business development in the Cybernics domain, both in the United States and globally.

Based on this MoU, CYBERDYNE will further strengthen collaboration as a strategic partner within the Pittsburgh innovation and medical healthcare ecosystem in which CMU participates, working closely with regional medical institutions such as the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC to jointly promote research, education, and business development in the field of Cybernics.

During CYBERDYNE’s visit to CMU, the deans of the School of Computer Science and College of Engineering presented research initiatives and strategic visions and led site visits and roundtable discussions. Through meetings held on December 16 and 17, 2025, key stakeholders in Pittsburgh’s medical and healthcare sector convened, including representatives from the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance (PLSA), a regional collaboration connecting CMU, the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, and other institutions. Discussions focused on accelerating “Cybernic Medical and Health Innovation” and “Cybernic Life Innovation” through Physical AI, aiming to create innovative solutions and advance their social implementation in Pittsburgh and across the United States.

At these meetings, CYBERDYNE presented its latest initiatives, including technologies demonstrated at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, such as the slim HAL series, AI-based autonomous and remote hybrid master–remote robots, the Cyvis vital sensing system, photoacoustic imaging technology, and cleaning and logistics robots, as well as its involvement in the Malaysian government-led National Neuro-Robot & Cybernics Rehabilitation Center.

The Government of Japan is moving toward designating six technology areas—AI and advanced robotics, quantum technology, semiconductors and communications, bio and healthcare, nuclear fusion, and space—as “National Strategic Technologies” under the upcoming Science, Technology and Innovation Basic Plan, in order to support Japan’s economic growth and national security. These strategic technology areas are expected to receive prioritized and coordinated support across the government, including funding through programs such as the Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), the Moonshot Research and Development Program, and the Program for Developing and Supporting Key Economic Security Technologies (K Program), along with initiatives spanning talent development and international collaboration.

CYBERDYNE is actively advancing “HCPS-integrated human–AI–robot collaborative Cybernics” under Japan’s Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), centered on Cybernics and Physical AI. Through these efforts, CYBERDYNE will continue to contribute to technology development, social implementation, and international deployment in the two national strategic technology areas of AI and advanced robotics and bio and healthcare promoted by the Japanese government.

Note: In advancing the HCPS-integrated Cybernics domain—including the national strategic technology areas of AI and advanced robotics and bio and healthcare—CYBERDYNE has strengthened international collaboration through MoUs signed in early 2025 with National Taiwan University and Fu Jen Catholic University, as well as through initiatives promoted via conferences organized by the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA). Together with collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and organizations in the Pittsburgh region in the United States, cooperationwith the Malaysian government on the nearly completed National Neuro-Robot & Cybernics Rehabilitation Center, collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand, and the organization of an international Cybernics event in Turkey scheduled for January 30, 2026, CYBERDYNE’s international collaboration and global business development are continuing to expand.