【News】 CYBERDYNE Inc. and Tsukuba University’s project 「HAL」 was introduced in Prime Minister Abe’s Administrative Policy Speech

In the Administrative Policy Speech by Prime Minister Abe at the 190th Session of the National Diet (January 22, 2016), CYBERDYNE Inc. and Tsukuba University’s project “Robot Suit HAL” was presented as a successful example of Open Innovation.

excerpt from ”the Policy Speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe” on the Government’s website

3. Taking on the challenge of realizing the dynamic engagement of all citizens*

　We will support research that takes on challenges by carving out the next generation in artificial intelligence, robots, the Internet of Things (IoT), space, and other such fields. We will also bring new potential into bloom through bold regulatory reforms.
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People suffering from an intractable illness in which muscles become weaker will be able to walk using their own legs. “Dream robot suit” technology has been born at the University of Tsukuba. The university succeeded in developing the product through private sector cooperation. Thanks to partnerships with overseas corporations as well, the suit has become a product expanding its market into Europe.

Dynamic innovation will emerge from open cooperation among research institutions, universities, and corporations, both domestic and international. We will tear down all manner of walls. The overriding theme within the new Basic Plan on Science and Technology is open innovation. At research institutions, we will bring together the very highest-level researchers from around the world. At universities, we will bring together top-notch human resources from both within Japan and abroad, and carry out innovative administrative reforms while promoting assertive management that advances proactive university-industry cooperation and other such endeavors.

I am determined to make Japan “the most innovation-friendly country in the world.”

*N.B. by CYBERDYNE. As a consequence for the policy stated including those not included in the excerpt, Prime Minister Abe aims to achieve the GDP of JPY 600 trillion.

(Reference Link) Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Homepage
http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/statement/201601/1215627_10999.html