At Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), with the evolution of digital technology, not only cars but also "to be able to understand and sympathize with people's emotions", "to be close to people and grow together", and "to be the protagonist" We are aiming to develop "AI that cooperates with people" that can "expand the possibilities".

　In order to accelerate the development of this new AI, we launched a project with the Department of Intelligent Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, and started research.The representative of this project is Professor Takatsune Kumada of the Department of Intelligent Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, and Professor Hisashi Kashima, the head of the department, also participates, and "AI that cooperates with people" is widely accepted by society. , We aim to establish a concept to be utilized.

　At the start of the joint research, two people from Honda Research Institute Japan, Hideaki Shimazaki, Senior Scientist, and Kotaro Funakoshi, Senior Researcher, will be Associate Professors of the Collaborative Intelligent Joint Research Course, Department of Intelligent Informatics, Kyoto University. I arrived at.

　Regarding this joint research, Professor Kumada said, "I have high expectations for Honda's creativity and technological capabilities, and Honda Research Institute Japan's R & D capabilities. We will create a new concept for AI and disseminate it to the world. It is very attractive for us, human beings in academia, and we hope to take this opportunity to explore new ways of industry-academia collaboration. "