Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences and [Our Company] Sign Comprehensive Industry-Academia Collaboration Agreement to Create Value in Sports Performance Field Utilizing Skeletal Recognition AI

Our company has signed a comprehensive industry-academia collaboration agreement with Naniwa Gakuen Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences (Note 1) (hereinafter, Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences), aiming to create social value through digital transformation (DX) and foster human resources by utilizing cutting-edge technology in the sports performance field (Note 2).

Based on this agreement, both parties will jointly commence discussions on developing top athletes in gymnastics and various other sports using skeletal recognition AI, as well as its application in other fields.

Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences has launched the "DX/AX Review and Promotion Project" to further enhance the "authentic" education, research, and social contribution outlined in its "Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences Vision 2031." By advancing the utilization of digital technology (DX) and artificial intelligence (AI Transformation: AX), it aims to contribute to social change and the creation of new value based on sports through education, research, and social contribution.

In this initiative, our company's skeletal recognition AI, which precisely and instantly digitizes human movement in 3D, cultivated through the development of a gymnastics scoring support system and provided through "AI Technologies and Solutions" under "Uvance," has been adopted by Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences' gymnastics club as an AI training system compliant with international judging standards.

Traditionally, the evaluation of sports performance and techniques, including gymnastics, heavily relied on the experience and subjectivity of athletes and coaches. By utilizing skeletal recognition AI, this will be digitized. By defining quantifiable items for each competition and quantifying athletes' movements in real-time, data-driven training methods will be created, supporting the improvement of competitive ability and the development of top-level athletes.

Furthermore, by utilizing this technology in lectures on sports science and biomechanics, including gymnastics, at Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, the aim is to develop human resources who can utilize and research the technology.

### Future Outlook

In the future, our company, in collaboration with Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, will also consider initiatives for the advancement of virtual sports (Note 3) in addition to real sports. By utilizing skeletal recognition AI in virtual sports research, we aim to create opportunities for young people and seniors who are not fond of exercise to easily and safely experience sports. By visualizing the effects of physical ability improvement through virtual sports using skeletal recognition AI and experiencing a sense of growth, we will encourage participants' exercise habits, leading to the expansion of the sports population and the creation of social value.

Moreover, by combining Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences' regional collaboration programs with our company's skeletal recognition AI and the diverse cutting-edge AI technologies possessed by Uvance Partners, we will contribute to solving regional issues such as promoting health among the elderly and fostering exercise habits among children through sports.

Under "Uvance," a business model driven by social challenges, our company will work with Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, a Uvance Partner, to utilize data and AI to achieve human resource development and advanced sports, thereby promoting the improvement of people's well-being.

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**Notes**

Note 1 Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, Naniwa Gakuen:
Location: Sennan-gun, Osaka Prefecture, President: Hiroshi Kanzaki

Note 2 Sports Performance Field:
A field that researches and supports the use of the body and the demonstration of abilities in competition and exercise from a scientific perspective.

Note 3 Virtual Sports:
Competitions conducted in a virtual space using sports equipment connected to a network environment and digital technology, where participants physically move their bodies.