HatsuMuv Selected for "Domestic General-Purpose Robot Development Competition" Hosted by AIRoA
Robotics startup HatsuMuv has been selected for the "Domestic General-Purpose Robot Development Competition" hosted by AIRoA. As part of a NEDO project, the company will promote the development of data collection robots for generative AI.
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HatsuMuv Inc. (Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Shih-Peng Lin) has been selected for the "Domestic General-Purpose Robot Development Competition" hosted by the AI Robot Association (AIRoA), which is conducted as part of a commissioned project by NEDO.
### ■ Competition Overview and Collaboration with NEDO Commissioned Project
The "Domestic General-Purpose Robot Development Competition" is an initiative to promote the development and practical application of dual-arm mobile manipulator-type general-purpose machines, aiming to strengthen the international competitiveness of Japan's robotics industry.
HatsuMuv will develop a human-sized model of the same type and aims to utilize it as a data collection robot for the NEDO commissioned project "Development of a Data Platform for the Development of Generative AI Foundational Models in the Robotics Field / R&D Project for Strengthening the Post-5G Information and Communication Systems Infrastructure."
### ■ HatsuMuv's Research and Development Achievements
In 2021, the same year of its establishment, HatsuMuv presented a research paper on the humanoid "Hatsuki," which embodies an anime character, at ACM CHI 2021.
Since then, centered on joint research with Waseda University, the company has repeatedly presented achievements such as "intuitive remote operation using VR devices" and "imitation learning (Physical AI) utilizing collected motion data."
The culmination of these efforts is the "Cutieroid Project," which aims to manifest a 2D character in a 150cm life-sized form. By combining AI, robotics, and metaverse technologies, the project aims to bring moving and talking anime characters to life in reality.
The Cutieroid Project, which evolved from the predecessor project "Hatsuki," has realized a physical version of Gourai through a collaboration with Kotobukiya's popular IP "Frame Arms Girl."
### ■ Competition Overview and Collaboration with NEDO Commissioned Project
The "Domestic General-Purpose Robot Development Competition" is an initiative to promote the development and practical application of dual-arm mobile manipulator-type general-purpose machines, aiming to strengthen the international competitiveness of Japan's robotics industry.
HatsuMuv will develop a human-sized model of the same type and aims to utilize it as a data collection robot for the NEDO commissioned project "Development of a Data Platform for the Development of Generative AI Foundational Models in the Robotics Field / R&D Project for Strengthening the Post-5G Information and Communication Systems Infrastructure."
### ■ HatsuMuv's Research and Development Achievements
In 2021, the same year of its establishment, HatsuMuv presented a research paper on the humanoid "Hatsuki," which embodies an anime character, at ACM CHI 2021.
Since then, centered on joint research with Waseda University, the company has repeatedly presented achievements such as "intuitive remote operation using VR devices" and "imitation learning (Physical AI) utilizing collected motion data."
The culmination of these efforts is the "Cutieroid Project," which aims to manifest a 2D character in a 150cm life-sized form. By combining AI, robotics, and metaverse technologies, the project aims to bring moving and talking anime characters to life in reality.
The Cutieroid Project, which evolved from the predecessor project "Hatsuki," has realized a physical version of Gourai through a collaboration with Kotobukiya's popular IP "Frame Arms Girl."