Riken and Toyota’s brain-equipped robot is so advanced that its press releases come from the future. This one, detailing how the two companies came together to place Riken’s neuro-driving software in Toyota’s shiny body, is dated “Dec. 14, 2008.”
The Center was born on the basis of long, productive dialogues between Brain Research Institute, RIKEN and Toyota Motor Company to challenge the huge possibility opened by the integration of brain science and engineering. The two organizations, RIKEN and Toyota, embody totally different objectives, senses of values, histories, cultures and
management customs, and have contributed the society in different ways.
It is expected to give a great impact to Japanese science community if the collaboration will establish a powerful deep liaison between these two organizations, through which a new scheme of collaborations is created.The BTCC is composed of three research domains: 1) neuro-driving, 2) neuro-robotics, 3) health protection. The nine collaboration units are formed to carry out the R&D in these domains, which are listed below.
The BTCC has a branch in Nagoya, in addition to the headquarter inside the RIKEN main campus at Wako. Each collaboration unit includes adjunct researchers from Toyota in order to smooth transfer of technology established in BTCC.
It has a "rhythm-based brain computation unit," which is more rhythm than I have.
Press Release [Riken via Robot Watch and Engadget]
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