UnityStep AI Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Issei Saito), a startup originating from the University of Electro-Communications, is pleased to announce that Tomoaki Nakamura, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, and Special Researcher at the Brain Science Institute, Tamagawa University, has been appointed as a technical advisor.
Tomoaki Nakamura is engaged in research and development in human intelligence robotics, and he won the world championship at RoboCup@Home, a competition that tests the performance of home intelligent robots. Furthermore, his research achievements have been highly acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, including Best Paper Finalist at a top intelligent robotics conference, Paper Awards in robotics academic journals, and Paper Awards in artificial intelligence academic journals.
With Mr. Tomoaki Nakamura now serving as our technical advisor, UnityStep AI will further accelerate its business expansion by receiving his advice on research and development and business development.
■ Profile of Tomoaki Nakamura
- Completed graduate studies at the University of Electro-Communications, PhD (Engineering).
- Joined Honda Research Institute Japan in 2013, where he is engaged in research and development of dialogue systems.
- 2014-2019 Assistant Professor, Department of Intelligent Mechanical Engineering, University of Electro-Communications
- 2019-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, University of Electro-Communications
