{"id":23356,"date":"2024-11-19T09:27:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T01:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=23356"},"modified":"2024-11-19T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T01:27:28","slug":"%e5%be%ae%e8%bd%af%e5%9c%a8%e4%b8%9c%e4%ba%ac%e5%bc%80%e8%ae%be%e5%85%b6%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e9%a6%96%e4%b8%aa%e7%a0%94%e5%8f%91%e4%b8%ad%e5%bf%83%ef%bc%8c%e4%b8%93%e6%b3%a8%e4%ba%8e%e5%b0%86%e6%9c%ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/23356.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft opens its first Japanese R&amp;D center in Tokyo, focusing on combining robotics with AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to NHK, US tech giant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e5%be%ae%e8%bd%af\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [Microsoft]]\" target=\"_blank\" >Microsoft<\/a>Opened its Tokyo<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac\" title=\"_Other Organiser\" target=\"_blank\" >Japan<\/a>The first R&amp;D center.<strong>Specializing in bringing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e6%9c%ba%e5%99%a8%e4%ba%ba%e6%8a%80%e6%9c%af\" title=\"[Sees articles with tags on robotics]\" target=\"_blank\" >Robotics<\/a>Integration with Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>The inauguration ceremony was held on November 18th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23357\" title=\"879ee7bdj00sn6c0p001od000kr00dcp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/879ee7bdj00sn6c0p001od000kr00dcp.jpg\" alt=\"879ee7bdj00sn6c0p001od000kr00dcp\" width=\"747\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;D center, called Microsoft Research Asia Tokyo, is the latest in a series of technology labs Microsoft has opened around the world.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that<strong>The lab plans to focus on so-called embodied AI in manufacturing, healthcare and other industries<\/strong>It will also collaborate with major Japanese companies and universities.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said the company was impressed with Japan's expertise in robotics.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Lee, Director of Microsoft Research, said, \"Japan's expertise in robotics is one of the most important reasons for us to establish a research lab here. As a result, we feel both hopeful and optimistic about establishing a research lab in Japan, a country at the forefront of robotics, and believe it will help us better advance our research on embodied AI.\"<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is one of several U.S. tech giants investing in research and development bases and data centers in Japan, with others including Oracle and Amazon Web Services.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. tech giant Microsoft has opened its first Japanese research and development center in Tokyo, focusing on combining robotics with artificial intelligence, with an inauguration ceremony taking place on Nov. 18, NHK reported. The R&amp;D center, called Microsoft Research Asia Tokyo, is the latest in a series of technology labs Microsoft has opened around the world. The lab is understood to plan to focus on the application of so-called embodied AI in manufacturing, healthcare and other industries, and will also work with major Japanese companies and universities. Microsoft said the company was impressed by Japan's expertise in robotics. Japan's expertise in robotics is one of the most important reasons we're establishing a research lab here,\" said Peter Lee, director of Microsoft Research.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[411,280,226,4971],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-23356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ai","tag-280","tag-226","tag-4971"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23356"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=23356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}