{"id":1637,"date":"2026-09-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T01:12:38","slug":"%e3%80%90%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a%e3%80%91jsps%e5%8a%a9%e6%88%90-%e6%97%a5%e8%8b%b1%e5%85%b1%e5%90%8c%e3%82%b7%e3%83%b3%e3%83%9d%e3%82%b8%e3%82%a6%e3%83%a0-uk-japan-symposium-on-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/%e3%82%a4%e3%83%99%e3%83%b3%e3%83%88%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e5%a0%b1%e5%91%8a\/1637\/","title":{"rendered":"JSPS-Supported UK-Japan Joint Symposium \u201cUK-Japan Symposium on Smart\nRobotics in the AI Era\u201d Held at the University of Sheffield (UK) \/ September 25,\n2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, September 25, 2026, the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom\u2014an overseas J-PEAKS partner university of Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT)\u2014hosted the JSPS-supported Japan-UK joint symposium titled \u201cUK-Japan Symposium on Smart Robotics in the AI Era.\u201d

This symposium was held with support from the \u201cJSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme,\u201d a grant program of the JSPS London Research Liaison Center. Focusing on smart robotics in the AI era and the emerging field of \u201cphysical AI\u201d driven by edge AI technologies, promising young and mid-career researchers and graduate students gathered from NUT, the University of Sheffield, and Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), a J-PEAKS partner university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program was moderated by Associate Professor Shuhei Miyashita of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at the University of Sheffield. The event featured opening remarks by Professor George Panoutsos, Head of the School, an explanation of the program\u2019s objectives by Tadahiko Nakayama, Specially Appointed Vice President of our university, and presentations on the program by Masahiko Hara, Director of the JSPS London Research Liaison Center, and Daiki Sato, Deputy Director. A total of 16 researchers from Japan and the UK delivered presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the research sessions, participants engaged in two keynote speeches from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), as well as presentations and Q&A sessions on cutting-edge topics that integrate hardware and AI\u2014including autonomous driving, human-robot interaction (HRI), biohybrid and molecular robotics, medical and implantable robots, agricultural robots, and physical reservoir computing. In addition to research content, each presentation featured insights into individual researchers\u2019 career paths, their future visions for \u201cSmart Robotics in the AI Era,\u201d and even concrete ideas for collaboration between Japan and the UK, keeping the venue buzzing with excitement throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, through networking sessions between sessions and during lunch breaks, mutual understanding and exchange among researchers\u2014transcending the boundaries of universities and national borders\u2014were greatly deepened, allowing us to take the first step toward establishing a concrete and sustainable framework for cooperation with a view to launching future international collaborative research projects and facilitating the exchange of young researchers and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the J-PEAKS project, NUT will continue to strengthen its international\nnetwork with overseas partner institutions, including the University of Sheffield, and\nvigorously promote cutting-edge research that contributes to global technological\ninnovation and sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Event Overview
\u2022 Date and Time: Friday, September 25, 2026, 8:30 a.m.\u20136:00 p.m. (local time)
\u2022 Venue: Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Mappin Hall), University of Sheffield
\u2022 Funding: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) London Research Liaison Center
\u2022 Participating Universities: Nagaoka University of Technology, University of Sheffield, Osaka Metropolitan University
\u261b Program:https:\/\/www.jsps.org\/pdf\/UKJapanSymposiumSmartRobotsintheAIEratentativeprogramme.pdf<\/a>
\u261b JSPS London Research Liaison Center website: https:\/\/www.jsps.org\/events\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"
Senior Lecturer Dr. Miyashita (University of Sheffield)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Scene from a research presentation (Associate Professor Kan Shoji)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Issued by
Head Office for Research Strategy, Nagaoka University of Technology: Kuribayashi, Saito, Takei<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday, September 25, 2026, at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom\u2014one of our university\u2019s J-PEAKS partner universities abroad\u2014a Japan-UK joint seminar was held. Read more \u2192.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[9,10,40,89],"class_list":["post-1637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-13","category-14","tag-9","tag-10","tag-40","tag-jsps"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1637\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}