Open Innovation｜MURATEC,MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.

We are pursuing open innovation through collaborative research with universities and R&D institutions both domestically and internationally, as well as through active engagement with venture and startup companies. Furthermore, leveraging our strength in operating across multiple business domains, we engage in communication with customers—including those tackling challenges at the forefront of their industries—to create a cycle that generates new points of innovation.

External Partner	Co-Researcher	Position Title	Details	Category	Technology
TTY Co., Ltd.	Toshio Uehara	President	Technical Consultation on Fundamental Theory/Characteristic Measurement of Adsorption Devices	Mechanical	Adsorption Devices
Doshisha University	Masafumi Hashimoto	Professor	Academic Guidance on SLAM Technology for Mobile Robots and Autonomous Driving	Autonomous Mobility	3DSLAM
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Hiromu Saito	Professor	Supervision on Understanding and Controlling the Internal Structure of Polymer Materials	Materials	Polymer
Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly: Tokyo Institute of Technology)	Xavier DEFAGO	Professor	Optimization of Large-Scale Conveyor Systems Using Distributed Control	Control	Large-Scale Conveyors
Nagaoka University of Technology	Junichi Itoh	Professor	Research on permanent magnet synchronous motor control	Control	Motor control
Nagaoka University of Technology	Rieko Hojo	Associate Professor	Worker Well-Being Evaluation	Work Style	Well-Being
Chukyo University	Manabu Hashimoto	Professor	Research on Object Recognition	Sensing	Image Sensing
The University of Osaka	Hideki Kobayashi	Professor	Lecture on The University of Osaka’s Product Design Methodology	Design	Product Design
Kobe University Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration	Ikutaro Enatsu	Associate Professor	Research on Implementing Measures for Senior Talent Engagement in R&D Departments and Achieving Job Satisfaction	Work Styles
Shibaura Institute of Technology	Tadahiro Hasegawa	Professor	Research on Flexible electrostatic Adsorption Devices	Mechanical	Adsorption Devices
Shibaura Institute of Technology	Noriko Hashida	Professor	Technical Consultation on Emotional Design and User Interface Development Research	Design	Emotional Design
National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System Gifu University	Hiroyuki Kosaka	Professor	Research on Optimizing DLC Film Deposition Technology Using the MVP Method	Materials	DLC Film Deposition
National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System Gifu University	Asami Nakai	Professor	Research on Design and Fabrication Techniques for Carbon Test Specimens Using the TFP Method	Materials	TFP
National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System Gifu University	Kazuaki Ito & Yoshiyuki Hatta	Professor & Assistant Professor	Technical Guidance on the Application of Control Technology to Industrial Machinery	Control	Haptics
Kagawa University	Hidekuni Takao	Professor	Research on Linking Sensory Evaluation Values and Physical Quantities Using Nanosensor Technology	Sensing	Sensory Evaluation
Prefectural University of Hiroshima	Nobuyuki Ueno	Professor Emeritus	Naiji Production System with Resilience	Production System	Resilience
Keio University	Masaki Takahashi	Professor	Detection of Passable and Impassable Areas	Autonomous Mobility
Kyoto Institute of Technology	Arata Masuda	Professor	Research on Improving the Accuracy of Fault Diagnosis Technology and Remaining Life Prediction in Industrial Machinery	Vibration	Diagnosis Technology
Kyoto Institute of Technology	Yohsuke Tanaka	Associate Professor	Academic Guidance on Holographic Measurement System Environment Construction	Sensing	Holography
PowerWave Co., Ltd.	Shinji Abe	Representative Director	High-Performance Enhancement for Practical Application of Electric Field Coupling Wireless Power Transmission Systems	Power Electronics	Electric Field Coupling
STUDIUS Inc.	Yu Goto & Chiaki Ito	Representative Directors	Supporting the Implementation of Measures for Senior Talent Engagement within Murata Machinery’s R&D Division	Work Style	Work Style
Shinzo Yoshikado (Individual Contract)	Shinzo Yoshikado	Professor Emeritus, Doshisha University	Research and Guidance on Developing Sensors that Detect Minute Changes in Volume, and Other Guidance on Electrical and Electronic Development	Sensing	Sensing
Chubu University	Toru Asai	Professor	Technical Guidance on Control Technology	Control	Control Theory
MotionLabo Inc.	Nobuyuki Shimizu	President & CEO; Professor Emeritus, Iwaki Meisei University (Now: Iryo Sosei University)	Technical Guidance on Contact Theory for Elastic Body Model Construction	CAE	Numerical Analysis
Tohoku University	Keisuke Otsuka	Associate Professor	4-DOF Elastic Body Model Construction	CAE	Numerical Analysis
HiRAK	Koji Hirakura	President	Technical Consultation on Fundamental Theory/Material Properties of Adsorption Devices	Mechanical	Adsorption Devices