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
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	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
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	Yohsuke Tanaka	Associate Professor	Holographic 3D Measurement	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	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
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	Keisuke Okumura	Researcher	Control Technology for Large-Scale multi-Robot Systems	Control	Large-Scale Conveyors
Setsunan University	Suwa Haruhiko	Professor	Technical Guidance on Tool Wear Estimation Using Machine Learning Models	Sensing	Tool wear estimation
Tokyo Metropolitan University	Koichi Mizukami	Associate Professor	Research on Applicability of elastic metamaterial　Structures in the Industrial Machinery Sector	Mechanical	Metamaterial
National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System Nagoya University	Takehiro Hayasaka	Associate Professor	Technology Development for Energy Saving, Space Reduction, and Labor Saving in Large-Scale Component Manufacturing	Mechanical	Machining Technology
Doshisha University	Kenji Sakai	Professor	Academic Guidance on the Fundamental Characteristics and Applications of Pattern Coils	Sensing	Magnetic Measurement
Design Ergonomics Research Association	Toshiki Yamaoka	Representative Directors	Providing information and guidance to examine the effects of reducing psychological distance	Design	design methodology
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Lohithaksha Maniraj Maiyar Abhinav Kumar Kotaro Kataoka	Head (EM) & Assistant Professor Professor Professor	Exploring Fast Solution Methods for Large-Scale Production Scheduling Problems	Control	Large-Scale Conveyors