PD（Program Director） | Expansion of fundamental technologies and development of rules promoting social implementation to expand HCPS Human-Collaborative Robotics

The Program Director (PD) will utilize the functions of the research promotion corporation to promote research and development. In addition, PD will be responsible for promoting efforts toward social implementation, such as

- formulating strategies and R&D plans for social implementation

- setting goals and allocating budgets for R&D themes

- promoting collaboration with other SIP issues

- promoting collaboration with initiatives by relevant ministries and industries

- utilizing other measures such as BRIDGE

Yoshiyuki Sankai
Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Executive Research Director of Center for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Director of F-MIRAI Center (established by TOYOTA), University of Tsukuba, Japan President and CEO, CYBERDYNE Inc.

Yoshiyuki SANKAI earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from University of Tsukuba in Japan in 1987. He has progressed assistant professor, associate professor, and then professor at the Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba. Dr. Sankai was also a visiting professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas in the United States. Currently, he is a professor, the Executive Research Director at the Center for Cybernics Research and the Director at the F-MIRAI for the University of Tsukuba, the President and CEO of CYBERDYNE Inc., and a Program Director of SIP promoted by the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan. 
Dr. Sankai pioneered "Cybernics," a new academic field defined by the fusion of humans, AI-robots, and information systems. He is dedicated to realizing a society in which humans and technology coexist--a vision embodied in the "Techno Peer Support Society"--and is actively driving social transformation toward "Society 5.0/5.1" while championing virtuous cycle innovation. Dr. Sankai is renowned for his groundbreaking work in developing the world's first wearable cyborg HAL.