Organization

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Organized By

• International Organizing Committee of International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB)
• (ALife Robotics Corporation Ltd. and Nippon Bunri University (NBU), Japan)

Sponsored By

• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Advanced Technology R&D Center
• Oita Gas Co., Ltd.
• ME System Co., Ltd.
• SANWA SHURUI Co., Ltd.

Co-Operated By

• The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE, Japan)
• The Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ, Japan)
• The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ, Japan)
• The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE)
• The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
• IEEE Japan Council (IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Chapter)
• Japan Robot Association (JARA)
• Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS, Korea)
• Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI, P. R. China)

Supported By

• Kyushu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• OITA PREFECTURE
• Oita City
• BEPPU CITY
• The oita chamber of commerce and industry
• Oita Joint Industrial Association
• Kyodo News
• Jiji Press
• Oita Godo Shimbunsya
• The Asahi shimbun
• The Mainichi Newspaper Co., Ltd.
• The Yomiuri Shimbun, Seibu
• The Nishinippon Shimbun
• THE NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN, LTD
• Japan Broadcasting Corporation Oita Station
• Oita Broadcasting System
• Television Oita System Corporation
• Oita Asahi Broadcasting co., ltd.