▼Business Development
We have also been accumulating a number of intellectual properties
and much know-how through our research activities. One of our major missions is to offer this wealth of “soft assets” for society’s use in a broad range of applications,
thus making a significant contribution to society.
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▼Affiliate Companies
Business affiliates were established to commercialize products and services based on ATR's research outcomes.They have served as the core agents of commercialization in the ATR Group and have achieved successful results since 2004.
ATR-Promotions Inc. 
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Our missions are to develop and to market products relating to speech and sensor technologies developed by ATR.
We also provides services to support advanced neuroimaging research. https://www.atr-p.com |
ATR Learning Technology Corp 
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We develop “ATR CALL”, which is the e-learning system for foreign language learning. We also develop the accented speech evaluation technique embedded in it. Products are introduced to schools through Uchida Yoko Co., Ltd. https://www.atr-lt.jp |
▼Global Innovation Ecosystem
Initiatives to build an extensive collaborative network with innovation organizations and universities around the world and to develop a global innovation ecosystem in Keihanna Science City.
Global Collaboration Network
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Aiming to form a commercialization platform from the perspective of a research institute, we are enhancing our global collaborative networks for R&D, incubation, and acceleration, and organically linking them to create a "Global Deep Tech Innovation Network”. |
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| “KGAP+”, a support program for startups nominated by partnering domestic and international innovation organizations, is implemented to assist startups in finding partners for product and service implementation, business growth, and in establishing a foothold for expansion outside of Japan. “KGAP Explore”, which supports R&D seeds of ATR and other companies for commercialization and market research in Japan and overseas, has also been launched. “KOSAINN/KOSAINN+”, which supports open innovation in resolving issues, is continued. |
KGAP+: Keihanna Global Acceleration Program Plus KOSAINN: Keihanna Open Global Service Platform for Accelerated Co-Innovation
▼Intrapreneurship (Partial only)
Directors engage in innovation creation through their own entrepreneurial efforts for social implementation of research outcomes and business development.
XNef, Inc.
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XNef, established in 2017, develops diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, software, etc. applying the decoded neurofeedback (DecNef), research outcomes of Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group. CEO – Mitsuo Kawato, Ph.D. (Director of BICR and ATR Fellow) https://www.xnef.jp/en/ |
XBorder Innovations, Inc.
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XBI, established in 2021, drives open innovation and startup support that enhances the global innovation ecosystem ATR is building. CEO – Hiroyuki Suzuki, Ph.D. (Senior Executive Vice President, Representative Director, and Director of Planning & Innovation Co-Creation Unit) https://www.xbi.jp/en |
AVITA, Inc.
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AVITA, established in 2021, develops and provides an avatar online customer service, AVACOM, utilizing R&D outcomes in avatar by Deep Interaction Laboratory Group and Osaka University. CEO – Hiroshi Ishiguro, Ph.D. (Visiting Director of Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, ATR Fellow and Professor of Osaka University) https://avita.co.jp/ |
Neiglobe Networks, Inc.
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Neiglobe Networks, established in 2022, develops a portable local information communication system "LACS", based on research outcomes of Wave Engineering Laboratories. LACS enables users to contact and share information with people nearby as if they were using a smartphone or browser for SNS. CEO – Toshikazu Sakano, Ph.D. (Director of WEL) |