ATR's Brain Information Science research is based on understanding brain function and aims to create innovative technologies that support human augmentation, next-generation medicine, AI, and robotics.

The Computational Neuroscience Laboratories (CNS) develop brain information decoding technologies and brain-machine interfaces (BMI) that interpret thoughts and intentions from brain activity. They also conduct research on Decoded Neurofeedback-based therapies, brain-controlled robotics, and the scientific understanding of consciousness and qualia.

The Cognitive Mechanisms Laboratories (CMC) investigate higher cognitive functions such as learning, decision-making, and communication, applying the findings to education, healthcare, human interfaces, and social systems.

The Neuroinformatics Laboratories (NIA) analyze brain activity using statistical science and machine learning, integrate diverse brain measurement data to uncover the principles of brain information processing, and pursue next-generation AI inspired by neuroscience.

Through these research activities, ATR is advancing from understanding the brain to integrating the brain with machines, and further applying that knowledge to medicine, AI, robotics, and social systems, contributing to a future society in which humans and machines enhance one another through collaboration.

Through research on Cybernetic Avatars (CA), which enable people to operate robots in remote locations or avatars in virtual environments as their own alter egos and perform activities through them, we aim to realize a society in which humans, robots, and avatars naturally coexist.

By integrating AI, robotics, cognitive science, and communication science, we investigate the mechanisms of communication and collaboration between humans and robots.

At the ISL, we study the principles of human–robot interaction and Cybernetic Avatar technologies, while the Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories develop human-symbiotic androids.

Furthermore, the ITB promotes collaborative research and real-world deployment with industry partners, while the GOL advances the global dissemination and societal deployment of research outcomes through international collaborative research and Open Labs.

Guided by the vision of "From research that connects radio waves to research that connects people and society," the Wave Network Research Laboratories are dedicated to creating the communications and sensing infrastructure that will serve as the neural network of future society. In the future, AI-powered robots, autonomous vehicles, drones, IoT devices, and virtually everything else will be connected through networks. Achieving this vision requires not only high-speed communications, but also radio sensing technologies that detect the presence, location, and condition of people and objects, wireless harness and wireless power transfer technologies that eliminate wiring inside and outside electronic devices,

and spectrum creation technologies that maximize the utilization of limited frequency resources.

By integrating radio technologies, communications, sensing, and AI, we are building a future society in which people, robots, mobility, and the environment are connected and collaborate in real time. Through the real-world deployment of our research outcomes, we contribute to the realization of a safe, secure, sustainable, and resilient society.