SRI celebrates 60 years of innovation in Japan

SRI has worked alongside some of Japan’s best-known companies to help develop next-generation technologies and bring them to market.

For 60 years, SRI has worked alongside some of Japan’s most well-known companies to help develop next-generation technologies and bring them to market. Among them: a 3D welding helmet, a robotic excavator, the first autonomous motorcycle-riding humanoid robot, handwriting recognition tools, machine learning solution for railway systems, and so much more.

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