Report on the FY2023 Results of the "Nishi-Shinjuku Advanced Service Implementation Industry-Government-Academia Consortium" at the "SMARTCITY x TOKYO-2024 SPRING MEETING.

　On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at the "SMARTCITY × TOKYO-2024 SPRING MEETING- (hereinafter referred to as "X Tokyo") The Nishi-Shinjuku Advanced Service Implementation Industry-Government-Academia Consortium (hereafter referred to as the "Consortium") The Consortium is a diverse group of industry, government, and academia.

　The Consortium was launched in September 2022 with the aim of promoting a wide range of initiatives to make Nishi-Shinjuku a smart city through collaboration among various entities in industry, government, and academia. The Consortium has subcommittees in which multiple members work under a common theme, and activities aimed at implementing smart services are being promoted.
　At this year's X Tokyo, representative organizations of each subcommittee took the stage to report on the results of their efforts and future activity plans.
　An archived video of the event can be viewed here/.

X Tokyo Overview

Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 13:00~16:30

Place: SusHi Tech Square 2F Tokyo Innovation Base/online

Report Subcommittee

• 　・Taisei Corporation, "Digital Twin Subcommittee for the Creation and Implementation of Urban Services."
  
• 　Odakyu Electric Railway Co. "Subcommittee to Study Urban Implementation of XR for Enhancing Regional Attractiveness"
  
• 　Jordaan Corporation "Data Linkage Platform Subcommittee to Promote Local Recognition and Business Participation
  
• 　Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and NTT Communications Corporation "Automated Delivery Subcommittee for New Urban Logistics"
  
• 　MotionLib Corporation, "Subcommittee to Study Means of Solving Social Issues Using Feel Control Technology"
  
• 　Octa Robotics Corporation "Subcommittee for the Study of New Work Styles Utilizing Robot Friendly Buildings".
  
• 　Universal Communication Subcommittee using Advanced Technology", Dai Nippon Printing Co.
  
• 　Oberlin University "AI-based 'coziness' measurement subcommittee"
  

Reporting of results

　At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Tomimori, in charge of smart city promotion by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, gave an overview of the consortium.

subcommittee

1) Digital Twin Subcommittee for Creation and Implementation of Urban Services
Speaker: Mr. Takuya Murakami, Taisei Corporation

　We aim to implement a consensus-building and decision-making tool for use by players who lead urban development, based on a sophisticated urban model realized by narrowing down the area and successfully combining open data, etc., and practical functions added based on our own town development know-how and knowledge gained through area management activities. In the next fiscal year, we will also be working on the implementation of a human flow data system. In the next fiscal year, we also announced that we will expand the scope of human flow data and maintenance, and add entertainment elements, etc.

(ii) Subcommittee to study urban implementation of XR to improve regional attractiveness
Speaker: Mr. Ken Hikosaka, Odakyu Electric Railway Co.

　The future vision of urban implementation that creates new experience value by stretching a digital net over "real space" and fusing "real space" and "digital space" (X Reality) is presented. The company also announced that it will work on services for the toC market, such as Mono x XR and Sightseeing x AR, and services for the toB market, such as webAR and XR advertising, in fiscal 2023.

(3) Data Collaboration Platforms to Promote Local Awareness and Business Participation Subcommittee:
Speaker: Mr. Yen Okada, Jorudan Corporation

　The future vision of urban implementation was presented, which aims to disseminate local attractions by building a hub for collaboration with other companies' services, centered on the Nishi-Shinjuku mode of the company's "Transfer Guide" app. As an outcome of the efforts in FY2023, he announced the addition of information on restaurants and events in the Shinjuku area and the provision of micro-mobility services, as well as the implementation of a function for users to post information.

4) Automated Delivery Subcommittee for Realizing New Urban Logistics
Speaker: Mr. Yoshihiko Hasegawa, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

　The presentation explained the verification of the "in-hospital delivery service at Tokyo Medical University Hospital" and the "outdoor delivery service mainly on public roads in the Nishi-Shinjuku area" conducted in FY2023, with the aim of creating a town where anyone living in Nishi-Shinjuku can use the automatic delivery service "anytime" and "by anyone", and presented plans for a more advanced service verification to be conducted in FY2024. In addition, we announced plans for a more advanced service verification to be implemented in FY2024.

(5) Subcommittee on the use of tactile control technology to solve social issues
Speaker: Mr. Hitokage Hitokore Ogata, MotionLib Inc.

　Aiming for a future vision where "Real Haptics," a tactile control technology, solves various social issues, the speaker explained the progress of two projects: the expansion of employment opportunities for people with disabilities using remote-controlled robots, and a tactile zoo where people can feel animals they would otherwise not be able to touch. He also announced that in FY2024, a demonstration event of the remote café will be held to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and an event will be held to realize the sensory zoo.

⑥ Subcommittee for the study of new work styles utilizing robot-friendly buildings
Speaker: Mr. Koji Maekawa, Octa Robotics, Inc.

　He explained the future vision of realizing a robot-friendly society through the development of a system that enables inexpensive and simple linkage between existing elevators and service robots and the verification of the business probability of using robots. In addition to the LCI collaboration and cost-effectiveness simulation efforts with Toshiba Elevator and Toritoss, a complex service robot, in FY2023, the presentation also included a projection of the implementation of the robot in West Shinjuku in FY2024.

⑦ Universal Communication with Advanced Technology Subcommittee
Speaker: Mr. Masaki Ito, Dai Nippon Printing Co.

　In fiscal 2023, he reported on the progress made toward the development and business deployment of smart glasses that display subtitles for conversation content and environmental sounds, indicating the realization of a society in which everyone can share the same experiences regardless of disability or nationality. In FY2024, we announced that we will hold various hands-on events to evaluate the needs and measures to improve the value of the experience, and that we will survey the needs of business operators and link them to the business development.

8) AI-based "coziness" measurement subcommittee
Speaker: Dr. Yuji Yamaguchi, J. F. Oberlin University

　Taking advantage of the characteristics of the subcommittee led by the university, he presented the direction of the project, which aims to implement and commercialize the project through university classes and student consultants, etc. He announced that in FY2023, they conducted a smile data survey in Shinjuku Central Park and collected impact factor data using weather sensors, etc. In FY2024, they will compare the results among similar facilities and He announced plans to examine 3D simulators, as well as to discriminate and predict subjects in various situations.

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