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R&D Begins on Safety and Security Assurance Technologies Supporting the Real-World Deployment of Physical AI — Selected for the Go-Tech R&D Program, with a View to Applications in Automotive, Collaborative Robotics, Construction, Aerospace and Other Fields

A research theme was selected under the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency's Go-Tech Program. As project leader, ヴィッツ will begin R&D into assurance and security technologies for the safe operation of physical AI. The company aims to commercialize the research results in automotive, collaborative robotics, construction, and aerospace applications.

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65In focus
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Direction
Improvement
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Scale
20
Approximately 20 companies in Japan (track record of supporting the safety assurance of AI systems)
Wording
Avoiding a definitive answer
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Announced details

Safety assurance technologies for physical AI, safety argumentation technologies for AI systems, re-verification environments for AI updates, AI governance support environments
Applicable field (uses covered by this announcement)

Automotive, collaborative robotics, construction, aerospace

Launch date8 September 2026 (R&D launch; the source text does not specify whether this is actual or planned)
What the company reported numerically
Usage history

Approximately 20 companies in Japan (track record of supporting the safety assurance of AI systems)

Relationship between the counterparty and the company
WITZ Corporation4440
Relationship with the Company

As project leader, the company will promote industry-academia-government collaborative R&D.

CounterpartySmall and Medium Enterprise Agency, universities and public research institutes (specific names: Not disclosed)

The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency is a government agency that supports the Growth-Oriented Small and Medium Enterprises R&D Support Program (Go-Tech Program). The specific attributes of the universities and public research institutes are Not disclosed.

Impact on Business Performance

The company aims to develop a new earnings base in the physical AI era. The specific amount of the impact on performance is Not disclosed.

The company does not address Contract Value / Offering price.

Source (materials cited by the company)

Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, SEAMS Project, HMCES Project

Announced details
ItemDetails
Names of Products / Services CoveredSafety assurance technologies for physical AI, safety argumentation technologies for AI systems, re-verification environments for AI updates, AI governance support environments
CounterpartySmall and Medium Enterprise Agency, universities and public research institutes (specific names: Not disclosed)
Counterparty overviewThe Small and Medium Enterprise Agency is a government agency that supports the Growth-Oriented Small and Medium Enterprises R&D Support Program (Go-Tech Program). The specific attributes of the universities and public research institutes are Not disclosed.
Relationship with the CompanyAs project leader, the company will promote industry-academia-government collaborative R&D.
Launch date8 September 2026 (R&D launch; the source text does not specify whether this is actual or planned)
Applicable areaAutomotive, collaborative robotics, construction, aerospace
Usage historyApproximately 20 companies in Japan (track record of supporting the safety assurance of AI systems)
Impact on Business PerformanceThe company aims to develop a new earnings base in the physical AI era. The specific amount of the impact on performance is Not disclosed.
SourceSmall and Medium Enterprise Agency, SEAMS Project, HMCES Project
Items this document does not state (9)
Contract ValueOffering priceContract DateAward/certification nameAwarding / certifying bodyRegistration number and expiry dateLocationLocation scaleQuantitative Effects

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The reasons the company gives

The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.

Because the societal deployment of physical AI requires safety verification, including in unforeseen situations, as well as mechanisms to continuously maintain safety and accountability after AI models are updated.

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