Self-driving laboratories in Japan
This perspective highlights the current state of self-driving laboratories (SDLs) in Japan. It also outlines how national funding, community collaboration, and industry support their growth, along with future directions.
Authors
- Shôichi Matsuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-3404)
- Kunihiko Shizume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8655-5207)
- Genki N. Kanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-241X)
- Yuuya Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5926-5845)
- Naruki Yoshikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1546-8709)
- Keisuke Nagato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2399-3087)
- Ryo Tamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0349-358X)
- Seiji Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-7390)
- Junichiro Shiomi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-4555)
- Don N. Futaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7083-2772)
- Kazunori Nishio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8201-358X)
- Yuki Asano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2115-1417)
- Masanobu Naito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-819X)
- Woosuck Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8394-962X)
- Tohru Natsume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1510-2582)
- Koji Tsuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4288-1606)
- Haruka Ozaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1606-2762)
- Yoshitaka Ushiku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9014-1389)
- Taro Hitosugi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7795-0683)
- Kanta Ono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-9093)
- Kanako Harada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-7890)
- Koichi Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4235-9914)
- Ichiro Takeuchi
Institutions
- Omron (Japan) (JP)
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- National Institute for Materials Science (JP)
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (JP)
- Systems Biology Institute (JP)
- Japan Research Institute (JP)
- RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (JP)
- IBM Research - Tokyo (JP)
- Institute of Science Tokyo (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Digital Discovery
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dd00387j
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Personal Information Management and User Behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 20.84
Funders
- Keio University
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- RIKEN
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology
- Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology
- Co-creation place formation support program
- JST-Mirai Program
- Moonshot Research and Development Program