RIKEN-industry collaboration centers
RIKEN perceives innovation as a relay race in which the baton of research results is passed on from one runner to the next in a "baton zone." This critical juncture of science and technology transfer is one way in which RIKEN passes on its research achievements to society, and the RIKEN-industry collaboration centers, established in February 2007, are the supporting mainstay of RIKEN's innovation strategies. Collaboration centers established within RIKEN's individual centers and institutes provide the framework for RIKEN and corporate scientists to work together on integrated research and development of medium and long-term project proposals made by private industry. In contrast to the Integrated Collaborative Research Program, this program allows for the setting of medium and long-term goals, and each collaboration center is named after the partner corporation. The RIKEN-industry collaboration centers are meant to strengthen RIKEN's ties to private industry, enable RIKEN and corporate scientists to pioneer new fields of research, and contribute to the fostering of valuable human resources for both RIKEN and its corporate partners as they work together within a "baton zone" that merges scientific and corporate cultures.


Current RIKEN-industry collaboration centers

RIKEN BSI-Olympus Collaboration Center (BSI)
RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research (ASI)
RIKEN BSI-Toyota Collaboration Center (BSI)
RIKEN RSC-Rigaku Collaboration Center (RSC)