Preferred Networks — Robotics AI
Japan's most valuable AI startup, specializing in applying deep learning to physical robots. PFN built Menoh inference engine and robot manipulation systems for Toyota and NTT.
Notable achievements
Japan's highest-valued AI startup ($2B+), Toyota research collaboration, NTT robot arm learning, Menoh inference engine, ICRA best paper awards.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
MetaTwin: A reconfigurable digital twin framework
Zhanpeng Yang, Cheng Ren, Ming Li +1 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2027
Online simulation driven collision-free machine tool execution via predictive shadow model and hierarchical planning
Chen Yang, Wenlei Xiao, Tianze Qiu +3 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2027
A hierarchical approach to imitation learning for manipulation tasks requiring time varying forces
Rishabh Shukla, Adithya Santhosh, Shaili Gandhi +2 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
The Neverwhere Visual Parkour Benchmark Suite
Ziyu Chen, Henghui Bao, Haoran Chang +12 more
2026
BLInD: Learning Driver Intent as a Distribution over Future Ego Trajectories
Flavian Pegado, Ronit Hire, Shreyas Rajesh +1 more
2026
Perturbational Validity for Foundation Models of Brain Dynamics: A Controlled Proof-of-Principle Simulation
José C. Garcí Alanis, Sarah Alizadeh, Marco Rothermel +5 more
2026