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October-09,2020News Release‘ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project’ Starts!
~ Realizing ‘The Future of Ships and the Sea’
Starting in Toyosu, Tokyo ~Ships for the futureTOKYO—e5 Lab, Inc. today announced the launch of the “ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project”
as a cooperative platform to create value and turn challenges into opportunities by addressing issues
facing the ocean shipping industry.
As a part of the project, e5 Lab, 22 specialist companies covering various industries, and a shipclassification society, which have collaborated on various projects, will gather to conduct a largescale demonstration test off Toyosu, Tokyo, in November.
1. 3 Elements of ‘ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project’(1) Joint value creation acrossindustries

Gather “dream teams” selected not only from the ocean shipping andmaritime industries, but also from various other fields to jointly create newvalue by combining technologies, ideas, and networks.

(2) New business and value
creation using advanced
technologies

Adopt a backcasting-based approach that starts not with technology
development, but by envisioning the future we want to create, and thencreate new values and businesses with the required technologies andideas.

(3) Big ripple effect on otherindustries

Foster new cooperation with the project partners’ industries, and work
together to create new values and business opportunities.

2. ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project PoC in Tokyo 2020
The ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project Team will conduct a large-scale demonstration test
under the theme “What future can we create for ships and the sea?” Following are the details of theevent.
Theme: Ideas for future ships envisioned by e5 Lab, 22 partner companies, and a ship classificationsociety
Name: ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project PoC in Tokyo 2020
Time Period: November 2020
Location: Off Toyosu, Tokyo
No. of Participants: 22 companies, a ship classification society (refer to the list on the next page)©2020 e5 Lab.Inc.

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Themes of Demonstration Tests
Themes
ThemesOffshore high-speed broadband
telecommunication/DX

Objectives
Objectives“Zero Accident” app, OS for ships, telemedicine for crews,
the next-generation digital navigation

Energy x Environment x
Infrastructure

Create new values for ships x (Energy x Environment xInfrastructure)

Next-generation ship and shore
power management

Cooperation with urban areas in energy, expanded use ofrenewable energy, etc.

AI/remote/autonomous technologies

Robotic ship operation using AI/remote/autonomous
technologies

COVID-19 measures for ships“Security and comfort onboard” (proposals for coping with
COVID-19, air conditioning systems, etc.)

Participatingcompanies,a shipclassificationsociety

Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd.

Uhuru Corporation

Exeno Yamamizu Corporation

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

Tokyo Cruise Ship Co., Ltd.

ClimaCell Inc.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

SoftBank Corp.

Daikin MR Engineering Co., Ltd.

DAIHEN Corporation

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co.,Ltd.
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions
CorporationTEPCO Energy Partner,Incorporated
Nakashima Propeller Co., Ltd.

ClassNK

Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.

FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

Marine X Inc.

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Corporation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.

Cooperative activities through the 22 companies and the ship classification society have generated awide range of projects — future concepts for the ocean shipping and maritime industries, innovations
in offshore energy centered on ships and the sea, digital transformation (DX) using advanced
telecommunication and AI, creation of new value based on electric-powered vessels, among others.
e5 Lab aims for swift collaboration and mutual use of resources among the participants, as well as
personnel exchanges to realize joint value and business creation.
e5 Lab and partners will continue to meet these challenges, co-creating a sustainable, attractive
future for ships and the sea through realization of an ideal future and new businesses beyond thehorizon, in turn contributing to communities (local) and the world (global).
About e5 Lab Inc.
A provider of ocean shipping solutions based on electrification anddigitalization of ocean-going vessels. e5 Lab’s mission is to create
sustainable coastal shipping, which is the lifeline of Japan. The company
aims to contribute to society through its efforts on safe operation ofvessels and global environmental conservation, by combining cuttingedge technologies and ideas to create added value, and solving theissues facing coastal shipping.
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For further information, please contact:
E-mail：project@e5ship.com©2020 e5 Lab.Inc.

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