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ASCLのミッション

VISION

Revolutionizing social infrastructure
by pursuing cutting-edge
robotics technology

ACSL pursues robotics technology, including autonomous control technology, and is always at the forefront of technology development. Through the social implementation of these technologies, we will increase the productivity of human economic activities in the social infrastructure that is the foundation of human activities, replace as many low value-added and dangerous operations as possible, and promote the evolution of society for the next generation.

ACSL代表取締役CEO太田裕朗と代表取締役社長鷲谷聡之
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  • Representative Director, CEO SATOSHI WASHIYA
    Representative Director, CEO
    SATOSHI WASHIYA
    M.S. of Architecture from Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University. Served both domestic and multinational companies in corporate wide transformation project at Tokyo and Stockholm office of McKinsey & Company. Joined ACSL in July 2016.
  • Board Director, CFO KENSUKE HAYAKAWA
    Board Director, CFO
    KENSUKE HAYAKAWA
    M.S. of Management of Technology from Tokyo institute of technology. Implemented operational improvement/transformation of Portfolio companies at KKR Capstone. Joined ACSL as CFO in March 2017.
  • Board Director, COO SHOJI TERAYAMA
    Board Director, COO
    SHOJI TERAYAMA
    M.S. of Business Administration from Keio University. Served in Boston Consulting Group and was involved in the industrial robotics business as Senior General Manager of the Robot Business Project Division at the Industrial Automation Business Company of OMRON Corporation. Joined ACSL in May 2023.
  • ACSL, Inc. Board Director, CEO CYNTHIA HUANG
    ACSL, Inc. Board Director, CEO
    CYNTHIA HUANG
    M.S. of Business Administration from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Served as the North America Enterprise Business Lead at DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer and as a VP at Auterion, the largest open source drone software company. Current member of the AUVSI XPONENTIAL Steering Committee and of the Commercial UAV Advisory Board. Joined ACSL in January 2023.
  • Global CTO and ACSL, Inc. Board Director CHRIS RAABE, PhD
    Global CTO and ACSL, Inc. Board Director
    CHRIS RAABE, PhD
    Ph.D. from University of Tokyo. Embedded software engineer at Boeing from 2006. Assistant professor at Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo from 2014. Joined ACSL as CTO in April 2017.
  • CMO NAOYA MUKADO
    CMO
    NAOYA MUKADO
    B.S. of Physical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University. Served in sales and business planning at ROHM Co., Ltd. Joined ACSL in August 2017.
  • Executive Officer, Production Unit NOBUYUKI INOUE
    Executive Officer, Production Unit
    NOBUYUKI INOUE
    Served in production, quality control and production innovation at SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. and promoted management strategy and overseas factory operation at Xacti Corporation. Later, engaged in factory management at SIIX Corporation as a manager of overseas subsidiaries. Joined ACSL in April 2021.
  • Executive Officer, Corporate Management Unit KAZUMASA OTANI
    Executive Officer, Corporate Management Unit
    KAZUMASA OTANI
    Certified Public Accountant. Served in various projects including audits of listed companies, IPO support services, and due diligence services at KPMG AZSA LLC and in advisory services related to initial public offerings at Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Joined ACSL in November 2021.
  • Director (External) Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    KENTARO SHIZUKA

  • Director (External) Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    KAORI NEJIHASHI

  • Director (External) Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

    AYUMI DAIMON

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Company
ACSL Ltd.
Representative Director, CEO
SATOSHI WASHIYA
Establishment
November, 2013
Location
Hulic Kasai Rinkai Building 2F, 3-6-4 Rinkaicho, Edogawa-ku,
Tokyo 134-0086, Japan
Description of business
Manufacturing and providing industrial drone and providing solution service for
automation with autonomous technology
Subsidiary company

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Nov. 2013
Establishment of Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory in Chiba Prefecture.
Sep. 2016
Released the next generation industrial drone platform "PF-1".
July 2017
Development and commercialization of autonomous control for flight using image recognition
(Visual-SLAM).
Nov. 2018
Providing aircraft for Japan Post's inter post office transport using drones. The first "Level 3"
flight in Japan since the law was amended.
Dec. 2018
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market (formerly Mothers Market).
Dec. 2018
ACSL is ISO 9001 certified.
July 2019
Released new drone platform aircraft, PF-2.
Aug. 2019
ACSL invests in AutoModality (U.S. company).
Jan. 2020
Released "Mini", a compact industrial drone.
Apr. 2020
Adopted for NEDO's "Development of Safe and Secure Drone Basic Technology" to develop drones for government procurement.
June 2020
Moved development and manufacturing site to Edogawa-ku, Tokyo.
Dec. 2020
Established ACSL Limited Liability Partnership 1 as a corporate venture capital that invests in domestic and overseas companies with potential for technological synergies.
May. 2021
Established FINDi Co., Ltd. was established jointly with NJS Co., Ltd. for mass production of closed environment inspection drones.
June 2021
Changed trade name to ACSL Ltd. to gain recognition at the Japan and Global.
Capital and business alliance agreement signed with Japan Post Co., Ltd. and Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd. for the development of Level 4-compliant drones and practical application of drone delivery.
Sep. 2021
Established ACSL India Private Limited, a joint venture with Aeroarc, to develop business in the Indian market.
Dec. 2021
Begin taking orders for SOTEN, a small, secure aerial photography drone,
Obtained information security management system certification ISO/IEC27001.
May. 2022
ACSL Ltd. and i-eat Co., Ltd. (now REACT Co., Ltd.), developer of Unmanned Ground Vehicle, formed capital and business alliance.
Dec. 2022
Announced new domestic drone to delivery with Japan Post Co., Ltd. and Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2023
“AirTruck", Japan's mass-produced dedicated delivery drone, won the top prize at the 2022 Nikkei Excellent Products and Services Awards.
ACSL joined the Universal Postal Union Consultative Committee, a United Nations specialized agency, as the first drone-related company in the world.
Feb. 2023
Established a subsidiary in California to enter the U.S. market.
Mar. 2023
Received Level 4 Class 1 UAS Type Certificate as the first company in Japan from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Nov. 2023
Received approval to export the small aerial photography drone "SOTEN" to the U.S.