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VISION
Become a partner
for those that build safety
and security around the world
ACSL accompanies those who support local communities, those who support the safety of daily lives, and those who protect people from unforeseen disasters, and reconstructs dangerous and labor-intensive tasks with robotics technology, including autonomous control technology.
By identifying customer needs and ensuring true value, we will realize a sustainable society where people and robots coexist.

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Representative Director, CEOSATOSHI WASHIYAM.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.
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Board Director, CFOKENSUKE HAYAKAWAM.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.
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Board Director, COOSHOJI TERAYAMAM.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.
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ACSL, Inc. Board Director, CEOCYNTHIA HUANGM.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.
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Global CTO and ACSL, Inc. Board DirectorCHRIS RAABE, PhDPh.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.
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Executive Officer, Production UnitNOBUYUKI INOUEServed 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.
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Executive Officer, Corporate Management UnitKAZUMASA OTANICertified 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.
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Director (External) Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
KENTARO SHIZUKA
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Director (External) Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
YUKA KATSUKI
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Director (External) Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
TADAHARU SHIMAZU
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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.
- Nov. 2016
- First ever successful remote control of a drone using the high-speed communication line LTE network.
- 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).
Aquired ISO 9001 certification. - Jan. 2019
- Received type approval under the safety standard certification established by JUAV as the first time for small rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle.
- 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. , a joint venture 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. - Sept. 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.
- May. 2022
- Capital and business alliance agreement signed with REACT Co., Ltd. (formerly i-eat Co., Ltd.), developer of Unmanned Ground Vehicle.
- Dec. 2022
- Announced new domestic delivery drone with Japan Post Co., Ltd. and Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd.
Established a subsidiary, ACSL, Inc. 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.
- Dec. 2024
- Business and capital alliance agreement signed with Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.