Awards, Media Coverage, and Presentations
2021年
日刊工業新聞（2020年1月3日）
「メカトロニクス」2020年1月号
Awards and Recognition
2018年
Selected as the lead company for the first phase of the Ota Ward Strategic Cluster Industry Formation Pilot Project (FY2018)
Received the Japan Society for Precision Engineering Manufacturing Award (FY2018)
2019年
Received the “Good Job Creation Award” (Jonan Shinkin Bank Award) at the 10th Ota Ward Business Plan Contest
Received the Japan Society for Precision Engineering Manufacturing Award (FY2018)
Winner of the “Ota Excellence in Craftsmanship Award” at the 31st Ota City Small and Medium Enterprise New Product and New Technology Competition
FY 2019: Piezo Sonic Motor Received the Good Design Award
2020年
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 9th Aoyama Startup Acceleration Center (ASAC)
Selected for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Manufacturing Venture Incubation Program, “Tokyo Startup BEAM Project”
2021年
世田谷区「ものつくるひと」
Won the “5G New Business Award” at the “Reversible World 2021 ~Challengers Changing the World~ Great Impact Award”
Selected for Kanagawa Prefecture’s “Robot Implementation Project for COVID-19 Countermeasures”
2022年
Won the Grand Prize at the 33rd Ota City Small and Medium Enterprise New Product and New Technology Competition
Our CEO, Tada, was appointed as a visiting lecturer at the University of Information Management and Innovation (iU)
Won the CES 2022 Innovation Award in the “Drones & Unmanned Systems” category
Won the Grand Prix in the “Startup & University” category at the CEATEC AWARD 2022
Selected for “J-TECH STARTUP 2022”
2023年
Received the Special Award at the 2022 Tokyo Venture Technology Grand Prix
Selected for the 6th Term “NEXs Tokyo” Collaborative Business Creation Program “JUMP” by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Received the SMB Excellent Company Award in the “Robotics” category
Received the “Manufacturing Excellence Award” from the Japan Society for Precision Engineering
Won the Best Company Award at the 6th NEXs Tokyo Collaboration Business Creation Program Demo Day
Selected for Kitakyushu City’s FY2023 “Global Acceleration (GAP-K)” Support Program
Selected for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Startup Intellectual Property Support Program”
Selected for the Ota Ward FY2023 New Product and New Technology Development Support Grant
2025年
Selected for the FY2025 Ota Ward New Product and New Technology Development Project
Received the Encouragement Award at the 37th Ota Ward SME New Product and New Technology Competition
Selected as a Full Member of the Impact Startup Association
Received the JR Award at the “Meet New Solution in TIB 2025” Startup Pitch
Selected for the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency’s “300 Thriving SMEs and Small Businesses (2025)” Program
Media Coverage
2018
Company Tank
“FujiSankei Business i.”
Setagaya Ward Official Magazine “SeRa”
DMM.make Manufacturing Log Interview
2019
Mechatronics (December Issue)
“Mechatronics” (March 2019 Issue)
Jonan Shinkin Bank Official Magazine “Ume Navi”
“Mechatronics” July 2019 Issue
TV Tokyo “AI・DOL Project”
INTERNET Watch
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (November 25, 2019)
2020
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (December 10, 2019)
Electronic Device Industry News (December 5, 2019)
日刊工業新聞（2020年4月28日）
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (January 3, 2020)
Setagaya Ward “People Who Make Things”
“Mechatronics” January 2020 Issue
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (April 28, 2020)
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (July 29, 2020)
2021
Rohde & Schwarz Interview
New Value Creation NAVI Web Magazine “Company Interviews” (Series)
TV Asahi “Tokyo Site”
Forbes JAPAN
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (September 20, 2021)
TV Tokyo Plus “5G New Business Award”
Forbes JAPAN (October 26, 2021)
Robosta (October 14, 2021)
TECH+ (October 27, 2021)
TOKYO MX “news FLAG” (November 5, 2021)
Robosta (November 7, 2021)
Robot Shinbun (November 19, 2021)
AXIS (December 6, 2021)
tvk “tvk Spot News” (December 16, 2021)
Jiji Press (December 21, 2021)
Fuji TV “Live News a” (December 17, 2021)
2022
New Atlas (January 6, 2022)
TechCrunch (December 22, 2021)
DRONE (January 7, 2022)
Olhar Digital (January 7, 2022)
autoevolution (January 7, 2022)
Robohub (January 8, 2022)
technews (January 10, 2022)
Forbes JAPAN (January 28, 2022)
Economic NEWS (January 16, 2022)
Tsugino Jidai (February 4, 2022)
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (March 16, 2022)
Forbes (February 17, 2022)
Unique Ota (March 25, 2022)
NNA (March 2022)
Quadcept Inc. Website Interview (March 2022)
Ota Ward Web Media “Unique Ota-san” (April 2022)
New Value Creation Exhibition: Successful Exhibition Case Study (April 2022)
Nikkei (June 24, 2022)
Sagami Robot Industry Special Zone “ROBOT TOWN SAGAMI” (July 2022)
Fukushima Minpo (August 3, 2022)
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (August 25, 2022)
AXIS (December 6, 2021)
HERO X (August 19, 2022)
Electronic Device Industry News (September 29, 2022)
Fukushima Minpo (September 14, 2022)
Impress Watch (October 17, 2022)
EE TIMES Japan (October 17, 2022)
Robosta (October 17, 2022)
Nikkei Cross Tech (October 18, 2022)
DG Lab Haus (October 18, 2022)
IP Encyclopedia (October 18, 2022)
J-Net21 (October 20, 2022)
Fukushima Minpo (October 19, 2022)
Logistics News (October 24, 2022)
Jiji Press (October 24, 2022)
LOGISTICS TODAY (October 24, 2022)
Fukushima Minpo (October 24, 2022)
Zaikei Shimbun (October 24, 2022)
LOGI-BIZ Online (October 25, 2022)
CEATEC News (October 24, 2022)
Fukushima Minpo (October 27, 2022)
Automation Shimbun (October 28, 2022)
Monthly Smart House (December 2022 issue)
日刊工業新聞（2020年7月29日）
2023
TECH (February 21, 2023)
ASCII STARTUP (December 8, 2022)
EE Times (February 22, 2023)
Build Innovation Together (Case Studies) Vol. 3 (March 2023)
MONOist (March 9, 2023)
Kobe Shimbun (April 22, 2023)
DRONE (May 1, 2023)
Forbes JAPAN (May 7, 2023)
ASCII STSRTUP (May 18, 2023)
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Digital Edition (July 28, 2023)
2024
PR TIMES (March 1, 2024)
StartupClass (Startup Magazine / CEO Interview) (February 28, 2024)
Kyodo News PR wire (April 17, 2024)
Japan Logistics News (October 25, 2024)
Forbes JAPAN (May 7, 2023)
2025
COCO COLOR KUMAMOTO (August 20, 2025)
Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun (May 12, 2025)
Drone Journal (Impress) (December 15, 2025)
2026
TOKYO 5G Boosters (January 21, 2026)
TOKYO 5G Boosters (March 10, 2026)
TOKYO 5G Boosters (January 29, 2026)
Nikkei Electronic Edition (March 2026)
RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting “Hino-kuni Tamashii” (March 2026)
Nihon Kogyo Shuppan “Ultrasonic Techno”
Presentations
June
May 2018
Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University
August
Lecturer, Autodesk Booth, Design & Manufacturing Solutions Expo, Tokyo Big Sight
February 2019
Presentation on “Ultrasonic Motors: Piezo-Sonic Motors” at the Ota Industrial Fair
Advisor, Startup Weekend Tokyo
March
Lecturer, “Manufacturing Seminar” at Ota City Industrial Plaza
April
Keynote Speaker, Knowledge Seminar for the Ota City Industrial Cluster Formation Pilot Project
July
Lecturer, Industrial Technology Center: “Latest Trends in Ultrasonic Motors: Piezo-Sonic Motors”
August
September
Advisor, Startup Weekend Ota
Speaker, DMM.make AKIBA Tech Structure Seminar
“L x T Bridge: Life Sciences x DMM.make AKIBA—Innovation Through Human Connections”
DMM.make AKIBA Morning Pitch: Presenter
November
Industrial Exchange Exhibition: Presentation
JTEKT & P-Band.com Sheet Metal Processing Seminar: Lecturer
December
Tokyo Metropolitan University (formerly Tokyo Metropolitan University): Presentation
April
January 2020
Lecturer, Graduate School of Industrial Technology
Saitama Prefectural Industrial Promotion Corporation Service Robot Lecture: Presentation
September
Webinar hosted by Factory Agent
Speaker at DMM.make AKIBA Morning Pitch
Speaker at the Haneda Innovation City Grand Opening Event (Sawayaka Shinkin Bank booth)
Entrepreneurship lecture at Startup Hub Tokyo Tachikawa
October
Online lecture at the 32nd Machiko Bar
ASAC 10th Cohort Demo Day: Graduating Student Presentation
Olimbecsta: “Introduction to Ultrasonic Motors and Their Applications” Webinar
November
January 2021
Ota Open Factory ONLINE: Lecture
Medtech: Online Lecture
February
Virtual Industrial Exchange Exhibition: Team Setagaya Online Seminar: Lecture
April
34th Tonomachi Café with Ota City: “Startups Soaring from Ota and Kawasaki” – Presentation
Morning Pitch: “Episode 377: Aoyama Startup Acceleration Center (ASAC) Special Feature”
Olimbeksuta: “Practical Applications of Ultrasonic Motors” Webinar – Presentation
July
Haneda Meetup Day 2021 ~Robotics × Manufacturing at HANEDA INNOVATION CITY~ Presentation
September
Startup Support Seminar “Learning How to Overcome Challenges in the Early Stages of a Startup from Three Unique Founding Stories” (Rokugo BASE) Presentation
Webinar hosted by Factory Agent Presentation
December
Presentation at the Nikkei Inc. “CES 2022 Report Session”
April
January 2022
June
Presentation at the Vanguard Systems Employee Training Session
Presentation at the Olimbecsta webinar “Practical Applications of Ultrasonic Motors”
July
Presentation at the Protostar “Seminar on Changing Careers to Startups: Sales Edition”
Presentation at the seminar for the 40th Motor Technology Exhibition
August
Lecture at Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun’s “Lunar Development Forum – NIKKANKOUGYO MOON PRESS – ‘Study Session 2’”
September
Lecture at the “Ota Ward & Neuss District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: Exchange Meeting for Local Governments, Startups, and Companies Toward Future Collaboration”
November
December
Daiwa House Industry: Presenter at “D's Idea Pitch”
“city-Tech.Tokyo”: Presenter at Startup Pitch
Ota Ward: Instructor for “Workshop on How to Create Your Own Products (Ota Ward)”
February 2023
March
“37th Tokyo Inter-Industry Exchange Group Joint Networking Event”: Speaker
“7th J-TECH STARTUP SUMMIT”: Presenter
April
Lecturer at Ota Ward “How to Create Your Own Products Workshop (Ota Ward)”
May
Speaker at MIRAI BAR DAY
June
Speaker at the 248th MINERVA Business Plan Presentation
Speaker at Olimbeksuta Online Seminar
July
March
February 2024
Lecturer at the Ota Ward “Workshop on Creating Your Own Products (Ota Ward)”
Speaker at the Itabashi Ward Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Exchange Event
Lecturer at Ota Ward “How to Create Your Own Products Workshop (Ota Ward)”
July
October
Speaker at the DC Friends Association
Speaker at the Ota Ward Research and Development Fair: “Mighty: An Autonomous Transport Robot Capable of Operating in Diverse Environments”
November
Lecturer at Ota Ward “How to Create Your Own Products Workshop (Ota Ward)”
Lecturer at the Landing Pad Tokyo Online Seminar
July
March 2025
Lecturer at Ota Ward “How to Create Your Own Products Workshop (Ota Ward)”
Lecturer at Ota Ward “How to Create Your Own Products Workshop (Ota Ward)”
October
December
Speaker at IMPACT STARTUP PITCH
“Meet New Solution in TIB 2025” Startup Pitch Speaker
Speaker at “Next Career Guide for Sales/Marketing Professionals”
February
January 2026
“Using Intellectual Property as a Weapon to Conquer the World - IP Strategies to Enhance Startup Valuation and Startup Pitches” Speaker
Ota Ward “How to Create Your Own Product Workshop (Ota Ward)” Speaker
Here we showcase the awards we have received to date, as well as our various writing and speaking engagements, all achieved through co-creation with our partner manufacturers and customers in the Piezo Sonic motor business. We are always accepting new speaking engagement requests. Please contact us via the Contact Us page.
