SME SME Projects Funded by the EU and Other Bodies Other Universities and Research Centers SANT' ANNA Self-Funded Projects Spin-Off RoboCasa Projects Funded by Other Bodies Other Universities and Research Centers WASEDA Self-Funded Projects Spin-Off Scientific Events Joint Research Dissemination (a) " Humanoids: A Techno-Ontological Approach " (2001) " Research on Humanoid, Service, and Rescue Robots in Italy and in Japan " (2003) " The Man and the Robot: Italian and Japanese Approaches " (2005) " Robots and Humans " (2006) " Robots are Already Among Us! " (2007) " Service Robotics-Medical Robotics " (2009) " Robotics and Education in Italy and Japan " (2010) " New Critical Challenges in Robotics " (2011) (b) " Assistance Robots for Disasters " (2012) " Technologies for Humans and Humanoid Robotics " (2013) " Robot Coworker-Towards a Society Supported by Robot Coworkers " (2014) " Can Robots Save the World Economy? " (2015) " Robotics and the Arts " (2016) " Robotics and Sport Science " (2017) " The First Robots-Leonardo Da Vinci and the History and Future of Mechanisms " (2018) " Robots and the Future " (2019) Cooperative Education Exchanges New Companies (c) Figure 2. (a) The RoboCasa model of cooperation between Italy and Japan, (b) titles of Italy-Japan workshops on robotics and the years they were held, and (c) advertising material used for previous workshops (from left to right: the 2014, 2016, and 2018 editions). EU: European Union; SMU: small and medium-sized enterprises. 152 * IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE * SEPTEMBER 2021