Robot, Avatar & ICT
FESTIVAL #1
As we enter a super-aging society often described as the era of 100-year lives, new challenges have emerged for human society.
Even as science, technology, and civilization continue to develop, the happiness level of people in Japan has continued to decline.
Robots and avatars are constantly being upgraded and searching for new roles, with the aim of creating a society where everyone — including older adults, people with disabilities, and those in vulnerable positions who find it difficult to go out freely — can feel connected to others.
Of course, they do not have their own will or life.
Yet inside them is the warm heart of human beings who wish to make people happy. The Expo became a stage for expressing this shared aspiration.
For details about the content of this page, please refer tothe Keihanna Expo 2025 Business Report.
Competing in Everyday Life
At Keihanna Expo Festival #1, events centered on robots, avatars, and ICT — fields of research actively pursued in the Keihanna area and beyond — opened a new chapter in human-robot coexistence.
❶ Avatar Challenge 2025
Avatars, or remotely operated robots, joined a lively parade accompanied by brass band music, and took part in events at a sports festival, including rock-paper-scissors, Jizo-bon, shopping, slalom, and hill climbing.
Everyday scenes — such as playing, taking walks, and shopping together with remotely operated robots — were turned into competitions.
#161, aired May 30–June 5
❷ Drone & XR Fest
Visitors experienced drone performances controlled remotely and hands-on attractions using XR technology, moving between virtual and real worlds and experiencing near-future lifestyles created through the fusion of technology and creativity.
#161, aired May 30–June 5
❸ Avatar Visits
This project demonstrated a new style of tourism by offering experiences where participants could tour sightseeing areas remotely through avatars.
❹ Avatar Conductor
At the closing ceremony, an avatar conducted the opening quintet, presenting a vision of collaboration between humans and robots in the field of art and a society where they coexist.
❶ Keihanna Avatar Challenge 2025
May 25 Sun, 2025
3-Minute Version
＼Official Website／
Avatar Challenge 2025
Parade and Competition Using Avatars (Remotely Operated Robots)
12:45 PM Opening Ceremony
1:15 PM Parade Starts (Sundial Plaza)
1:35 PM Parade Ends (Arrival at Keihanna Commemorative Park)
2:00 PM Competition Starts
3:30 PM Public Hands-On Experience Corner
4:30 PM Award Ceremony
5:00 PM Closing
- Opening Parade
- Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Jizo-bon
- Shopping Race
- Obstacle Course (Slalom and Hill Climb)
- Hands-On Experience Corner
❷ Drone & XR Fest
May 24 Sat, 2025
Drone & XR Fest
- Micro Drone Race
- Drone Hands-On Experience
- Disaster-Response Drone Exhibition
- Avatar Drone
- Moving from the Metaverse into a Robot
- VRChat Avatar Experience
- Metaverse Study Abroad in the Park
- Robtox Disaster-Prevention Mini Game
- Keihanna Disaster-Prevention VR Video
- Gravity Paradox
- Virtual Rehabilitation
- Keihanna 3D Walk
- Interactive CG Project “Light Toward the Future”
❸ Avatar Visits
April 23 Wed, May 1 Thu, August 2 Sat–3 Sun, September 19 Fri, October 12 Sun, 2025
❹ Avatar Conductor
October 11 Sat, 2025
Events
[Osaka Healthcare Pavilion, Reborn Stage, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan]
Operate an avatar robot and take a walk around the Heijo Palace Site !
Operate an avatar robot and take a walk around the Heijo Palace Site!
Parade and Competition Using Avatars (Remotely Operated Robots)
[Parade: Seika Odori Avenue to Keihanna Commemorative Park]
[Competition: Keihanna Commemorative Park to Keihanna Plaza, Sundial Plaza]
Robot, Avatar & ICT Festival
Held on Saturdays and Sundays only during the event period
[Kansai Pavilion, Kyoto Zone, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan]
Operate an avatar robot and take a walk around Keihanna!
Keihanna is a city where anyone can freely use technology anytime and anywhere, making creative challenges possible beyond the limits of time and space.
Toward a future where the Earth and all people can exist peacefully, richly, and happily, we will continue to engage and connect with everyone.
