Todai Robot Project

“Todai Robot Project (Can a robot get into the University of Tokyo?)” was initiated by National Institute of Informatics in 2011 as an AI grand challenge. The goal of the project is to create an AI system that answers real questions of university entrance examinations consisting of two parts, the multiple-choice style national standardized tests and the written tests including short essays. The task naturally requires development of underlying technologies in the research areas including natural language processing, image processing, speech recognition, automated theorem proving, computer algebra and computer simulation. At the same time, interdisciplinary research synthesis is necessary. From 2013, our software have taken mock tests of the National Center Test every year. The result shows that its ability is still far below the average entrants of Tokyo University. However, it is beyond the average: it is competent to pass the entrance exams of two thirds of universities including 33 national universities in Japan.