The Faculty of Robotics and Design is established in 2017 with the following three departments:

1. Department of Robotics
2. Department of System Design
3. Department of Design and Architecture

Robots are evolving at a rapid pace all around us these days. The term "robot" as used here covers everything that uses artificial intelligence, or is connected to the IoT. This includes all of the devices that we use on a daily basis, including automobiles, cellphones, household appliances and the machinery used on production lines. In other words, Japan’s manufacturing industry, as well as society as we know it, is changing at a drastic rate.

However, it requires more than simple technical skills to cater to this change in the times. For example, although many of the parts used in smartphones are made in Japan with high levels of quality, the largest share of completed products that appear on the world’s markets is made overseas. This same situation also applies to the household appliance sector, which is backing Japanese companies into a corner in the global marketplace. Although it goes without saying that technology is important, what is in greater demand at the moment is creative skills to produce innovative designs that integrates parts into attractive products and systems.

Amid this environment, the Osaka Institute of Technology believes that it is necessary to nurture human resources with the creative skills required to produce innovative system designs at the same time as nurturing engineers and technicians. Superior levels of technology and sensitivity have the ability to support manufacturing and societal growth in the new age. And the institute capable of nurturing human resources with these skills is the Faculty of Robotics and Design Engineering.