# Takanori Shibata: person

Canonical ID: `e6341c15-a9af-4d7c-b466-4a0b59300401`

Inventor of the PARO therapeutic seal robot, which he began developing at Japan's AIST in 1993; chief senior research scientist at AIST.

- **Nationality:** Japanese
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [PARO Robots](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/paro.md) Inventor (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [PARO Robots](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/paro.md) (sole)

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paro_(robot)


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