Quantum Mesh Establishes Business Partnership with RDS, a Developer of AI-Driven Health Data Analysis: Creating Digital Infrastructure for Health and Mobility via Walk-Analysis Robots, Leveraging Data Accumulated in Edge Data Centers to Promote Real-Time Health Support and Preventive Care

Quantum Mesh Inc. (Pronunciation: Quantum Mesh / Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroyuki Shinohara; hereinafter "Quantum Mesh") announces that it has established a business partnership with RDS Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yukiri Sugihara; hereinafter "RDS") in the field of IoT devices such as walk-analysis robots. Under this partnership, the two companies will leverage a domestic digital platform that enables secure data protection and low-latency processing for AI and IoT, working to create a new infrastructure for health and mobility.

Amid the urgent need for secure management of massive amounts of data due to recent AI advancements—especially the expanding utilization of Generative AI—Quantum Mesh has initiated the development of domestic data infrastructure from the perspectives of data sovereignty and privacy protection. The company develops and operates geographically distributed edge data centers designed for regional revitalization, disaster prevention measures, and the realization of a decentralized society.

RDS specializes in product design and technological development in the next-generation mobility sector, such as wheelchairs and walk-analysis robots, and its innovative products are highly acclaimed. Utilizing its developed products, the company cooperates with medical institutions and local governments to address preventive care for an ultra-aging society through walking data analysis. Quantum Mesh and RDS have established this business partnership with the objective of providing real-time services based on secure management and rapid processing of such highly anonymized data, aiming to achieve the following:

・Real-Time Health Management and Preventive Care

Data is analyzed in real time through edge data centers, responding instantly to users' health statuses and mobility patterns. This enables early detection of health risks in daily life and strengthens preventive care.

・Improvement of Healthcare and Welfare through Regional Cooperation

By having Quantum Mesh's edge data centers support the secure sharing of medical data, smooth cooperation with regional medical institutions and welfare facilities is realized. This enables data-driven healthcare and welfare policies customized for each region, improving community safety and the quality of health.

Quantum Mesh and RDS will initiate initiatives related to this project in December, aiming for practical service commercialization. Through these efforts, both companies will build a future digital infrastructure and accelerate the transition to a data-driven society. Through the utilization of IoT data in the fields of healthcare and welfare, the companies will continue to challenge themselves toward a sustainable future where each user can achieve a "richer and more secure life."

[Comment from Yukiri Sugihara, Representative Director and President of RDS]

"Our strengths lie in our in-house factory equipped with expert teams across various fields, state-of-the-art facilities, and the power to turn ideas into reality. We have acquired and analyzed physical data through unique products and new approaches, receiving high acclaim both domestically and internationally. Especially in 'walking analysis,' we have conducted walking tests for over 2,000 people to derive relationships between walking data and diseases, constructing a new model for early detection of health issues and preventive care.

On the other hand, we believe that what is required in the coming era is to integrate this data into society as new biomarkers. For this purpose, data utilization and operation are indispensable. Through collaboration with Quantum Mesh, we want to accelerate database platform construction and further accelerate health issue resolution using data."

[Comment from Hiroyuki Shinohara, Representative Director of Quantum Mesh]

"The era where massive amounts of data support modern society as 'information assets' and are utilized in people's daily lives has arrived. However, managing each individual's personal information in a secure and highly reliable environment is an urgent challenge for future society. Quantum Mesh aims to build secure and efficient edge data centers as the information processing infrastructure required for the next-generation advanced information society, providing a sustainable data ecosystem. Through this partnership, we will fuse RDS's outstanding technology with our advanced data infrastructure, promoting health data utilization and preventive care. Through this initiative, we will support the digital transformation brought by AI and IoT while contributing to improving regional healthcare and realizing safe and secure living.

Our mission is to build a society where everyone can equally enjoy benefits. We are extremely pleased to take a step toward co-creating the future through this cooperation."

■ Walk-Analysis Robot "RDS CORE-Ler"

"RDS CORE-Ler" is a walking measurement system where a robot equipped with a 3D camera measures walking posture, and the obtained data is saved and analyzed on a cloud server. Highly accurate walking motion analysis, which traditionally required expensive motion capture systems, can be performed easily and affordably. By specializing in walking measurement, evaluating more items than conventional systems is possible. Widely disseminating walking motion analysis to the general public is expected to help with early detection of illnesses that were difficult to find from walking data and contribute to preventive care.

■ About RDS Co., Ltd. (Web: https://www.rds-design.jp/)

RDS is a company that transmits a new form of design and manufacturing to the world under the concept of "Making today's ideal tomorrow's standard." With strengths in product development that combines "data" and "technology" starting from design, the company is involved in numerous product developments, including motorsports, healthcare and welfare, and state-of-the-art robots. In Italy's "A' Design Award & Competition," one of the world's most prestigious design competitions, RDS has received high international acclaim, winning the Platinum Award (the category's highest award) for "RDS WF01" and being selected for three consecutive years in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

■ About Quantum Mesh Inc.

Quantum Mesh develops and operates portable edge data centers designed to securely protect information assets and provide high-performance computing capabilities. Providing an environment where large amounts of circulating information assets are protected with world-class advanced security and can be effectively utilized with advanced calculation capability. In addition, proposing future city planning using AI and IoT starting from data centers, aiming to realize "True DX."