 Robotics, autonomy and the future potential of machine intelligence are areas of common interest between the United States and Japan. A delegation from the Japanese Association of Defense Industries visited the U.S. Army Research Laboratory October 5th at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland for briefings and demonstrations on the future of autonomy. The purpose of the visit is to understand what technology will feed into the third offset strategy. The DOD's vision of the third offset strategy includes advanced projects in areas like robotics, miniaturization and manufacturing that are meant to ensure the United States can maintain military superiority. The Army Research Laboratory has been involved in autonomous systems, artificial intelligence by another name for many, many years. The group listened to briefings on human-robotic interactions and perception in small robots and then gave a briefing on Japanese unmanned systems research. The visit also included technology demonstrations. The laboratory seeks collaborative partnerships with industry and academia across the globe that lead to knowledge building and research breakthroughs as part of its open campus initiative official set for ARL TV. I'm David McNally.