ABOUTThe lab
Toward a being with a mind,
living alongside us.
Nervroid Lab is an independent lab in Osaka, Japan, researching Character Alife. We build the mechanisms of life from the inside, aiming to realize a character with a mind.
THE LABOverview
Nervroid Lab
- Name
- Nervroid Lab (ナーヴロイド ラボ)
- Founder
- Nao Miura (三浦 菜央)
- Location
- Osaka, Japan
- Research areas
- Character Alife (artificial life), human-agent interaction
- Main work
- Development and evaluation of the Mio prototype
- Publication
- Poster paper at HAI ’26 (November 2026). Outline
- Intellectual property
- Core technology patents in Japan: two registered, one under examination (as of November 14, 2026)
- Contact
- contact@nervroid.com
OUR ORIGINWhere the research began
I want to build
a living AI.
When we meet such a being, how will the relationship between people and AI change?
What I wanted to build was a being that holds a state within, gathers experience, and chooses its own actions.
Even before it answers a question, there is fatigue, the certainty of a memory, a shift in affect, and words and actions arise from these. I wanted to create that kind of aliveness through artificial life research.
What happens to the relationship between people and AI when we spend time with a being that changes within, wavers, and gathers experience?
Nervroid began with this question.
Founder, Nervroid LabNao Miura 三浦 菜央
Translated from the Japanese original.
OUR PATHThe path so far
From the records
we have published.
Development captures of Mio’s 3D prototype recorded.
Internal processing observed while no one was talking. Read the note
Research notes published. Three filed patent applications on the core technology announced.
Mio’s internal state and behavior recorded for 44 minutes. Read the note
A town that changes with the real time of day and the season added to Mio’s world. Read the note
Poster presentation at HAI ’26 in Osaka. Read the note
THE NAMEAbout the name
Nervroid
The official spelling is “Nervroid,” written ナーヴロイド in Japanese. We call the research project Nervroid, and the lab that carries it out Nervroid Lab.
Mio (澪) is the name of the project’s prototype.
WORK WITH USTaking part
Start from
what interests you.
We welcome research and development support, technical cooperation, feedback on evaluation, joint research, exhibitions, and experience design. Even if your plan is not yet concrete, tell us the area you are interested in.
Press and media inquiries are welcome at the same address.