Professor Jun OTA is a Professor at Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), the University of Tokyo.

He received B.E., M.E. and Ph.D degrees from the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 1987, 1989 and 1994 respectively. From 1989 to 1991, he joined Nippon Steel Cooperation. In 1991, he was a Research Associate of the University of Tokyo. In 1996, he became an Associate Professor. From April 2009, he became a Professor at Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. From June 2009, he became a Professor at at Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering (RACE), the University of Tokyo. From 1996 to 1997, he was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. His research interests are multi-agent robot systems, design support for large-scale production/material handling systems, mobiligence, human behavior analysis and support.