JAKS was established to participate in robotics competitions under the leadership of Associate Professor Tokuo Tsuji of the Frontier Engineering Division, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, along with Professor Tetsuyo Watanabe and Assistant Professor (now Associate Professor) Yosuke Suzuki of the same division, as well as Associate Professor Kimitoshi Yamazaki (now Professor at the Department of Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University) of the Institute of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, and 13 students.  Currently, JAKS is engaged in activities as part of student-driven research, applying the outcomes of research conducted in the “Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory,” “Human-Machine Creative Laboratory,” and “Robotics Design Laboratory” within the Frontier Engineering Division of Kanazawa University in a practical manner. Centered on undergraduate and graduate students belonging to the laboratories of Associate Professor Tokuo Tsuji, Professor Tetsuyo Watanabe, and Assistant Professor Yosuke Suzuki, the team actively participates in domestic and international robotics competitions and is engaged in the research and application of advanced robotics technologies.

金沢大学理工研究域フロンティア工学系の辻徳生准教授をリーダーに，同系の渡邊哲陽教授，鈴木陽介助教(現:准教授)，信州大学学術研究院(工学系)の山崎公俊准教授(現: 東北大学大学院工学研究科ロボティクス専攻教授)および学生13名がロボット競技会に参加するために結成されたJAKS.　現在は金沢大学理工研究域フロンティア工学系「ロボティクス・メカトロニクス研究室」「人間・機械創造研究室」「ロボティクス・デザイン研究室」の研究成果を実践的に応用し学生の自主性を重んじる研究活動の一環として活動を行っています．辻徳生准教授，渡邊哲陽教授，鈴木陽介助教の研究室に所属する学類生・大学院生を中心に, 国内外のロボット競技会で活躍し,先進的なロボット技術の研究と実践に取り組んでいます．