Mr. Yuta Shimizu, a graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, received SICE Excellent Student Award from The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Mr. Yuta Shimizu (NAKAMURA Sousuke Laboratory), a graduate of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, received the SICE Student of Excellence Award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE).

This award is given to students who are expected to graduate from a university or other educational organization and who have demonstrated excellence in both character and academics.

Mr. Shimizu is currently enrolled in Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

◆Name of Award
SICE Outstanding Student Award

Awarded Society
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Date of Award
　February 1, 2023

◆Content of Research
　In recent years, as part of factory automation (FA), the number of AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) operating in factories and warehouses has been increasing. Currently, any method of charging AGVs requires them to stop while charging, resulting in non-working time for the AGVs.
　This research aims to develop an autonomous mobile robot, "WPT-Robot," which performs wireless power supply while following behind the AGV (trailing power supply), and to reduce the non-working time of the AGV during power supply. In this paper, we have improved the performance of the tracking power supply function.
　Possible social contributions of this research include: (1) improvement of AGV operation time and associated factory productivity, and (2) application to factory automation.