Kogakuin University (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) student project "Kogakuin University Robot Project" will participate in "NHK Student Robocon 2017" to be held on June 6, 11 (Sun).While utilizing the extensive research facilities on campus, the technology and knowledge that has been passed down has made it possible to participate in the "NHK Student Robocon" for 2017 consecutive years.
The student project of Kogakuin University aims to revitalize voluntary creative activities related to science and engineering by student groups, foster creativity, and grow into human beings who can play an active role as leaders in society.
Among them, the robot project, which is celebrating its 17th anniversary, is active with the goal of participating in the annual "NHK Student Robocon" and the "ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest" in which the winning school participates as a representative of Japan.Every year, based on a new competition theme, the students themselves do everything from idea generation to production and competition participation.In addition, he is working to improve his creativity and technical skills with the aim of winning a contest jointly with other universities and winning a design award, and is also cultivating communication skills by working on production as a member.
Katsumi Sakai (3rd year, Department of Electrical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering), the student representative of the project, said, "In order to achieve our goal of winning the championship, we will repeat experiments as a team with the concept of creating a robot that can win. While identifying the problems, we have tried to optimize the robot through trial and error. With the history of the project, we will face the tournament with the technical foundation cultivated by our seniors and the robot aiming for optimization. " I'm commenting.
The student project of Kogakuin University is active in various fields, and in addition to the robot project, "Birdman Project Wendy" decided to participate in the 2017th Bird Man Contest 7 in July 40, October 2017 The "Solar Team" is scheduled to participate in the world tournament held in Australia.
