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April 16, 2025
Student team from Utsunomiya Campusselected to represent Japan in the international innovation contest
A team from the laboratory of Professor Hasuda Yuichi of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Information and Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Technology, Teikyo University, and the robotics club RoboLab won second place in the domestic qualifying round of the 16th International Innovation Contest (iCAN'25) held on Sunday, April 13, 2025, and was selected to represent Japan at the world competition along with first-place winner Aoyama Gakuin University.
iCAN'25 is an international competition in which participants propose applications using MEMS devices and compete with the results of their prototypes. Winning teams advance through the Japan preliminary competition to the world finals. This team's research theme is "an automatic sampling machine for mosquitoes and flies that transmit infectious diseases." The sampling machine, which attracts and captures mosquitoes that transmit malaria and dengue fever, which kill 700,000 people annually, is equipped with AI object detection functionality. A monitoring system equivalent to that used in nuclear power plants transmits real-time information to researchers about the appearance of sanitary pests, as well as environmental values such as carbon dioxide concentration, temperature, humidity, and light intensity. At the domestic preliminary competition, the judges praised the technology, which combines robotics and AI. Furthermore, the high level of completion of the product earned it high praise, including the opportunity to promote its commercialization.
The world championships will be held in Hong Kong in October 2025.
We look forward to seeing the Hasuda Laboratory and RoboLab's future development of robotics and AI products and their success at world competitions.
Please see the International Innovation Contest website here
Member
Hiroto Suzuki (3rd year, Department of Information and Electronic Engineering)
Hiroki Toudou (2nd year, Department of Mechanical and Precision Systems)
Coaches: Professor Yuichi Hasuda and technical staff member Tomohiro Tayama
- * MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) device: A device with a micron-level structure that integrates sensors, actuators, electronic circuits, etc. of machine element parts on a semiconductor substrate.
