🇺🇦🇯🇵 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute will cooperate with Japanese companies and organizations on remote control of construction equipment. Kyiv Polytechnic Institute will conduct an experiment using remote control systems for construction equipment from the Japanese company Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.
The main advantages of the technology are safety for workers, the ability to control multiple units of equipment using a single system, inclusiveness of labor, and high precision of process execution.
🇯🇵 Participants from Japan:
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (Director of International Cooperation and Head of the Overseas Projects Division);
• Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd (Executive Director, CEO, Executive Director of Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V.);
• Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd (Manager, Associate Employee from the Ukrainian side);
• Kowatech Co., Ltd (Manager);
• Soliton Systems K.K. (senior vice president, global business manager).
🇺🇦 Participants from Ukraine:
• Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (led by the rector);
• State Service of Ukraine for Occupational Safety and Health (led by the chairman);
• Kyiv Regional Employment Center (chair);
• Institute of General Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (deputy director).
The visit also included a tour of the Ukrainian-Japanese Center at Igor Sikorsky KPI.