A student from the Faculty of Science and Technology Utsunomiya CampusFaculty of Science and Engineering the President's Award at the Invention and Innovation Contest

On Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the 19th University Student Invention and Ingenuity Contest hosted by the Japan Society of Industrial Technology Education, a team of Teikyo University students Naoki Sugaya (3rd year, Faculty of Science and Engineering), Yuya Konno (3rd year, Faculty of Science and Engineering), and Isshin Ota (3rd year, Faculty of Science and Engineering) won the President's Award, the highest award in the invention and ingenuity category. This marks the 9th time in 10 years that the Hasuda Laboratory has won the President's Award in the invention and ingenuity category, following last year's award.

The winning entry, "It's going to rain, so take an umbrella with you," is a system that retrieves the weather forecast for the time of return from the Open Weather API and encourages loved ones to take an umbrella with them when they leave the house. By incorporating the system into the umbrella stand itself, the weather information is updated automatically and continuously, making it easy for anyone to use without any special operations.
When installed at the entrance, the motion sensor detects human movement and warns family members going to school or work by voice guidance and LED lighting, saying "It's going to rain, so please take an umbrella." With this system, you won't have to worry about getting wet in the rain because you forgot to bring your umbrella, or having to spend money on buying one. In summer, you can put a plastic bottle in it instead of an umbrella, and it's a great way to prevent heatstroke.
Professor Yuichi Hasuda of the Department Department of Information and Electronic Engineering who supervised him, praised him, and Konno expressed his joy, saying, "I want to continue to use robotics in manufacturing." We look forward to seeing even more success from our students in the future.

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