Cooperating in remote control of machinery

The Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute will cooperate with Japanese companies and organisations on the remote control of construction equipment, and will conduct an experiment on the use of systems developed by the Japanese company Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd. The company’s name, "Yachiyo," is taken from a Japanese phrase that can be translated as "contributing to human society for all eternity."

The key advantages of the technology are safety for employees, the capability of controlling multiple units of machinery through a single system, inclusivity for the workforce, and the high precision of technological processes.

Japanese delegation included:

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan (Director for International Cooperation and Head of the Overseas Projects Division)

• Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd (Executive General Manager, General Manager, Executive Director of Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V.)

• Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd (manager, associate employee from the Ukrainian side)

• Manager of Kowatech Co., Ltd

• Soliton Systems K.K. (Senior Vice President, Global Business Manager) – the leading Japanese technology company with a clear emphasis on Research & Development, including remote control and teleoperation.

Participants in the meeting from Ukraine:

• Kyiv Polytechnic (headed by Rector Anatolii Melnychenko)

• State Labor Service of Ukraine (led by the Head of the Service)

• Director of the Kyiv Regional Employment Centre

• Deputy Director of the General Energy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

The visit also included a tour of the Kyiv Polytechnic’s Ukraine-Japan Centre, underscoring the deepening ties between the two nations.