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TUT originated startup company “Power Wave” established for wireless power transfer technology for vehicles and robots

“Power Wave”, a university-based startup company was launched in March 2021 from the Laboratory of Professor Takashi Ohira at Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), which promotes the research and practical application development of wireless power transfer to Electric Vehicles (EV) from the road while driving. This technology, which combines both power transmission and charging, is attracting attention as a way to compensate for the limited range of EVs.

The CEO of the company will be Shinji Abe (29 years old), TUT Project Research Assistant and graduate of Sendai KOSEN National College of Technology, who has been promoting this research at TUT’s graduate school . The CTO will be TUT Project Research Assistant Minoru Mizutani, a graduate of Suzuka KOSEN and TUT’s Masters course. Finally, Professor Takashi Ohira was appointed as Director and General Manager of the R&D Division. Power Wave was established with the cooperation of local private companies in Toyohashi City with Mr. Norito Oida, CEO of the IT-related start-up company TASUKI, as CFO and Mr Koichi Obata, Director of a certified public accountant firm, as auditor. Full-scale system verification experiments will begin in October of this year jointly with Toyota Group companies such as Aisin and Denso, with the aim of providing a practical system from 2022 onwards. This work is partially supported by “Knowledge Hub Aichi”, the Priority Research Project from Aichi Prefectural Government.

Related TUT Research Articles

• Starting development of a wireless charging system for amusement park Go-karts, TUT Research No.23, Nov. 2020
• Social Implementation of Technology and the Role of Toyohashi University of Technology in Society, TUT Research No.11, Dec. 2017
• "Resonance Q Theory" – A Breakthrough Discovered by TUT, TUT Research No.11, Dec. 2017
• A new measure for wireless power transfer, TUT Research No.3, Nov. 2015

Toyohashi Heart Center and TUT establish collaborative research program

Toyohashi University of Technology and Toyohashi Heart Center have established a collaborative research program to realize a smart hospital utilizing AI and IoT robotics based around the principles of providing high quality medical care with high efficiency and low labor intensity. A large-scale collaborative research project with a total research investment of 100 million yen will run for five years starting in FY2021. The research will focus on the following goals: implementation of an AI automated medical consultation system using voice input, a medical record preparation support system using natural language processing, a cardiovascular imaging diagnosis system using AI based on the image data and diagnosis results accumulated at the Heart Center. At the same time, an educational program to develop human resources who can sustainably adopt, utilize, and develop AI and IoT technologies for use in medical care. Through this program, TUT will promote the social implementation of the university’s research results in the medical field.