Kiyotaka Hamanaka from the Department of Electrical Engineering, a first-year master's student, has been selected as a BEST STUDENT PAPER FINALIST at AIM2024.

Name of award and short explanation about the award

The BEST STUDENT PAPER FINALIST is an award given to the first authors of the six most outstanding papers written by students at the time of writing, presented at the 2024 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM2024).

About awarded research(activity)

The high-speed operation of stacker cranes used in automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) is crucial for improving the overall efficiency of the warehouse. However, achieving this requires reducing the inherent vibrations that occur during operation. In this study, an active mass damper (AMD) was installed on a stacker crane, and an acceleration feedforward control of the AMD using the stacker crane's trajectory information was proposed. This method demonstrated superior vibration suppression performance compared to the conventional acceleration feedback control of AMD and was validated using a test bench.

Your impression & future plan

I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious award. I am immensely grateful to Professors Koseki and Onishi, as well as to everyone at Toyota Industries Corporation, and my laboratory members for their guidance and support in carrying out this research. I will continue to further explore the possibilities of stacker cranes and AMD in future research.