Next Generation Mobility
New transportation technologies will change the world.
New mobility is born from electrical and electronic engineering, such as electric vehicles and their automated driving, superconducting linear systems, drones, and space exploration. Let's learn together about the control technology that enables high-speed and high-efficiency electric drive and automatic driving.
What is Next Generation Mobility？
The power source of automobiles is shifting from internal combustion engines to electric drives, and modern automobiles are built on electrical and electronic engineering. In addition to improving fuel efficiency, the electrification of automobiles has great potential in terms of easy wireless recharging at home, power supply while driving, slip prevention through high controllability, and flexible body design. Automatic driving has become a reality and is attracting attention, but it is the control, sensing, and information processing technologies that make this possible. In the field of railroads, the Linear Central Shinkansen is being developed for commercial operation and is about to play a leading role in the next generation of high-speed railroads. This will be the world's first practical application of a superconducting magnetic levitation railroad. In the railroad system as well, advanced optimization of the operation plan has made it possible to reduce the environmental impact and to recover quickly in the event of a disaster. This electrification of mobility is not limited to the ground, but is also changing aerial transportation through the spread of drones and the development of electric planes. In space, electrical and electronic engineering has come to play a central role in the control of spacecraft and ion engines. In the fields of nursing care and medical care, the realization of advanced control of electric wheelchairs, artificial limbs and hands is directly related to the improvement of quality of life.
Mobility is undergoing such a major transformation, but there are still many issues to be resolved in order to promote further electrification and automation. For example, there is a need to develop new control theories to realize advanced and flexible automated driving, to introduce AI and IoT, and to develop superconducting motors and cables to increase the efficiency of electric drive.
By studying in this field, you will be able to acquire a wide range of theories and technologies in control, electrical equipment, superconductivity, automobiles, and railroads. With solid knowledge and your free ideas, why don't you work together to realize the dream of next-generation mobility, from automobiles to space?
