On August 8, His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince visited Toba National College of Maritime Technology.

His Royal Highness attended the "8 National High School Championships Comprehensive Opening Ceremony" held in Ise City, Mie Prefecture on August 1st, and visited the local circumstances from July 30st to August 7st. We visited Ise City for three days until the end of the day, and as part of that, we were able to visit our school.At the National College of Technology, the Crown Prince's visit is the first time at Toba National College of Maritime Technology.

On the day of the event, after welcoming from President Taniguchi of the National College of Technology Headquarters, Principal Hayashi (Toba National College of Maritime Technology) and students of the same school, students of the Department of Commercial Ships, Department of Electromechanical Engineering, Department of Control and Information Engineering, and Advanced Course respectively. , Introduced daily learning results using videos and panels.His Imperial Highness was interested in the boarding training experience at Nippon Maru, the demonstration of two robots that participated in last year's National College of Technology Robocon Tournament, and the explanatory material of the "automatic feeding system utilizing artificial intelligence" announced at the Imagine Cup 2 World Tournament. To the students who saw and explained, "Have you had any difficulties in boarding training?", "Is it possible to utilize robot manufacturing technology in the future?", "Is there any difficulty in creating artificial intelligence?" The students were nervous but politely answered the question.Also, on my way home, I asked the students who were seeing off to say "Please continue to do your best."

■ The Crown Prince waving to the students who greeted him (left)

■ Principal Hayashi (center) explaining Robocon to His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince