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The OIT MONOLAB. Robot Project is a group established in August 2008 comprising students who volunteer to join, wishing to enter robot competitions. Based in the Monodzukuri Center (MONOLAB.), the project has attracted roughly 40 new members every year. The project's activity range has widened rapidly, from battling contests between small biped robots, which is a popular style of competition in the Kansai area, to national level competitions. In 2011, the project made its debut in the NHK University Robot Contest (NHK Robocon) 2011 and gained the quarter finals. In the 11th, 15th and 19th Rescue Robot Contests, it was awarded the Grand Prize for Rescue Engineering. In the NHK Robocon, the team reached the semi-final in 2012 and 2017. In 2016, the team reached the quarter final and received two awards. Participating students now form their own teams, work under a strict schedule and budget management, research into each competition and undertake the concept generation, mechanical design, prototype construction and robot testing. The successes of the Robot Project as well as the remarkable development of students seem to be never ending.The goal of the project is to win the “Birdman Rally” which is held every year at Lake Biwa. From the year 2000, the OIT glider club, the predecessor of the project, participated in its glider category "Formula" and won in 2008. Then in 2009, the Human-Powered Aircraft Project started to design a new aircraft equipped with a human-powered propeller, and it completed one plane in 2012. Since then, the team is completing in the human powered single-bladed propeller category. In 2015, the team flew about 5Km, ranking the 3rd among 12 teams. A new aircraft with improved gearboxes was developed. In 2022, they successfully flew 14,274 meters, the longest flight in the history of our university, and won the 2nd place in the category. They were also awarded the Judges' Special Prize. The project will continue to challenge the rally, further improving its highly efficient single-bladed propeller.15OIT 2022-2023OIT offers students many projects that they can learn and communicate beyond laboratories and departments. Most projects are not classes but PBL (Project-Based Learning) that students independently take part in. These projects make students find topics and assist in developing their abilities to write their thesis.Solar Car ProjectThe solar car project TEAM REGALIA is one of the projects under the auspices of the Osaka Institute of Technology's Monozukuri Center. Started in June 2005, the purpose of the project is to teach practical aspects of engineering. The Project team currently comprises about 60 students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, the Department of Environmental Engineering and the Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering. They are engaged in R&D activities that involve planning, design and building of solar-powered racing cars, competition activities that are for verifying the performance of the created vehicles, and community activities that include assisting in special environmental education in primary schools and helping with eco-events. In 2018, the team built the new vehicle, Ciero, it took the third place of the Olympia Class in the FIA Alternative Energies Cup Solar Car Race Suzuka 2018. In 2019, it took the third place of the World Green Challenge Solar & FC Car Rally. Activities will continue, aiming to achieve greater development and take on world-class challenges.Human-Powered Aircraft ProjectProject-Based Learning (Hands-on Activities)Challenge of the OIT MONOLAB. Robot ProjectInterdisciplinary Projects