Tohoku University

Ihi Transport Machinery Co., Ltd.

Japan Institute of Leather Research

Koki Suzuki

Hiroyuki Arai

Kazuhiro Kosuge

Yasuhisa Hirata

Kei Akune

Masashi Kusubata

Shinkichi Irie

Yoh-ichi Koyama

Hiroyuki Shinozuka

Koki Ogata

Takashi Kanbayashi

Mitsukazu Ohmoto

Mitsuru Endo

An object moving apparatus is provided which is different from coordinated conveyance through real-time information exchange between carriages only by wireless communication and which can move an object reliably and in a more stable manner by coordinated control of carriages without the object falling off. Arranged is a leader carriage A with a carriage bodytravelable in all directions by travel driversand a lifterattached to the carriage body via a link mechanismfor lifting up a vehicleas object. The leader carriage is movable along a given target track. Further arranged is a follower carriage B with a carriage bodytravelable in all directions and a lifterattached to the carriage body via a link mechanismfor lifting up the vehicle. The follower carriage estimates and follows movement of the leader carriage so as to move the vehiclein coordination with the leader carriage.

Object moving apparatus

Large amounts of hairs and feathers can be decomposed and refined by treatment in an oxygen-containing gas stream with a fungus that can decompose hairs and feathers. The resulting decomposed and refined hairs and feathers are useful as a fertilizer.

Method of treating hairs or feathers using microorganisms

Growing community of inventors

Tokyo, Japan

Koki Suzuki