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Flight measurement (image) with drones aimed at by Terra Lab

　The Fukushima Innovation Coast Concept aims to create industrial creation in the Hamadori area of Fukushima Prefecture, which has been lost due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster.The wisdom of companies, researchers, and technicians in fields that can be expected to create innovation will be gathered in the area, leading to a virtuous cycle such as industry integration, human resource development, and the expansion of the exchange population.One of the priority areas is the development of the drone robot industry.

　The Fukushima Robot Test Field (Robotes), which opened in March 2020, is a base facility that allows you to carry out from research and development to demonstrations of robot drones and so on.More than 60 companies and organizations, mainly at the facility, are gathering to the core of new industrial development in the region.At present, some companies have "graduated" Robotes, built factories in surrounding industrial houses, etc., and have entered the Hamadori area.

　Terra Lab, a venture company that collects and analyzes disaster information using large drones, is one of the companies that have decided to advance.Throwing about 300 million yen, research and development and manufacturing bases were built in an industrial park in Minamisoma City, adjacent to Robotes.

　The new base named "TERRA LABO FUKUSHIMA" will be completed in November 2021, and will be equipped with drones manufacturing / hangar, control rooms, and crisis countermeasures rooms.The company plans to operate it as a core base of the company, which aims to commercialize and commercialize long -distance and unmanned aircraft in 2023.It will also be used as a place for dialogue with companies for commercialization, while demonstrating drone development, information collection and analysis.

"TERRA LABO FUKUSHIMA" in Minamisoma City

　テラ・ラボは、中部大学の職員だった松浦氏らが2014年に創業した。航空測量技術を応用した三次元モデル生成や空間情報の解析などで高度なノウハウを持ち、それらを災害調査や土木測量などに活用する。さらに、国産で前例のない長距離飛行が可能な固定翼の大型ドローンの開発も同時に手がけている。

　Takahide Matsuura explains the aim of expanding, saying, "You can use a 500 -meter runway for drones in the Robotes unmanned aircraft area while securing a certain area."There are few places and facilities suitable for long -distance flights of unmanned aircraft.The dedicated facility was even more so, and when he knew the plan, he immediately visited the site and decided to move into Robotes.Matsuura said, "There is no other facility not only for airfields and test equipment but also for accompanying facilities, and there is no other facility suitable for development companies. It is not easy in terms of securing land, such as establishing such a base.It should be. "

　It is indispensable to support accompanying administration for companies to enter the company.In particular, venture companies have promising technologies but have a stable financial base, and it is necessary to provide detailed support, including the use of subsidies.

　In order to advance to Minamisoma City, the company has utilized various subsidies, including a subsidy of corporate independence and return support employment (assisting companies that have newly expanded factories in the Hamadori area of Fukushima Prefecture)."We were able to make good use of the national and local government systems," (Matsuura representative).

　Matsuura has a "memory" in the Tohoku region, which was burned in his mind before its founding.

　Minami -Soma City, when Terra Lab decided to advance, had a half -populated population due to the forced citizens to evacuate after the disaster, and said, "If the population is not returned before the creation of employment, the city function is" function as a city.It was a situation where it could not be maintained, "said Matsuura.

　At the time of the earthquake and nuclear accident, Matsuura, a university employee, was involved in dispatching and accepting student volunteers.In addition to the experience of being involved in disaster volunteers, a student from a area where the influence of radiation was talked about was consulted with "No one of the rice raised in my parents' house".He said he hurt his heart.When he visited the disaster -stricken area, he said, "The difficulty in returning was not in a state where people could return, and there was a shock about the nuclear accident."

　As these memories remain, Matsuura says, "I heard about Robotes plans from the prefecture and the city and wanted to contribute to the support of Fukushima's reconstruction," said Matsuura.

Terra Lab's representative Takahide Matsuura

　テラ・ラボが開発する事業のなかには、災害発生時にドローンによるデータ収集から解析、関係機関への共有などを一手に担う災害対応システムが含まれる。ロボテスで実証された技術やノウハウは、今後、ドローンを各地の既設空港などでも運用できるようにすることで、全国各地に展開する計画だという。南相馬市の拠点は、各地の情報やリソースを集約する「ハブ拠点」としての役割を想定する。福島で育まれた技術は将来、災害対応の負担減や被災者の命を救う活動に寄与することが期待される。

　In September 2021, new initiatives began by the company.The “Fukushima next -generation Air Strategy Promotion Council”, which aims to develop a new aviation industry, such as drones and flying cars, was launched, and the General Assembly was held in Robotes.Four private companies with Space Entertainment La Boratry, Eames Robotics, and Sky DRIVE, which are involved with Robotes, will be associated with Tatsuya Ito, a member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly, and Yoshihide Muroya of Air Race Pilot as advisors.The private sector is led by the private sector to attract related companies to Fukushima Prefecture and deregulation.In addition, the company aims to revitalize the industry while expanding cooperation with local companies and prefectural organizations.

　"I think it is important to realize the realization of industrial promotion, as well as whether there is a spirit to encourage cooperation between local and expansion companies in addition to the creation of employment. From those who have been in contact with Minamisoma City, serious about industrial promotion.I felt strongly. I would like to contribute to the creation of new industries and the creation of employment so that we can meet the expectations of the region. "The industrial reconstruction in the Hamadori area of Fukushima Prefecture, including Minamisoma City, is still in the middle of the road.Nevertheless, he is steadily walking while involving the entrepreneurs that have been together with the community.