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Tapir Lab team ranked first in TEKNOFEST 2022

Tapir Lab team, which consists of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Engineering students, supervised by Dr. Ali Boyacı, a member of the faculty at the Computer Engineering Department of our university, ranked first in the Advanced Category of the Digital Technologies in Industry Contest at 2022 TEKNOFEST (Technology Festival), receiving 97 points from the Project Evaluation Report, which determines the finalists. Tapir Lab team represented Istanbul Ticaret University with their autonomous freight transport vehicle project in the Advanced Category of the Digital Technologies in Industry Contest at 2022 TEKNOFEST held between August 5^th and 7^th, 2022 in Trabzon. The Digital Technologies in Industry Contest aims to develop vehicles that will enable the autonomous transportation of materials to the points where they are needed in the production facilities, in the required amounts and when necessary, with a view to optimizing the production processes.

The Tapir Lab team, which is also supported by the Istanbul Ticaret University Publication Research Project Coordination Board (YAPKO), started its works to ensure that the vehicle they develop is ready for the contest, which will also be held next year. The results of the TEKNOFEST 2022 Digital Technologies in Industry Contest will be announced at the award ceremony to be held in Samsun on August 30^th, 2022.