Developer's Aside
What are true needs?

We should not simply think of "what users want" = "needs. The true needs are those things that users can add value to by obtaining them. In today's labor-shortage environment, the "automation of visual inspection" is an unusually loud "I want to do it" [...].

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Developer's Aside
EVEN IF IT'S NOT AI.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SORT OUT ONLY GOOD PRODUCTS BY REGISTERING DOZENS OF GOOD PRODUCTS... FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW. THE HARD PART IS THE ONES THAT HAVE A LARGE VARIATION OF GOOD PRODUCTS AND THE LINE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD IS BLURRED. I UNDERSTAND AI THERE, BUT THE BASIS OF QUALITY IS TO ELIMINATE THE VARIATION OF GOOD PRODUCTS [...].

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Now under development
HALCON18.11 CURRENTLY BEING DECODED.

I AM TRYING OUT THE SAMPLE PROGRAMS IN THE JUST RELEASED HALCON 18.11. THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON DEEP LEARNING, BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE EVOLVED A LOT. IN PREVIOUS VERSIONS, I COULDN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR [...].

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Technical Staff Wanted

We are looking for technical staff. The main work will be programming in VisualC++ and VisualC#. You will also do programs for equipment control (PLC) and robot control. The company is quite habitual. If you are a good fit, parada [...].

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I was responsible for some of the specialized books.

I WAS IN CHARGE OF A PART OF A BOOK TITLED "THE FRONTLINE OF PRACTICAL USE OF AI IN APPEARANCE INSPECTION: FROM VISUAL INSPECTION TIPS TO AUTOMATION AND INTRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" TO BE PUBLISHED BY JOHOKIKO IN DECEMBER. SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 3: KEY POINTS THAT CANNOT BE MISSED IN AUTOMATION OF APPEARANCE INSPECTION [...] I WAS IN CHARGE OF A PART OF THE BOOK.

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Developer's Aside
Climb a mountain you can climb

When you look at newspapers, you will read about various technologies as if they have reached a practical level. Of course, I don't think that all of them are like that, but when an unrealizable technology is announced in the newspapers as "completed," the engineers in charge of the [...]...

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Developer's Aside
Significance of Automation

Automation" and "robotization" are all the rage. After many years of struggling to automate visual inspection, here is what I have come up with. Automation used to be about doing things that people couldn't do. Or, to do better what a person can do. That is the meaning of [...].

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Developer's Aside
I'll start writing again.

It has been 20 years since we started our company. We are still trying to figure out why automated visual inspection doesn't work. However, compared to the past, we have a clear idea of the direction in which we should be heading. On the other hand, as the labor shortage becomes an issue, those who are working on the automation of visual inspection are [...].

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Developer's Aside
After the 2017 International Robot Exhibition

The 2017 International Robot Exhibition has recently concluded successfully. IoT, AI, deep learning, self-driving technology, cooperative robots, etc. The latest technologies are often featured in the news. This may be the reason why there were so many visitors, both domestic and foreign [...].

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Exhibit at the 2017 International Robot Exhibition!

We will exhibit at the International Robot Exhibition, which is held at Tokyo Big Sight every two years. We will be exhibiting our 1. rotating stage type 3D object inspection robot 2. ultra high speed gear inspection robot [...] We will be exhibiting our 2 robots at the International Robot Exhibition, which is held every two years at Tokyo Big Sight.

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