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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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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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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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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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Preliminary Demonstration Machine Evaluation

IF YOU HAVE NOT TRIED VISUAL INSPECTION IN THE PAST, IT IS NATURAL THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS INDUSTRY IS ALL ABOUT. THIS IS UNAVOIDABLE, AND WE WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU EACH TIME WE ARE APPROACHED. AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE NG SAMPLE, WE WILL [...].

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In-kind evaluation by end-users themselves

I have been telling you the same thing for the past 10 years. In January 2008, I wrote in my blog that the only way to make the automated visual inspection business work is for the end user to evaluate the actual product themselves. This is how [...].

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For those considering automation of visual inspection

Many people are interested in automating visual inspections, and many believe that introducing such a system would certainly improve efficiency. If you search for "visual inspection" on the Internet at search, you will find many manufacturers of visual inspection equipment. They are all very easy to [...]...

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work distance

Many users want to inspect a wide variety of workpieces with a single inspection system. However, as the height of the workpiece changes, the workpiece distance changes, causing problems such as loss of focus and resolution [...].

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