Why automate?
Why automate? Automation is faster than a person can do it, it is cleaner than a person can do it, it can do things that a person can't do, it can work 24 hours a day (although you don't have to work 24 hours a day if you are fast), then it makes sense [...].
Seeing the whole picture
One of the most important aspects of automating visual inspection is to look at the entire surface. In the case of visual inspection, we unconsciously look at the entire surface of the product from the moment we pick it up. If we feel any abnormality, even if it is not a priority area, we remove it. On the other hand, when inspecting with a camera, [...].
The skills I have acquired
I WILL BE 53 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS 23 YEARS SINCE I STARTED MY OWN BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 30. BASICALLY, IT HAS BEEN A REPETITION OF DOING SMALL THEMES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND I HAVE GAINED A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE. UNTIL MY LAST JOB MECHANICAL DESIGN WITH 2D CAD. DIGITAL I/O SYSTEM [...].
20% increase in productivity
WHEN YOU LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL NEWSPAPERS, YOU WILL SEE ARTICLES ON AUTOMATION USING AI AND ROBOTS. IN MOST OF THOSE ARTICLES, "INVESTMENT AMOUNT IS 0 YEN" AND "PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY 0%" ARE WRITTEN. SUPPOSE THAT "20% PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT WITH 20 MILLION YEN INVESTMENT" IS [...].
AI ECONOMIC IMPACT 34 TRILLION YEN
AN ARTICLE IN THE NIKKEI ON OCTOBER 22, 2020, WAS TITLED THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY (METI) HAS COMPILED AN ESTIMATE THAT IF THE INTRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ADVANCES, IT WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC EFFECT OF 34 TRILLION YEN BY 2025. THE ARTICLE SAID. AMONG THEM, THE EFFECT OF REPLACING AI [...].
Sustainable business model
It has been 21 years since I started my business, and although the world is changing rapidly, the fundamentals of business remain the same. How much profit can we make from our work? Not only do we want to satisfy our customers, but we also want to make money (value-added) from our work.
Let machines do what machines can do.
The founder of the first company I worked for, Mr. Kazuma Tateishi, had a management philosophy: "Leave to machines what machines can do; humans should enjoy more creative work. Nearly 30 years have passed since then, and there are still many [...].
Limitations of Human Sea Tactics
I thought to myself, "If we can get people to do visual inspections, there is no need to go to the trouble of automating them. I myself thought that there was no need to go to the trouble of automating the process. I think the same was probably true at many manufacturing sites. In fact, I have seen sites where more than 30% of the employees are inspectors. That is where this co [...].
THOUGHTS ON THE "AI BUSINESS
THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE IN A RACE TO ACQUIRE "AI HUMAN RESOURCES"... THE "VISUAL INSPECTION AUTOMATION BUSINESS" THAT I AM ENGAGED IN AND MANY "AI BUSINESSES" ARE VERY SIMILAR (OR PERHAPS VISUAL INSPECTION AUTOMATION IS A KIND OF AI?). THE QUESTION WE ARE INTO [...].
New Year's Greetings
Thank you for your continued support this year. Since around the end of last year, I have been working on several new elemental technologies. I will introduce them to you in due course, but I feel that I have "all the weapons" I need to automate visual inspections. I do not think it is technically "impossible" [...].