Sowing the Seeds of New Science and Nurturing Innovation How will our lives be changed by popularization of remote healthcare, online education, autonomous vehicles, and unmanned delivery drones? Society can be reshaped dramatically by new technologies that... #Manufacturing #Technology
AI and Robots to Evolve in the Near Future Enabling People to Live More Human-Like Lives [Part II] AI and robotics are two crucial fields for building a new society going forward. Although the terms for these fields have become commonplace, many of us may not know what AI actually does for us or h... AI Interview Iot OMRON robot technology
In the Near Future Where AI and Robots have Evolved, People Can Live More Human-Like Lives [Part I] AI and robotics are two crucial fields for building a new society going forward. Although the terms for these fields have become commonplace, many of us may not know what AI actually does for us or ho... AI Interview Iot OMRON robot technology
Robots and AI That Will Support Us in the Future Nowadays, the word AI can be heard on a daily basis. Although it has become commonplace, many of us may not know what AI actually is, or have a firm understanding of it. In this article, we will expla... AI Interview Iot OMRON robot technology
Enriching Communication on Smartphones and in Medical Settings What comes to mind when you hear "character input?" It could be any information terminal, like smartphones, computers, or tablet computers, but the fact is that we enter characters on so many occasion... DX IoT Manufacturing OMRON Technology
AI Is Already Beside Us [Part II] Nowadays, we often see the word AI on a daily basis. The word took wings among society, however many of us may not know what AI actually is or have a firm understanding of it. In this article, we will... AI Interview Iot OMRON technology
AI Is Already Beside Us [Part I] Nowadays, we often hear the word AI on a daily basis. The word took wings among society, however many of us may not know what AI actually is or have a firm understanding of it. In this article, we wil... AI Interview Iot OMRON technology
Clean Energy for the Future: How Solar Power Works Did you know Japan is one of the countries that installation of solar power is widespread? Looking at the amount of power generated by country, Japan generates around 63 million kW*1 annually, making ... Energy Environment OMRON SDGs Sustainability Technology
Creative Use of CAE in the New Normal Era Recent years have seen companies across Japan adopting digital technology to transform their services and businesses (digital transformation, or "DX"). Following the announcement in September 2020 of ... AI Big Data IoT Manufacturing OMRON Technology
Seeking the Ultimate Gaming Mouse for Professional Gamers With player numbers topping 100 million globally, eSports seems to know no boundaries. By definition, eSports is a form of sport competition involving video games. As long as you have the requisite de... Manufacturing OMRON Technology
"AI suitcase" for a Symbiotic Society, Bringing Together the Technologies of Five Companies According to the WHO, the number of people with some form of visual impairment is estimated to be as high as 2.2 billion people around the world (*1). With the aim of realizing a society where the vis... AI Iot OMRON Open Innovation Robots
OMRON's Technology Used in Vending Machines Across Cities Vending machines can be found all over cities, towns and station platforms in Japan and it is now a part of Japanese people's daily lives. To operate this vending machine, do you know how many parts a... Iot Manufacturing OMRON Technology
OMRON's Next-generation Automation for the New Normal Era In the new normal era caused by COVID-19, automation technology plays a greater role than ever before. There is a growing expectation for automation that allows machines to not only perform tasks to t... AI Automation OMRON Robotics Robots Technology
Corporate Venture Capital that collects "The World's Most Cutting-edge technologies" OMRON believes that, to solve social issues that are becoming increasingly serious and diverse, it is important to create new business and strengthen existing businesses through open innovation that i... OMRON Open Innovation Technology Venture
Sensing as Five Senses of Machine Sensors and sensing technology support affluent lives in every possible scene of public facilities, such as offices, factories, stations and at home. In addition, its importance increases more and mor... AI Manufacturing OMRON
From "tool-type" to "autonomous and general-purpose": Progress of AI towards a good partner for humans The topic of AI is making headlines in the general media and business journals every day. For example, "AI will take away human jobs," "AI will streamline the diagnosis of diseases," "AI will help chi... AI Iot OMRON Robotics
Story Behind the Rise of the World's First FDA-Approved Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor Essential at any medical consultation, blood pressure monitors play an indispensable role in the early detection of abnormal blood pressure. In Japan, it is estimated that 43 million*1 persons are hyp... Iot OMRON sustainability
A Big Step Towards the Future Where Machines Can Unlock Human Potential OMRON's vision of the future of man-machine interaction is the "harmony between humans and machines", where machines bring out human abilities and creativity to the fullest extent. The table tennis ro... AI Iot OMRON Open Innovation Robots
Towards Shaping the Factory of the Future Germany, a leading manufacturing country in EU Germany, a major European manufacturing power has developed into one of the world's prominent economic powers through fierce development of their industr... AI Interview Iot Manufacturing OMRON Robotics Technology
"FROM THE FACTORY OF THE WORLD" --Kusatsu and Ayabe-- (Part Ⅱ) "FROM THE FACTORY OF THE WORLD Kusatsu and Ayabe" introduces OMRON Kusatsu Plant and Ayabe Plant continue to challenge to realize high-quality manufacturing similar to mass production of small varieti... AI Interview IoT Manufacturing OMRON Robotics Technology
Combating counterfeit products to realize a better society in Russia Illegal traffic of counterfeit products remains one of the major problems in Russia. According to the Russian Ministry of Health, about 58,000 people died of alcohol poisoning in the country in 2016, ... Interview Manufacturing OMRON Technology
"FROM THE FACTORY OF THE WORLD" --Kusatsu and Ayabe-- (Part I) In today's increasingly diversified consumer tastes and preferences, in the manufacturing industry, it is important to deliver fine-tuned product tailored to individual tastes. It is necessary to prep... AI Interview IoT Manufacturing OMRON Robotics Technology
IXI･Innovation Platform designed to create 'innovation driven by social needs' by transcending the boundaries of business divisions Maizuru is a city in Kyoto Prefecture with a population of about 80,000. This municipality launched a project to revitalize its community by forming a partnership with OMRON. As introduced in Part I, ... AI BigData Energy Health Interview IoT OMRON Technology
Breaking away from a manufacturing culture reliant on craftsmanship "It was really tough to derive the right answer from something intangible." Yoshinori Inoue, an engineer at OMRON's Automation Center, who oversaw the equipment program standardization project, looks ... Automation Global Interview IoT Manufacturing OMRON Technology
A future that makes people happy through human-machine collaborations The fifth generation FORPHEUS has abilities and behaviors that are much closer to those of a human. What kind of future will await us beyond this? Satoshi Yase, leader of the fifth generation FORPHEUS... AI IoT OMRON Open Innovation Robots
How close can a robot approach the behavior of a human? FORPHEUS, the table tennis playing robot, has evolved every year, showcasing OMRON's flagship core technologies. The newest fifth generation FORPHEUS is packed with advanced technologies to enable add... AI IoT OMRON Open Innovation Robots
From the Crossroads of East and West: Innovating the World's Manufacturing Industry The Republic of Turkey is unique in that it spans two continents, Asia and Europe. In 2018, its population exceeded 80 million people. The economic growth of this nation, located at the crossroads of... Automation Global Interview IoT Manufacturing OMRON Robots Technology
Co-creating a Smart Factory with AISIN AW AISIN AW Co., Ltd. (AW hereafter), with its headquarters located in Aichi Prefecture, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of automobile parts. In particular, its share in the AT (automatic tr... AI Automation IoT Manufacturing OMRON Robots Technology
Experience Factory Harmony with OMRON Robots A pioneer in factory automation, OMRON has developed many automation solutions for a diverse range of usage situations. These various solutions were on display at CES2019. OMRON's booth was divided i... AI Automation CES Manufacturing OMRON Robots Technology
"FROM THE FACTORY OF THE WORLD" --Shanghai-- OMRON Industrial Automation business envisions the creation of future manufacturing sites where humans and machines work together in harmony. Our factories also focus on productivity quality innovati... AI Interview Manufacturing OMRON Robotics Technology
[The Industry's First] Placing AI on the machine controller rather than in the cloud "Achieving zero defects while saving manpower by utilizing maximum equipment functionality."In an attempt to support an "ideal factory" for a future as envisioned by people in the field of manufactur... AI Interview Manufacturing OMRON Technology
Helping manufacturers provide quality products to customers Today, shelves in supermarkets around the world are full of FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods). Factories of various FMCG manufacturers are striving to provide quality products accurately and quickly t... Case Study Global Manufacturing OMRON
5th Generation FORPHEUS's First Show @CES 2019 From 8th to 11th January 2019, OMRON Corporation exhibited for the second consecutive year at CES, an annual tech event of the largest scale in the world, with more than 4,500 exhibitors from across t... CES Manufacturing OMRON Robotics Robots Technology
[Technology Infographics] Futuristic Technologies for 2033 Technologies have been advancing rapidly and automation has made our life convenient. Now, the practical application of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things) have attracted attent... AI Health IoT Manufacturing Mobility OMRON Self-Driving Automobiles
Revolutionizing the manufacturing scene with the visualization of master craftsmanship Today, as the population ages and fewer children are born, securing a workforce and technical capabilities is a challenge faced across the entire manufacturing industry. The transfer of experts' skill... AI Interview IoT Manufacturing OMRON Technology
I want to broaden the potential of robotics for industrial solutions From factories to parcel delivery services to the medical field, the opportunities in which robots are active in our lives have increased in recent years. With things like the debate over how much rob... AI Interview Manufacturing OMRON Robots Technology
IARS - OMRON's innovative-Automation Journey During Jun. 5th-8th, 2018, China (Wuhan) International Automation & Robotics Show was held in Wuhan, China. OMRON was highly praised at the show for its perfect interpretation of industrial automa... AI Manufacturing OMRON Robotics
"Near-future designs" Drives Innovation At the new business announcement on April 25, 2018, "Would we need traffic signals if we have a fully automated traffic network?" asks Masaki Suwa, the CEO / Director of OMRON SINIC X Corporation. Suc... AI Interview IoT Mobility OMRON Open Innovation Robotics Technology
Safety first in manufacturing Korea has grown into an economic giant since the 1970's from manufacturing high-quality fabrics, steel, vessels, semi-conductors, automobile, electronics, and mobile devices. OMRON Korea decided to ta... Interview Korea OMRON Open Innovation Safety Technology
Open Innovation sheds new light on agriculture Society changes, and a variety of needs and social issues inevitably arise around the world. This is a story of how OMRON utilizes open innovation to turn ideas into reality to fulfill necessities and... Agriculture OMRON Open Innovation Venture
China's Evolution in Manufacturing Innovation China used to be called "the world's factory" hosting a great number of labor intensive industries. Today, China is evolving into an innovation epicenter, creating new technologies including devices s... Interview Manufacturing OMRON Technology
OMRON Engaged Visitors with Transformative Human-Machine Integration at CES CES 2018 As many of you know, CES is known as the largest electronics exhibition in the world, with over 4,000 exhibiting companies, 184,000 attendees which includes 7,460 media attendees from around ... AI CES Manufacturing OMRON Robotics
Exploring What It Means to be Human: Crossing AI and Neurology Imagine a factory with an ideally optimized human and machine environment. What would it be like? Machines would definitely not be dominating the factory, nor would humans simply be using machines. OM... AI Interview Manufacturing OMRON Technology
Preventing Major Cardiovascular Illnesses with Self-monitoring According to the WHO, more people die annually from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than from any other cause. One of the primary cause of CVD is high blood pressure - when left untreated, the damage th... Data Science Healthcare Interview IoT OMRON Technology
Collaborative Robotics Robots have drastically evolved. They are now performing medical miracles and working in places that are too dangerous for humans; carrying out complex and tedious tasks to save humans time and effort... AI Healthcare Industrial Automation Machines Mobility Report
The evolution of electronics in society is supported by electronic components Smartphones are an indispensable part of daily life. While the core concept of a phone is to communicate, smartphones nowadays are used for many additional jobs such as controlling lighting, controlli... AI Interview Manufacturing OMRON Robots Technology
Delivering technology that helps individuals grow In the past the main design criteria for industrial robots was to improve productivity and to work at a higher efficiency than humans. Now however, the relationship between humans and robots is not as... AI Interview OMRON Robots Technology
Listening to the voice of the customers, OMRON production site Engineers How to master a robot? OMRON are consulted daily about problems at production sites, for example "Can we reduce the labor involved in packing products from a conveyor belt?" Many of these customers al... Interview Manufacturing OMRON Robots Technology
Can an employee's hobby lead to a revelation in the workplace? A unique variation on the conventional production line, a shared hobby among development members - radio control and plastic models - The world of manufacturing is in for a potential upset due to a ne... Interview Manufacturing OMRON Technology
We want more people to experience technology that helps them grow while having fun In the past, robots, particularly industrial robots, were required to enhance work efficiency and increase productivity by means of processing capacity that surpasses that of human operators. Today, ... AI Interview Robots Technology
Improving on the job safety for radiologists Medical technology was forever transformed when, in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays. Since his discovery, X-ray machines and CT scanners have become an indispensable diagnostic tool in the med... Interview OMRON Technology
The Never Sleeping Driver As a society, we are soon reaching a future where the responsibility of road safety will be in the hands of AI. At OMRON Research institute, we have a designated international division working on dev... AI Mobility OMRON
A "thoughtful" robot that builds a never Yoshihisa Ijiri, who earned his doctorate in information science, specializes in image processing and machine learning at OMRON, pursuing areas like facial image processing and image sensing algorithm... AI IoT OMRON Robotics
What does it take to merge AI and Manufacturing? kira Nakajima is an information-science specialist at OMRON. He is the person who brings worldwide cutting edge information and communications technology (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to OMRO... AI BigData Interview IoT Manufacturing OMRON Technology
AI can help machines and people grow together FORPHEUS keeps evolving every year as a state-of-the-art machine that presages a future in which people and machines live and work in harmony. Why was this robot created? What kind of evolution will ... AI IoT OMRON
Mission: Develop in six months a machine that will work together with people to achieve a shared goal! FORPHEUS keeps evolving every year as a state-of-the-art machine that presages a future in which people and machines live and work in harmony. Why was this robot created? What kind of evolution will ... AI IoT OMRON
A future where machines will motivate people FORPHEUS keeps evolving every year as a state-of-the-art machine that presages a future in which people and machines live and work in harmony. Why was this robot created? What kind of evolution will ... AI IoT OMRON
