The development of defect extraction AI that reproduces human sensibility and expert experience

President and CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) has developed a unique defect extraction AI technology that recognizes defects by reproducing "human sensibility" and "expert experience" in order to automate the appearance inspection at the manufacturing site. By providing stable detection of defects that up to now have been difficult to detect with machines, it enables further automation of appearance inspections that currently rely on human vision. This AI functionality will be added to the existing OMRON image processing system "FH Series" and will be released in the spring of 2020. In recent years, the shortage of skilled technicians and rising labor costs have become more critical, and in the manufacturing industry there is a tremendous reliance on human experience and human senses. Therefore automation of the transporting, assembly, and inspection processes that depend on people has become an urgent task for businesses.