Additional AI Visual Inspection Machine Introduced to Toyota Motor The Inspection's Improvement is Compatible with Growing Electrification Demand

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Musashi AI Limited (Headquarters: Toyohashi city, Aichi prefecture; CEO: Sota Murata, “Musashi AI”), a company being a part of Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. (Global Headquarters: Toyohashi city, Aichi prefecture; President and CEO: Hiroshi Otsuka, “Musashi”) is glad to announce an additional AI visual inspection machine for transmission gears that was introduced at the production site of Toyota Motor Corporation.
▲AI automatic visual inspection machine (standard type)

Musashi AI's AI visual inspection machine was installed on the transmission gears production line at Toyota Motor’s headquarters plant, and has been active in the mass production since December 2020. Since the first deployment, Musashi AI has been gradually delivering additional AI visual inspection machines to other production sites, and there are currently a total of 8 AI visual inspection machines, including at Toyota Motor’s headquarters plant.

Regarding the introduction of the AI visual inspection machine, the following comment was received from Toyota Motor:
“We had a process where one person was looking at surface of a tooth for about tens of thousands of times a day. There was a huge burden on such employee, and thanks to the automation process this burden has eased, and we heard voices of gratitude from the plant floor”.

↓Interview with Toyota Motor regarding the introduction of AI visual inspection machine:


The Ai visual inspection machine (standard type) is being developed in anticipation for the growth of parts related to electric vehicles (EV) and electrification, for which demand is expected to expand significantly in the future.

Musashi AI's AI visual inspection machine (standard type) has a versatile design that makes the implementation easier for the production line, and it is possible to introduce the AI visual inspection machine to the production site in around 1 to 3 months. Musashi AI, whose philosophy is "Giving people a people’s job", will continue to provide a wide range of technologies to manufacturing sites around the world toward the realization of Industry 4.0.


【About Musashi Seimitsu】
Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. is a global auto parts Tier1 company for automobiles and motorcycles, whose headquarters is located in Toyohashi, Japan. It has 35 manufacturing sites spreading across Europe, North and South America, China, and South East Asia. Musashi specializes in designing, developing and manufacturing products such as Differential Assemblies, Transmission Gears and Assemblies, and Linkage and Suspension (L&S) products especially for the future automobiles including electric and autonomous vehicles. Musashi is also generating and expanding new businesses through open innovation with global startups to contribute to the SDGs in wider business domains. Musashi AI, a leading-edge AI technology subsidiary to lead Industry 4.0, is one of the examples.
Musashi Web Site: http://www.musashi.co.jp/en/

【About Musashi AI】
In order to accelerate AI technology and implementing it at manufacturing sites, as well as global expansion, Musashi AI was established in July 2019 as a joint venture between Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. and SIXAI Ltd., which is represented by Ran Poliakine, an Israeli technology pioneer and founder of Poliakine Innovation. Musashi AI will work together with leaders who share the same ideas for innovation to build a new ecosystem for Industry 4.0.
Musashi AI Web Site: https://musashi-ai.com