TPEC’s ROLE
Technology Development FieldDevelopment of next-generation technology
Our Mission
Develop new tools for realizing the digital twin
For realizing the digital twin, we are engaged in experiment and demonstration of new technologies, including the usage of imaging study data collected from facilities for quality judgement by AI and the utilization of visualized invisible things for improving CAE software accuracy. In addition, we also strive to develop technologies that our company has not established yet, and take a role to provide technologies for each of digital engineering and actual engineering.
Our Direction
Moving towards infusion of the digital and real worlds, we are engaged in data collection, development of tools to accelerate data preparation (or the real world reproduction) and data utilization, as well as in experiment and demonstration of new technologies.
- Visualizing invisible things and contribution to improving the accuracy of CAE software
- Aiming to apply new technologies to the future vehicle production engineering field in cooperation with external industries, governments and academia including AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Our Capabilities
Development of Next Generation Robot Cells
We work on realizing Monozukuri or manufacturing centered on CPS(Cyber Physical System) through development of next generation robot cells.
Example:
- Reproducing all sorts of activities at a real factory in a virtual one
- Reproducing and optimizing various events in a virtual factory in real time which are difficult for human beings to solve
- Random picking by means of image recognition
- Guideless AGV × Collaborative Robot
- No wiring nor piping
- Area detection with no safety fence
Source: ”White Paper on Manufacturing Industries (Monodzukuri) 2020”
IoT
Analyzing inspection images collected at a facility to automatize a visual inspection process.
Development of business systems using cloud services
We develop business systems using public clouds such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Service in order to speed up development, reduce costs, and improve scalability.
Indoor Self-Position Estimation by Computer Vision
We are developing technology to estimate one's location in real time by utilizing images from cameras indoors where GPS is not available.
Visualization technology
We have developed special technology to visualize stresses, air currents, and internal material thicknesses, which originally cannot be seen as they are, using paint, lasers, and X-rays.
Spectroscopic technology
We are developing a technology to capture only specific light wavelengths. Noise (unwanted light) is greatly reduced, and necessary information, such as enhancement of specific areas, becomes clearer.
Image inspection system
The system enables easy start-up of image inspection by realizing a sequence of non-programmed processes, such as "camera shooting in accordance with equipment operation timing ⇒ AI processing of the acquired images".
Real time display of equipment operation status
By displaying equipment operating status in real time on a smart device, information can be checked from anywhere in the plant.
Simulating PLC (Facility Controllers)
By simulating on data how the actual equipment operates under PLC control, circuit evaluation can be performed even without the actual equipment, and the degree of completion can be improved at an early stage.
