In House Development of a No Code AI Platform Promote Digital Manufacturing Innovation in Production Sites

The JTEKT Corporation has developed in-house a no-code AI platform that can be easily used without programming knowledge, particularly in inspection processes. This will enhance the competitiveness of existing businesses through digital manufacturing innovation in production sites.

＜Overview of the No-Code AI Platform＞

JTEKT aims to become "A solution provider creating the future of mobility society through Monozukuri and Monozukuri equipment" as part of the "JTEKT Group 2030 Vision." The JTEKT Group is advancing the establishment of a "Solution co-create center," which proposes solutions to internal and societal challenges by leveraging a technology platform that integrates competencies in product and manufacturing equipment.

This in-house development of a no-code AI platform is a solution that leverages JTEKT's technological capabilities to facilitate the use of AI in production sites and accelerate digital manufacturing.

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1. Background of Development

In response to the increasing demand for digitalization in manufacturing, JTEKT established the "Advanced Software Research Section" in October 2022 as a specialized organization to strengthen the development of web applications. This initiative aims to foster software talent and promote the automation and labor-saving of product development, design, and production processes.

However, a challenge has been the limited availability of personnel with specialized skills such as programming to quickly provide applications, especially using AI, that meet the needs of production sites. To address this issue, the Advanced Software Research Section has developed no-code AI platform that facilitates everything from data preprocessing to the training and operation of machine learning models. This platform enables employees working in production sites to improve efficiency and automate production processes without requiring specialized programming knowledge.

2. Features of the No-Code AI Platform

This solution addresses the manufacturing challenges of JTEKT, which operates a wide range of production plants for steering, drive line products, bearings, and more. The AI and software personnel collaborate with the production technology department to create the AI platform through agile development. The features are as follows:

1. Usability: Various services related to AI utilization, such as training AI models, can be used without coding.
2. Customizability: A "microservice architecture" allows the platform to be easily adapted and expanded to fit the needs of the users

＜Intuitive User Interface＞

＜ Platform for Customizing Desired Services＞

3. Prospects

Currently, the platform is planned to be introduced for the automation of visual inspection of automotive parts. In the future, JTEKT aims to promote the introduction of this platform across the JTEKT Group domestically and internationally, thereby globally advancing digital innovation in production sites through automation and labor-saving of production processes.

4. Achievable SDGs Goals and Targets through This Initiative

• 8.2: Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading, and innovation, focusing on high-value-added and labor-intensive sectors.
• 9.4: By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries

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