2018_4q_omron_e
34/45 Value of AI Technology in FA

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I will share one example of investment in advanced technologies. This is an AI controller that we have discussed previously. Like innovative-automation, this was originally developed around 10 years ago. At the time, executing on the kinds of innovative applications posited under innovative-automation would have been impossible using a standard controller. A standard controller would not be able to deliver the necessary speed. Also, at the time, controllers were developed to only provide control (as shown with the red arrows) and were not enabled for collecting and submitting data for analysis. In addition, it was not possible to incorporate AI-like functionalities into controllers in order to achieve higher performance. So 10 years ago, we set out to develop a revolutionary controller with a completely new architecture. The resulting controller was able to deliver extremely high performance but was also very expensive. We had extensive internal discussions at the time about whether customers would respond well to this type of product. However, as we saw take-up of innovative-automation gradually improve, such concerns faded away. This AI controller and the high performance NX controller have developed into major drivers for innovative-automation.