AI and IoT and PLC

AI (Artificial Intelligence) a term for software or system which is simulated human knowledge with computers.

There are four reasons that we need AI.
1. To increase productivity.
2. As a solution for aging population and declining birthrate.
3. As a solution for labor shortage.
4. To reduce employee turnover.

AI is getting to be an Easier-to-use technology because of technology improvement.
Economic effect of introducing AI is equivalent to 11 trillion yen and 1.6 million working population by 2025.
Current penetration rate of AI is less than 3%. Its reason is lack of understanding for AI and shortage of skilled AI workers.

IoT stand for Internet of Things and is a system to getting data from things and control the things remotely by incorporating information into things and connecting them via internet.

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As an infection prevention by remote control with no direct human contact.
Remote and automatic operation management in cooperation with AI.

PLC is a device which automatically control a machine.
By using PLC, KENKI DRYER runs automatically without any operator.

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KENKI DRYER is keep being improved by using AI and IoT technologies.
KENKI DRYER is operated by PLC, which controls machine operation by a program, and we are aiming its operation to be fully automated and the dryer to run without depending on skilled worker’s experience and intuition by adding AI program into the operation.
The AI program builds models based on estimated data to run its automatic control, and accuracy of the control is improved by the estimated data which keep changing by accumulating and utilizing more data.
In the AI automatic control, alignment with IoT remote access is very important and more accurate control becomes possible after the system start running by using data accumulated by IoT.
The first subject for integrating AI into KENKI DRYER’s operation is how to build the AI program into PLC though, by solving it, PLC can connect the AI to IoT remote access program and AI can use data accumulated by the IoT.
This enables completely automated operation which is not depending on skilled worker’s experience and intuition, and the program improves itself for more accurate automatic control day by day.  
At the KENKI DRYER’s IoT remote access and AI automated operation which is not depending on skilled worker’s experience and the intuition, PLC is a device which is necessary for building its control programs and it is tied with AI/IoT closely. KENKI DRYER’s AI/IoT cannot be realized if any one of these is missing.

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