background

We want to transfer the experience we have gained in our own company to the entire industry in order to achieve sophistication/efficiency in response to resource shortages.

Most infrastructure in Japan was intensively developed during rapid economic growth. By 2033, more than half of them will be 50 years old and damage and accidents due to aging have become social problems. The government has been promoting the maintenance/renewal of aging infrastructure in line with the plan compiled in November 2013, but it is still difficult to secure sufficient budget.

In addition, there is an urgent need to improve the advanced/efficient infrastructure maintenance and management due to various problems such as a declining workforce and a serious labor shortage.

In order to solve these problems, they decided to consider packaging the technology they have developed, such as remote diagnosis technology by AI operators using laser scanners and high-resolution cameras, in order to convert their knowhow to the industry.

issue

In order to find industries with similarities, a proof of concept should be conducted first to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system.

The need for infrastructure maintenance and management is expected to further increase in the future. In order to meet this need, we would like to increase the number of companies to which we can transfer our expertise in infrastructure maintenance.

On the other hand, due to the lack of actual results, the company has not been able to identify the issues involved in the conversion, such as compatibility analysis, and it is unclear to what extent the system will be effective. It is necessary to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system by conducting a Proof of Concept to determine how and in which industries the system can be used to achieve a higher level of effectiveness.

Public works contractors were selected as potential partners to cooperate in this demonstration, and interviews and proposals were conducted with them. The end client, a public works contractor, was selected as a potential partner to cooperate in this demonstration, so interviews and proposals were conducted.

activity

Provided comprehensive support to public works contractors, from planning to PoC proposals.

Provided comprehensive support to public works contractors, from planning to PoC proposals.

• 1. Formulation of an overall plan
• 2.Interviews on existing operations and business
• 3.Business analysis and problem identification
• 4.Preparation and proposal

At the interview, we facilitated smooth discussions with the person in charge by incorporating the special business knowledge of public works projects.

In addition, proposals were made for automated processing using AI, image recognition, and GNSS to utilize location information for the purpose of automation and workload reduction.

consequence

Launch of cooperative demonstration experiments was a step toward making infrastructure maintenance more advanced and efficient.

As a result of these efforts, it was decided to conduct a demonstration experiment of the know-how in the next fiscal year and beyond.

In addition, it was also decided to conduct joint research with the end client, a public works contractor, in the next fiscal year and beyond. The establishment of a mid- to long-term relationship with the client has given rise to expectations for expansion of other projects.


By increasing the number of projects based on this achievement, we can expect to further expand our clients and establish our superiority in the market, thereby contributed to taking a major first step toward the realization of more advanced and efficient infrastructure maintenance.