An Aging Population, an Aging Infrastructure: How Structural Health Monitoring Combats Both of These Social Issues

Some may know of what is referred to as the “economic miracle” in Japan, wherein Japan experienced a period of rapid economic growth after World War II. As “miraculous” as this period was, it seems no wonder that much of the infrastructure in Japan—including roads, bridges and high-rise buildings—was constructed around this time. It will also come as no surprise…

IT for IP: Japan Patent Office’s Advanced Machine Translation System Supports Companies in Promoting Intellectual Property Strategy

In our highly competitive globalized economy, a successful intellectual property (IP) strategy rests on making sure that other countries know what patents you have approved, and getting information on patent filings in those countries. There’s only one way to do that, by translation, but relying on traditional manual translation is prohibitive: too much work and too expensive. That’s why the…

Spot Welding Inspection Robots Spark a Revolution in the Automotive Industry

A single automobile consists of 30,000 or more individual parts. Every vehicle also has 4,000 – 5,000 places where the parts, such as metal plates, are spot welded together. Spot welding is a welding method that works by passing an electric current through metal plates and using heat generated from the electric resistance to weld the metal. It can be…

We Are Toshiba : How Our Employees Turn on the Promise of a New Day.

It’s been nearly 18 months since the introduction of our brand platform, the Essence of Toshiba. Since then, there have been a number of employee brand workshops and training sessions that took place throughout the many regions where Toshiba operates. The Toshiba Clip team has been visiting some of these regions to interview employees and to hear firsthand how the…

Instant Voice-to-Text! Transforming Work Styles with the Power of AI

We are fast approaching a time where more people can live beyond a hundred years old. At the same time, however, there are labor shortages due to low birthrates and an aging population. RPA (Robotics Process Automation)⁠—using robots to automate work processes⁠—has been touted as a possible way to both resolve these labor shortages and increase productivity by transforming the…

Pride and Dedication in Maintenance Services: the Lifeline that Supports Social Infrastructure

Take a look at this world map. From Japan to the USA, to Canada, to Italy and beyond, the pins in the world map show the thermal power stations that Ken Takagi of Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation has gone over the last 20 years to provide maintenance services. According to Takagi, being able to see the projects he…