R&D

Spot Welding Inspection Robots Spark a Revolution in the Automotive Industry

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 …

2019/12/25
Instant Voice-to-Text! Transforming Work Styles with the Power of AI

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 …

2019/12/11
Creating Together Opens a New Future of Self-Driving Cars

Creating Together Opens a New Future of Self-Driving Cars

Here at Toshiba, we offer two in-house awards named after our founding fathers, Hisashige Tanaka and Ichisuke Fujioka. Tanaka, born in 1799, was nicknamed “Karakuri Giemon”, the genius of mechanical w…

2019/11/27
An Entire Factory in Cyberspace? : Creating Optimal Worksites through Simulation

An Entire Factory in Cyberspace? : Creating Optimal Worksites through Simulation

Hisashige Tanaka and Ichisuke Fujioka—the founding fathers of Toshiba, were two people who made an enormous impact on the history of modern technology in Japan. Here at Toshiba, we offer two in-house …

2019/11/20
The Future of Robotics

The Future of Robotics

As data becomes one of key ingredients to shape global economies, digitalization is gaining momentum in the industrial world. The adoption of technologies including robotics and artificial intelligenc…

2019/10/16
Exploring the Secrets of Engineering and Maestro through Motion Capture

Exploring the Secrets of Engineering and Maestro through Motion Capture

“I think I’ve become pretty good, but there’s always someone better. I want to see how high I can go.” At the National Skills Competition held in Japan, young people working in all kinds of skilled j…

2019/10/02
A Lightweight and Flexible Solar Panel — The Future of Solar Energy?

A Lightweight and Flexible Solar Panel — The Future of Solar Energy?

What do you think when you hear the term “solar energy”? Most of you will think of wide-open spaces, packed to the edges with giant solar panels, and you’d be right—for now. We’re here to tell you tha…

2019/08/07
Harnessing the Strengths of a Semiconductor Technology to Power a Hydrogen Economy

Harnessing the Strengths of a Semiconductor Technology to Power a Hydrogen Economy

The idea of a hydrogen-powered future might seem like something straight out of science fiction, but believe it or not, the technology for hydrogen energy is real. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade a…

2019/04/17
The Science Behind Nanofiber Electrospinning Technology

The Science Behind Nanofiber Electrospinning Technology

Nanofiber electrospinning is one of the complex technologies today and is expected to be applied to Toshiba’s SCiB™ lithium-ion rechargeable battery.　How are ultrafine fibers created? Ikuo Uematsu, re…

2019/03/27
AI-Based Security Cameras: Where Are You, and Where Have You Been?

AI-Based Security Cameras: Where Are You, and Where Have You Been?

Walking around in a train station or an airport, on public transport, shopping, or just popping into a store for a sandwich? Rest assured, you’re being watched. Security cameras are becoming ubiquitou…

2019/02/27