In the construction industry, the decline of workers is getting worse due to the aging of society and among others, the lack of skillful skilled workers is concerned in the future.

For this reason, Komatsu collaborates with "NVIDIA", a leading IT manufacturer in the United States, with AI's expertise in development and image processing, in an effort to improve the efficiency and automation of construction work utilizing the latest technology I decided to do it.

Specifically, we will develop a system in which AI automatically finds appropriate traveling routes and materials storage locations at construction sites where many construction machines and trucks go and go.

It also aims to allow unmanned construction machines to recognize people and obstacles, to avoid collisions and to carry out appropriate amounts of earth and sand.

Komatsu's Chief Executive Officer Chiyoshi Shika Chief Executive Officer said that these systems will be put to practical use sequentially from next year, saying, "Before a skilled worker disappeared and construction such as disaster restoration can not be carried out, I would like to build a mechanism that can reduce work burden with AI. "