Sumitomo Rubber and NEC have collaborated to successfully develop AI of the know-how of masters (skilled designers) in tire development. The interpretation of sensory evaluation is based on communication between skilled designers and test drivers, an area that has been extremely difficult to systematize. This time, skilled designers from Sumitomo Rubber and data scientists from NEC collaborated to systematize the...
Sumitomo Rubber has newly developed Japan’s first voicebot on golf advice, introducing a conversational AI platform provided by Enoki. The system has been released free of charge on Oct. 6 as a new feature of D-Golf, the company’s smartphone application to support golf life. A voicebot is a system that uses conversational AI, voice recognition, natural language processing, and other...
Yokohama Rubber has worked with Hamagomu Aicom – a subsidiary focused on developing information systems – to create a proprietary compound design system that incorporates AI-based compound creation technology. The system has then come into practical use starting this July. By suggesting compounds that would be able to match a set of designated rubber properties, the AI here will let...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) has developed new technologies that are able to predict the characteristics and optimize the structures of rubber materials. The company is positioning these as part of Nano Balance Technology, a proprietary platform for rubber material development. To power these new technologies, Toyo Tires is employing materials informatics (MI), a field that utilizes the likes of AI...
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. recently announced its revolutionary self-regenerating concept tire, reCharge. This concept tire is able to adapt to different driving conditions and change accordingly while meeting a user’s mobility needs. At the core of the reCharge concept is a refillable, biodegradable tread compound. The ability to refill with individual capsules, or cartridges, radically simplifies the process...
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) recently announced that it has established what it is calling Tyre Leap AI Analysis. The new AI-based technology is aimed at accelerating the development of technologies that help tires continue to perform over time – a key component of the company’s Smart Tire Concept. Established in the first half of this fiscal year, Tyre Leap...
