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Ricoh and Kawasaki Heavy Industries established a strategic partnership to visualize design documents and tacit knowledge of skilled technicians using AI to improve productivity.

• •Ricoh and Kawasaki Heavy Industries established a strategic partnership to leverage AI for knowledge asset utilization in design work.
• •They aim to organize and visualize knowledge accumulated in design documents and drawings, as well as the tacit knowledge and know-how of skilled technicians, using AI.
• •The initiative targets technology succession and improved productivity in design operations.

Ricoh announced that it has joined as a lead partner to begin verifying the use of generative AI on the AI inference environment provided by KDDI at its Osaka Sakai Data Center.

• •Ricoh joined as a lead partner for the AI inference environment provided by KDDI at its Osaka Sakai Data Center.
• •The company started verifying the use of generative AI utilizing domestic data center infrastructure in collaboration with KDDI.
• •Ricoh officially announced the start of these verification efforts on October 28.

Ricoh and Ricoh Japan introduced a technology that generates high-resolution 3D models with minimal missing parts from 360-degree camera footage for building maintenance at TEPCO Power Grid, achieving generation in about half a day.

• •Ricoh and Ricoh Japan introduced a technology to generate high-resolution 3D models with minimal missing parts from 360-degree camera footage for building maintenance at TEPCO Power Grid
• •By combining proprietary position estimation technology with AI, the system can supplement shapes of walls and floors with few visual features
• •This technology enables the generation of high-resolution 3D models in approximately half a day

Ricoh announced the development of an improved Japanese LLM that integrates a guardrail function to detect harmful information in generative AI inputs and outputs.

• •The model features a built-in guardrail function that evaluates the safety of inputs and outputs.
• •It is designed to detect harmful information within the inputs and outputs of large language models (LLMs).
• •The model is specifically developed to ensure the safe and secure utilization of generative AI.

Ricoh is enhancing its RICOH360 Business Package Customer Acquisition AI service for real estate businesses, providing a new feature from mid-October that automatically generates promotional photos from 360-degree images.

• •Ricoh Co., Ltd. has enhanced the features of its RICOH360 Business Package Customer Acquisition AI service for real estate businesses.
• •The new feature is the THETA Internal Image Cropping Function, which automatically generates customer acquisition photos from captured 360-degree images.
• •This feature will be available starting from mid-October.

Ricoh announced plans to build a new building at its Atsugi facility, aiming to complete a next-generation factory where humans and AI co-create by the first half of fiscal 2028.

• •To expand its inkjet business, the company aims to more than double its head production capacity.
• •It is also cultivating functional printing areas, such as perovskite solar cells, to establish new growth pillars.
• •Construction of the new building at the Atsugi facility is underway, targeting completion in the first half of fiscal 2028.

The article analyzes how Ricoh and Hitachi address the risk of vendor lock-in in FDE-based AI adoption, offering insights for Japanese companies selecting AI transformation partners.

• •AI adoption utilizing FDEs carries the risk of lock-in to specific vendors.
• •The focus is on how Ricoh and Hitachi are approaching these lock-in concerns.
• •The analysis extracts decision-making hints for Japanese companies choosing AI adoption partners from new services.

リコー「GR」シリーズが2026年に発売30周年を迎える。初代「GR1」から最新機種まで、コンパクトデジタルカメラの歴史と進化の軌跡が振り返られる。

• •2026年はリコー「GR」シリーズの発売から30周年にあたる記念すべき年である
• •初代モデル「GR1」から現在の「GR IVx」まで、製品の変遷と技術の進化が紹介される
• •老舗デジタルカメラブランドの歴史を振り返る内容となっている

リコーがA3カラー複合機の7機種14モデルを発表し、8月24日より発売を開始すると告知した

• •A3カラー複合機「RICOH IM」シリーズのC6011からC2011までの7機種14モデルが新発売される
• •発売日は8月24日とされ、オフィス環境におけるハードウェアの刷新を想定したラインナップである
• •本記事はAI技術の動向ではなく、従来のオフィス機器の製品発表に関する情報である

Ricoh explains key points for leveraging AI in sales as it shifts from product sales to problem-solving services.

• •Ricoh is transitioning its business model from product sales to providing problem-solving services.
• •Redesigning business processes is crucial for effective AI adoption in sales, not just tool implementation.
• •Ricoh's case study provides specific insights for achieving results with AI-driven sales activities.