計算機シミュレーションを援用した造船固有技能の伝承(<小特集>デジタルマイスター)  [in Japanese] New Approach to Handing Down of Highly Qualified Skills in Shipbuilding by Using of Numerical Simulations(<Special Feature>Digital Meister)  [in Japanese]

Highly qualified skills in manufacturing are the significant strength of so-called "made in Japan". Handing down of highly qualified skills become a serious problem because the first wave of retirement of the millions of baby boomers is on the horizon. This report is our challenge of handing down of highly qualified skills by using of numeral simulation technology. Our new approach is modeling an inner nature of the skill as "metrics" and implementing in computers. Highly developed numerical analysis and optimization technologies will take over ascetic training for craftsmanship. Two examples of the highly qualified skills in shipbuilding, a plate bending operation by line heating and a block positioning operation in erection stage, are shown in this report.