Yoichiro Komatsu, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

Yoichiro Komatsu

Assistant Chief Engineer

Yoichiro Komatsu works in the Honda R&D Digital Development Promotion Division, the in-house IT department of Honda R&D. He began his career as a computer-aided design (CAD) developer and quickly joined a research project for a new-generation, pen-based CAD system. In 2015, he moved from CAD to the product lifecycle management (PLM) section of the division to begin his work in data utilization and AI. He currently leads two projects: Development of a cross-system search engine, and AI utilization for the Automotive Development Environment, or intelligent automobile design.

Automotive design problems? AI helps find solutions

Written by Yoichiro Komatsu | AI/Watson, Automotive, IBM Garage

Today’s automobile development process is highly complicated. In the past, vehicles were just a combination of mechanical pieces. Now, automobiles are a multi-faceted combination of mechanical parts, electronics and in-vehicle software. As automotive designers, Honda R&D must continuously adapt our development processes to handle these complexities. Many design problems actually occur early in the development ...read more