Japan, April 22 -- Daikin Industries, Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd. are working through collaborative creation to begin a trial operation in April 2025 at the Sakai Plant-Rinkai Factory (Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture) where Daikin manufactures commercial air conditioning equipment. Their aim is to commercialize an AI agent that supports equipment failure diagnostics in factories (AI Agent for Equipment Failure Diagnostics).This initiative takes the OT knowledge cultivated by Daikin and Hitachi at their respective worksites over many years and unites it with Hitachi's advanced IT. When a maintenance technician armed with a tablet device discovers a failure in a pump or valve while inspecting production equipment, the "AI Agent for Equipment Failure ...