FactorySmart AI Solutions are tailored to solve your vision challenge at the desired throughput. We work with you to implement a highly reliable and accurate vision system that communicates decisions to a PLC or logic controller on your production line. We provide a custom user interface for your factory staff and give you access to a remote dashboard service that provides system telemetry and health data.
A top down image of a sliced short loin is captured with a 2D camera. The model is trained to find the tenderloin section. The height of the tenderloin determines whether the meat is a porterhouse or T-bone steak.
Correct classification improves profitability due to higher price point of porterhouse steaks compared to T-bone.
Image ↦ Segmentation Masks ↦ Class + Portion
A front facing image of the loin is captured with a 2D camera. An AI model recognizes the fatcap and shoulder bone. Distance between these regions determines the grade. The shape of the shoulder bone is used to optimize the cutting blade upstream.
Correct grading and more meat per cut improves profitability due to higher price for better grade and bigger meat portions.
Image ↦ Segmentation Masks ↦ Grade
A 3D point cloud is generated by a Gocator. The point cloud is converted into a height map. An AI model is used to recognize the backbone of the animal and determine the optimal cut lines. The system communicates the cut line co-ordinates to the PLC which controls the slicing machine.
Optimizing the cut lines improves profitability due to higher market price for bigger meat portions.
3D Point Cloud (Gocator) ↦ Height Map ↦ Segmentation Masks ↦ Point Cloud ↦ Saw Path Coordinates
A 3D point cloud is generated by a Gocator sensor. The point cloud is converted into a height map. An AI model classifies each loin according to orientation. The system communicates loin orientation to a PLC which flips each loin as needed for the next operation.
Automating this task reduces risk of disruption related to a global pandemic and labor shortage.
3D Point Cloud (Gocator) ↦ Height Map ↦ Segmentation Masks ↦ Center of Mass
A top down image of sausages on a conveyor is captured with a 2D camera. An AI model detects good sausages and those with defects. The system communicates co-ordinates of defective sausages to a PLC and triggers a mechanical system to remove these from the line and send them back for re-packing.
Identifying defective sausages early prevents waste downstream and provides opportunity to re-work defective sausages.
Image ↦ Defect Bounding Boxes ↦ Pass/Fail
FactorySmart AI provides a turnkey solution to help you leverage the power of AI in your factory. We tackle data collection, pipeline training and development, user interface design and factory communication. Once deployed, we continue to maintain and optimize the system to ensure your return on investment is fully realized.
We find the most suitable open source AI models and frameworks. New models are regularly tested and deployed while cloud connectivity to the inspection device allows us to monitor performance and retrain the model when needed.
We train the AI model(s) on our servers. You don't need to purchase GPU hardware for development. The FactorySmart AI Solution includes a complete pipeline with one or multiple AI models, traditional algorithms, factory interface and factory communication.
We do all the work including data collection, modeling, user interface design and factory communication. We start by determining if AI can solve your application and then work closely to understand your business challenges, priorities and budget.
We support the inspection device remotely to ensure issues are resolved quickly. Access to dashboarding and inspection telemetry provides health and performance monitoring and critical event notification for FactorySmart AI Solutions.
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