Game Changers – AI Enabled Machine Vision Inspection
When we’re not talking about AI in manufacturing, we’re talking about automation, sometimes to ensure more consistent quality or traceability, other times to ensure we can be competitive enough to reshore manufacturing and make supply chains more agile and secure. Whichever way you look at it the automation of inspection through machine vision and the application of AI is a game changer on so many levels.
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