Invisible AI's cameras have two terabytes of storage, enough to capture two months of data. (Invisible AI)
The company designed a network of cameras that can monitor an assembly line in real time and spot even the smallest things going wrong.
"Productivity, safety and quality are always top of mind in manufacturing, especially auto," Invisible AI CEO Eric Danzinger told Fox News Digital.
The self-contained units are equipped with stereoscopic vision and onboard processing that allows them to be easily set up in a factory without having to tap into the facility’s own networks.
The system can tell if a worker's movements are deviating from the ideal process. (Invisible AI)
Pricing varies by application, but Danzinger said the cost is far less than bringing in a consulting team or trying to accomplish the same work manually, which really can’t be done given the scope of what the system is capable of.
Since they’re self-contained, installing all the cameras can be done in a couple of days between shifts.
"Our system has become the place you can go to help frontline employees understand the work being done," Danzinger said.
"There are a million things happening. People are sick, bad parts are coming from suppliers, machines are broken down. … To be able to know what’s going on, what’s the most crucial component to fix, how do I meet my numbers? That’s the most important thing."
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Invisible AI has collected a roster of a dozen automotive parts suppliers and four original equipment manufactures as clients, including Toyota, which uses the system at a factory in Indiana.
Toyota declined to provide comment for this report, but Senior Engineer Jihad Abdul-Rahim said when the project was announced last year that "Invisible AI is not only helping us find opportunities for improvement on the assembly lines, but we’re also constantly finding new use cases for their technology, such as ergonomics analysis to proactively prevent injuries."
Users can use an app to get an overview or check the status at a specific point in the assembly process. (Invisible AI)
Danzinger said details about its other customers and how they are using the system is confidential and that Invisible AI can’t provide details on their behalf.
As far as privacy is concerned, the system doesn't have facial recognition technology, and it can blur faces captured on video. But the point of it is to offer direct feedback, so it is not an entirely anonymized analytical tool.
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"Most of what we see is helping workers have a voice and raise their hand to say, ‘This is broken. We need help fixing it,’ and actually getting a response," Danzinger said.
Gary Gastelu is Fox News Digital's automotive editor.