Active Inspection System Adapts to High-Mix Manufacturing Without Reprogramming
A new arXiv paper proposes a metrological inspection framework for high-mix, low-volume manufacturing, where parts, specs, and work orders change frequently. The approach steers a vision-language-action model to measure parts and gates its outputs against deterministic evidence rather than relying on fixed sensing routines. It aims to remove the need for repeated task-specific programming in inspection automation.