In today’s fast-evolving manufacturing landscape, adopting advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics is no longer optional—it’s essential. For Lentis Technologies, an automation company and robot integrator in serial manufacturing, integrating AI into their operations was key to addressing the need of customer for more efficient and faster-to-implement automation solutions, which are furthermore flexible enough to be implemented in different processes to optimize Return-On-Invest.
Thanks to their collaboration with AI-MATTERS, Lentis Technologies was able to develop standardize products in an industry which is otherwise highly custom. This is their story.
The Challenge
Every organization embarking on an AI transformation faces unique hurdles. For Lentis Technologies, the main challenge was how to develop a process automation solution, which is scalable and can provide automated process in serial manufacturing fast and for reasonable price. Additionally, they needed support in testing parts of such solution, because it is very complex and requires extensive validation.
The Solution
AI-MATTERS provided Lentis Technologies with the resources and expertise they needed to overcome these challenges. Through access to state-of-the-art testing facilities, tailored technical guidance and collaborative workshops, the organization was able to prepare a go-to-market version for intuitive Hardware Configurator for any machine vision related project. Furthermore, this component enables the realization of a fully autonomous AI Robotic Quality inspector – a machine that can be applied in any manufacturing context, can move physically along manufacturing line, take images of every production parts, learn alone its quality specifics and perform automated quality control to predefined quality standards.
The Results
The collaboration between AI-MATTERS and Lentis Technologies delivered tangible outcomes. Some of the key results include:
- 30.000 EURO hard savings in realized automation projects
- 6 months saved project execution time
- Preparing the concept solution for fully autonomous Robotic AI Quality Inspector
Looking Ahead
Working with AI-MATTERS has been a pivotal step for Lentis Technologies’ in their AI adoption journey. Moving forward, they plan to keep investing in the field, enabling more complex solutions and the most-flexible production automation machines.
“We are even preparing a fully automated AI Robotic Quality Inspector, which will be a stand-alone machine, that can physically move around a production facility, capture images of any product, train itself on the quality requirements of this product and perform quality control on it, completely autonomously.”
Conclusion
Lentis Technologies’ story demonstrates the transformative potential of AI in European manufacturing. By addressing challenges head-on and leveraging the resources of AI-MATTERS, they’ve paved the way for a future of smarter, more efficient operations.
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