Invisible AI uses computer vision to help (but hopefully not nag) assembly line workers – TechCrunch

"Assembly" may sound like one of the simpler tests in the manufacturing process, but as anyone who's ever put together a piece of flat-pack furniture knows, it can be surprisingly (and frustratingly) complex. Invisible AI is a startup that aims to monitor people doing assembly tasks using computer vision, helping maintain safety and efficiency -- without succumbing to the obvious all-seeing-eye pitfalls. A $3.6 million seed round ought to help get them going. The company makes self-contained camera-computer units that run highly optimized computer vision algorithms to track the movements of the people they see. By comparing those movements with a set of canonical ones (someone performing the task correctly), the system can watch for mistakes or identify other problems in the workflow -- missing parts, injuries and so on.