This is the second post in the two-part series on how Tyson Foods Inc., is using computer vision applications at the edge to automate industrial processes inside their meat processing plants. In Part 1, we discussed an inventory counting application at packaging lines built with Amazon SageMaker and AWS Panorama . In this post, we discuss a vision-based anomaly detection solution at the edge for predictive maintenance of industrial equipment. Operational excellence is a key priority at Tyson Foods. Predictive maintenance is an essential asset for achieving this objective by continuously improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Discrete and continuous manufacturing lines generate a high volume of products at low latency, ranging from milliseconds to a few seconds. To identify defects at the same throughput of production, camera streams of images must be processed at low latency. Additionally, factories may have low network bandwidth or intermittent cloud connectivity. In such scenarios, you may need to run the defect detection system on your on-premises compute infrastructure, and upload the processed results for further development and monitoring purposes to the AWS Cloud. This hybrid approach with both local edge hardware and the cloud can address the low latency requirements and help reduce storage and network transfer costs to the cloud.

The Insights group at Tyson Foods is transforming an 85-year-old company into the most modern food company in the world, by leveraging Advanced Analytics and Data Science. This data-first approach has enabled data and technology driven decision-making; you might be surprised with the tech we're exploring at Tyson! From AI and reinforcement learning to robotics and automation, what we work on is found on farms, in plants, at our corporate offices, and in the hands of our CEO. We are seeking experienced members to join the Tyson Foods who are passionate about data and applying the latest machine learning and computer vision technology to solve business problems. As a Senior Data Scientist supporting the Data Science and Advanced Analytics team, you will be responsible for leading the development of the models and tools that progress the company along its digital journey. In this role, you will work alongside architects, Data Engineers and the business to identify new ways in this industry to leverage, develop, and deploy Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Computer Vision models into production using a modern tech stack.

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