Augmented Reality on the Manufacturing Shop Floor w/ Devin Bhushan

The Manufacturing Executive · 17 Dec 2024 · 38m · Episode 236

AI in practice: 2 real uses of AI described

What this episode covers

Devin Bhushan, CEO of Squint, explains how his company uses augmented reality (AR) and generative AI to guide manufacturing operators through complex tasks like troubleshooting and quality inspections. He details the evolution from his work at Splunk and Yahoo, describing how Squint’s tablet-based interface overlays digital instructions and video onto physical machinery to reduce downtime and capture tribal knowledge. Bhushan argues that AR should be invisible to users, integrated seamlessly into daily workflows rather than requiring new hardware like headsets, and emphasizes starting with specific business outcomes like reducing third-shift errors.

AI in practice

Where this conversation describes AI being used to build or deliver a product. Part of the AI in practice tracker.

Engineering & simulationSquint8 hours to 2 minutes

Squint's AI automatically generates Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and short instructional videos from raw footage of an operator performing a task, reducing the time to create documentation from 8 hours to 2 minutes.

“Squint will take that video of them working. And the AI will automatically write that SOP or that standard operating procedure step by step. And it will automatically create what I told you about, which is, you know, you might get a 150 step procedure out of this.”

Devin Bhushan · Hear it at 25:13

Quality & testSquint

Squint uses computer vision and AI to watch an operator perform a task (like closing a valve) and verifies if it was done correctly, providing immediate feedback on errors.

“And then, let's say you don't know how to do that or what it looks like, you can click on the video. And squint actually automatically trims and AI generates these videos based on watching people do it before. And so people who have come before you have been captured and like, now you have this example of an expert fully closing that valve and you can click on the video…”

Devin Bhushan · Hear it at 19:36

Mentioned

Companies
Squint, Splunk, Gorilla 76
Products
Yahoo Fantasy Sports, Apple Vision Pro, Pokémon Go, MetaQuest

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