Processes and targets
Model materials, carriers, locations, stations, vehicles, parts, defects, and operations, including when each target enters, changes, and leaves the process.
Produces: process flow, master data and quality criteriaTECHNOLOGY SYSTEM
Start with operating requirements, then connect sensing, control, models, and data into an operable engineering system.
A technology architecture is more than a list of devices, protocols, and models. It defines how tasks are understood, dispatched, sensed, executed, recovered, and recorded in a form that can be validated and traced.
Page framework
Define what the system must understand, how engineering domains divide responsibility and connect, and how the result is validated and operated.
FIELD DEFINITION
Define the operating context before selecting technology
Warehousing, inspection, and manufacturing scenarios share one premise: hardware, software, and models must use the same operating facts and scope.
Tasks and cycle time
Define triggers, priorities, concurrency, peak load, buffers, cycle times, and capacity assumptions rather than designing only for an ideal sequence.
Produces: task rules, capacity assumptions and performance limitsSpace and equipment
Confirm maps, routes, fields of view, working distance, fixtures, axes and installed equipment so every action has a feasible position.
Produces: layout constraints, equipment scope and action conditionsEnvironment and safety
Record lighting, reflection, vibration, speed, network, power, heat, collision, isolation and fire constraints because they change sensing and recovery design.
Produces: environmental baseline, interlocks and risk registerSystems and data
Map ERP, MES, TMS, PLC, and shop-floor systems, including master data, identifiers, interface timing, access controls, and retention.
Produces: interface list, identity rules and data ownershipExceptions and ownership
Define owners and recovery procedures for offline states, timeouts, congestion, incorrect materials, false detections, faults, and human intervention.
Produces: exception matrix, recovery workflow and acceptance responsibilitiesENGINEERING DOMAINS
Five engineering domains work together in one operating workflow
They are not independent product lines. Each domain receives a defined input, returns a verifiable output and respects adjacent constraints.
Key questions
- Process routes and states
- Defect criteria and quality gates
- Human hand-off and ownership
Key questions
- FOV, resolution and working distance
- Lighting, surface and motion
- Trigger, synchronisation and repeatability
Key questions
- Sequences and state machines
- Device integration and interlocks
- Safety, cycle time and recovery
Key questions
- Rules versus AI
- Samples, thresholds and versions
- Accuracy, false positives and review
Key questions
- Master data and identity
- Interface timing and consistency
- Access, retention and traceability
SYSTEM CONTRACTS
Four system contracts make interfaces dependable
A protocol only transports data. Coordination depends on a shared definition of command, state, result and recovery.
Command contract
Define who may create, change, cancel and resequence work and which prerequisites must be true.
Field listWork ID / target / priority / prerequisite / cancellationState contract
Align online, mode, occupancy, progress and availability so upstream systems know when work can continue.
Field listHeartbeat / mode / position / occupancy / progress / timestampResult contract
Return completion, OK/NG, values, images and material links, with an acknowledgement that the result was received.
Field listCompletion / decision / value / evidence / binding / acknowledgementException contract
Define severity, timeout, retry, offline fallback, human takeover and reset so a fault has a complete recovery path.
Field listSeverity / cause / impact / retry / human action / recoveryFIELD LOOPS
Two operational loops show how the system works end to end
Logistics and inspection serve different purposes, but both need a complete requirement–execution–feedback–response–record cycle.
Logistics loop
A production or warehouse need becomes a dispatchable task. Control coordinates robots, conveyors, and peripherals; status, completion, and exceptions return to inventory and operating records.
- 01StepPlan and transport need
- 02StepWMS business task
- 03StepWCS task breakdown
- 04StepRCS / PLC / equipment
- 05StepStatus, result and exception
- 06StepInventory and operating history
Inspection loop
Defect criteria and sample bounds determine acquisition and decision. Results drive PLC alarms, sorting or stops; human review returns with images, parameters and model versions.
- 01StepDefect and sample bounds
- 02StepFixed imaging / sensing
- 03StepRule / measure / model
- 04StepPLC alarm, sort or stop
- 05StepHuman review and response
- 06StepImage, parameter, result and version
DELIVERY & VALIDATION
From feasibility to sustained operation
The project path can be organised into six stages. Each stage needs stronger engineering evidence; a sample or demo result does not become a production commitment by itself.
Current baseline
Review processes, equipment, systems, samples, and on-site constraints; identify any missing prerequisites.
Solution and boundary
Define architecture, device and interface scope, customer prerequisites, human roles and acceptance terms.
Technical proof
Test key assumptions through samples, POC or logic simulation with conditions, data versions and open issues recorded.
Engineering integration
Integrate software, hardware, upstream systems, PLC and equipment across normal and exceptional flows.
On-site acceptance
Run SAT, UAT, or a pilot under agreed conditions to verify functions, cycle time, safety, recovery, and traceability.
Operational handover
Deliver monitoring, backup, recovery, training, maintenance and change control for daily operation.
Evidence matures by stage: working assumption → controlled validation → integration record → on-site acceptance → operating history.
ENGINEERING CONDITIONS
Public statements retain engineering conditions
This page explains capability structure; it does not replace a project specification. These boundaries prevent a single case or test from becoming a universal claim.
Equipment and protocols
Names indicate possible integration positions, not standard compatibility or partner status.
Performance and accuracy
Speed, accuracy, detection and recovery values require an object, sample, environment, configuration and acceptance method.
Data and cases
Drawings, on-site images, test results, and operating data are used only with permission; findings from one case are not generalised.
NEXT STEP
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Share the current process, constraints and intended outcome. We will assess the smallest verifiable starting scope.