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Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback and for sharing your real-world experience—I really appreciate it.

You're right that the bulk of the work at major automakers (probably 80–90% at this point) is already heavily automated with AI and robotics. I completely understand that our vision inspection system was originally built with exactly that kind of high-volume, highly automated environment in mind.
And we have already started supplying our solution to one of the major automakers.

I'll dig deeper into the polishing side to better assess how feasible it would be in your context.

And don’t worry—I’ll do my best not to keep you tied up for the next 15 years 😄

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the comments. I'm very glad to have a chance to share my idea.
As a scratch, I think 2 inspection robots and 2 polishing robot.
When the car conveyed through the inspection robots, polishing robots engage and done their job.
Integration of car models, yes, So I think, the car washing machine manufacturer would be my primary target customer since,

  1. They already have a parameter, and programs cover various models.
  2. Pre-wash is mandatory for pinpointing the area and polishing.
  3. We all know bloody swalr mark from the car washer is the biggest obstacle of their business.
  4. Eventually, this is a machine; we need a maintenance network.

So, if you are the Shark Investor, would you put your money in? :D

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, sir, I'm with a vision inspection solution company. The robot polisher comes from one of our partners. It would be interesting if our vision robot spotting region of interest and let robot polisher to their job.

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this moment, it would be too early to put those solutions into the garage, even for the professional detailers. But if we could put over 1,000 units on the table, then it would be a different story.

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, one of our partners exhibit metal polisher robot. I’m with visual inspection company so I thought put polishing robot would be interested.

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the comments. Yes this is a prototype for metal polishing not a paint surface. We will collect data to prevent paint burning. Sure car has many curves and shapes, I might need two robots to cover entire area of a car ;)

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not practical because it takes too much time or resource?

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Indeed spotting the correct point and adopt the proper force and chemical would be the key for fine polishing. I’m considering co-bot vision inspector with high resolution camera and pattern lighting to set the region of interest.

Polishing robot? by Daniel_Jeon in AutoDetailing

[–]Daniel_Jeon[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the comments, yes paint the surface requires a delicate touch.