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How to Build an Autonomous Defect Detector with Physical AI

calendar_today August 28, 2026 person Aarnav Shah domain roboflow-universe

Pulling bad parts by hand dates back to 1960s assembly lines. I built a local defect detector using a webcam, RF-DETR, and a desktop robot arm. Ten training photos and 0.2 seconds per frame run the full detect, decide, pick, and verify loop right on my desk.

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