Robotic Arm for Finishing Inspection at an Apparel Factory

Replaced a manual finishing inspection station with a 6-axis robotic arm and a custom vision stack. The arm runs in-line on the finished-goods conveyor, passing over every single garment at line speed and flagging defects before they reach pack-out.

Manual finishing QA bottlenecked throughput, missed defects under operator fatigue, and could not produce a clean, auditable defect log for the brand customers. Stitch defects, loose threads, panel misalignment, and print integrity issues were the dominant escape categories.

• 016-axis arm with overhead and side-mount cameras for full-surface coverage of each garment.
• 02On-device vision pipeline trained on labelled defect samples from the factory's own production line.
• 03Real-time reject routing: defective units are diverted off the line via a pneumatic kicker; pass units continue to pack-out.
• 04Per-unit defect log written to the factory's MES so brand customers receive auditable QA records with every shipment.

• 01Every garment inspected, not a sample.
• 02Operator fatigue removed from the QA loop.
• 03Defect log shipped to the brand alongside every PO.
• 04Throughput preserved -reject handling does not slow the line.