Telit Cinterion has expanded its DeviceWise AI Visual Inspection platform with the VI Assistant app for the Apple iPhone and iPad.

This app extends AI-powered inspection to virtually anywhere in factories, refineries and other manufacturing and process environments. Now, quality control managers, quality inspectors and engineers can make informed decisions instantly rather than waiting minutes or hours for analysis.

Launched in 2023, DeviceWISE AI Visual Inspection (www.telit.com/iot-platforms-overview/devicewise-ai) provides automakers, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, energy and other manufacturers with a no-code turnkey option for collecting and analysing visual data from their production process. These insights empower manufacturers to identify and address quickly emerging quality control problems involving employee workstations, industrial robots, CNC machines and more. Ultimately, this leads to reductions in rework and downtime, improving quality and ensuring production schedules are consistently met.

Available for Apple devices running iOS 18.2 or later, the VI Assistant app (apps.apple.com/us/app/telit-cinterion-vi-assistant/id6742846150) expands the reach and effectiveness of DeviceWise AI Visual Inspection by using the GPUs and cameras in Apple devices. With this app, AI predictions are now run directly in the app using those locally stored models.

Customers that use DeviceWise VI Assistant on iPhone or iPad over wifi or public or private 4G or 5G eliminate the need for expensive, specialised cameras. This extends computer vision workflows throughout an entire factory or refinery. This on-premises architecture also provides robust security, safeguarding proprietary business information by keeping it entirely within the facility rather than in the cloud. For instance, the iPhone 16’s A18 chip, with its five-core GPU, enables powerful AI inferencing directly on the device.

Its 48MP camera, featuring up to ten-times digital zoom, provides the granular resolution necessary for the AI to identify instantly subtle flaws such as missing bolts, coating variations or other critical aspects of product quality. These granular, actionable insights are crucial for success in demanding production environments such as just-in-time manufacturing (JITM) and Industry 4.0.

“DeviceWise with VI Assistant significantly enhances the ability of manufacturers to quickly find and fix problems using Apple devices that directly affect their competitiveness and bottom line,” said David De la Rosa, vice president at Telit Cinterion (www.telit.com). “DeviceWise enables manufacturers to collect, transform and integrate data from any machine to any IT system, creating full applications for Industry 4.0 and digital transformation. The new Apple app means DeviceWise AI Visual Inspection customers now can use AI throughout their production workflow and without the need for expensive hardware or custom code.”

For more information about DeviceWise AI, visit www.telit.com/devicewise-ai-consultation.