Automated supervision and inspection of assembly process

A method for performing automated supervision and inspection of an assembly process, the method being implemented using a computer system and comprising:

• generating sensor data at an assembly site using a sensor system positioned relative to the assembly site;
• identifying, by the computer system, a current stage of a plurality of stages in the assembly process for building an assembly at the assembly site using the sensor data, assembly information stored in a data repository, and at least one of machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, a customized learning technique, computational learning, or artificial intelligence learning,
• wherein the assembly information includes assembly process flow data that includes information about a sequence of the plurality of stages;
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• wherein identifying the current stage includes detecting a plurality of objects using the sensor data and matching at least a portion of the plurality of objects to parts for the assembly such that the portion of the plurality of objects matched to the parts is a plurality of matched objects;
• identifying, by the computer system, a context for the current stage;
• generating, by the computer system, a quality report for the assembly corresponding to the current stage based on the sensor data and the context for the current stage, wherein the quality report includes an overall stage assessment that indicates a quality of the current stage of the assembly process;
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• storing, by the computer system, a record corresponding to the current stage of the assembly process in the data repository to thereby build a history of records for the assembly process, wherein the record includes at least a portion of the sensor data, an identification of the plurality of objects, an identification of the plurality of matched objects, and the quality report.

A system for automated supervision and inspection of an assembly process, the system comprising:

• a sensor system positioned relative to an assembly site and an assembly being built at the assembly site;
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• a computer system that:
• identifies a current stage of a plurality of stages in the assembly process for building the assembly at the assembly site based on sensor data generated by the sensor system and assembly process flow data that includes information about a sequence of the plurality of stages, wherein identifying the current stage includes detecting a plurality of objects using the sensor data and matching at least a portion of the plurality of objects to parts for the assembly such that the portion of the plurality of objects matched to the parts is a plurality of matched objects;
• identifies a context for the current stage;
• generates a quality report for the assembly corresponding to the current stage based on the sensor data and the context for the current stage, and
• stores a record corresponding to the current stage of the assembly process in a data repository to thereby build a history of records for the assembly process, wherein the record includes at least a portion of the sensor data, the quality report, an identification of the plurality of objects, and an identification of the plurality of matched objects.