Automated part inspection system

A part inspection system comprising:

• a vision device configured to image a part being inspected and generate a digital image of the part;
• a part inspection module for inspecting part quality of the part based on the digital image of the part, the part inspection module including a machine vision inspection module and an AI inspection module, the machine vision inspection module receiving the digital image of the part, the machine vision inspection module analyzing the digital image to determine a first part quality of the part in the digital image, the machine vision inspection module generating a first part quality output based on the analysis of the digital image, the first part quality output being one of PASS or FAIL, the AI inspection module receiving the same digital image of the part, the AI inspection module analyzing the digital image to determine a second part quality of the part in the same digital image, the AI inspection module generating a second part quality output based on the analysis of the same digital image, the second part quality output being one of PASS or FAIL, wherein the part inspection module compares the first part quality output and the second part quality output to determine if the first and second part quality outputs are the same or different, wherein the part inspection module performs additional part inspection if the first and second part quality outputs are different.

A part inspection method comprising:

• imaging a part using a vision device to generate a digital image;
• analyzing the digital image through a machine vision inspection module of a part inspection system by comparing the digital image to a quality threshold to determine if the digital image passes or fails the quality threshold, the machine vision inspection module generating a first part quality output;
• analyzing the digital image through an AI inspection module of the part inspection system by comparing the digital image to a quality threshold to determine if the digital image passes or fails the quality threshold, the AI inspection module generating a second part quality output;
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• comparing the first part quality output and the second part quality output to determine if the first and second part quality outputs are the same or different, wherein the part inspection system performs additional part inspection if the first and second part quality outputs are different.