IBM Inspector Wearable

Transforms the way employees perform AI-enabled inspections by using hands-free headsets

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Assisted reality inspection

IBM Inspector Wearable is a mobile app that enables you to perform remote, hands-free visual inspections with RealWear HMT-1 assisted reality devices. This combination of capabilities can help your teams identify defects and issues rapidly by capturing images with a head-mounted display.

Empowers employees

Allows field workers to experience hands-free inspections

Reinforces safety

Improves safety by removing the need to touch devices

Increases quality

Boosts the overall quality of products and services

Reduces workloads

Shrinks workloads and improves employee and customer satisfaction

Use cases

IBM Inspector Wearable app can be easily installed on RealWear headsets and run computer vision models on the device in order to enable hands-free inspections.

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Allows employees to perform hands-free inspections with a simple voice command and head gesture functionality that RealWear HMT-1 devices provide, even in high noise environments.

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Uses complex computer vision models that are developed on IBM Services Software Model Builder for Vision, a deep-learning platform dedicated to support the mobile apps in the IBM Services Software Inspection Suite.

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AI-enabled hands-free visual inspections

Object detection for vehicles
Computer vision
Use AI models for object detection and image classification.
Edge computing
Perform on-device AI inference.
Integration
Enable users to conduct inspections using voice commands.

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