Smart manufacturing processes are often installed with a large number of sensors, imaging devices and computers, which not only enable instant communication across various modules of a production syst...
The paper introduces ISP-AD, the largest publicly available industrial anomaly detection dataset, featuring both synthetic and real defects from a factory floor. It focuses on challenging, small, weakly contrasted surface defects within highly variable structured patterns, addressing the bias of existing datasets toward ideal imaging conditions. Experiments demonstrate that even a small amount of weakly labeled real defects improves model generalization and that synthetic defects can serve as a useful cold‑start baseline for scalable training.
By Paul J. Krassnig, Dieter P. Gruber
This paper presents the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) 2026 Grand Challenge on Cross-Scenario Defect Detection and Fine-Grained Severity Grading for High-Precision Manufacturing. The challenge is motivated by two key limitations of existing industrial defect inspection systems: (1) current deep learning-based methods often suffer significant performance degradation when deployed in unseen production scenarios, and (2) most benchmarks neglect severity-aware assessment, which is critical for risk control and yield optimization.
arXiv:2608.21967v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Automated visual inspection in manufacturing aims to replace slow and inconsistent manual checks, but its economic value depends on whether its decisio...
By Panagiotis Sapoutzoglou, Jessy Ribaira, Martin Kanounnikoff, Bas Tijsma, Christian Gei{\ss}, Maria Pateraki
arXiv:2606. 20323v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep Transfer Learning (DTL) allows for the efficient building of Intelligent Fault Diagnosis Systems (IFDS).
By Giancarlo Santamato, Andrea Mattia Garavagno, Massimiliano Solazzi, Antonio Frisoli
The paper introduces FuDU, a streaming active learning framework that enhances real‑time industrial defect detection by quantifying uncertainty at both image and box levels. It employs a Prototype-based Global Uncertainty Quantification module to assess image‑level uncertainty and a Dual‑entropy defect Uncertainty Evaluator for box‑level uncertainty. By fusing these uncertainties through fuzzy inference, FuDU enables expert‑knowledge‑driven adaptive sampling, improving reliability in tasks such as nuclear fuel rod defect detection.
By Zhaoyang Wang, Haiyong Chen, Binyi Su, Xinwei Lyu