AMP Robotics: Making recycling easy with reliable annotation quality control
公司规模
200-1,000
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- AMP Robotics AI-based Robotics Systems
- CloudFactory Managed Workforce
技术栈
- Computer Vision
- AI-based Robotics
- Data Labeling
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Customer Satisfaction
- Innovation Output
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 分析与建模 - 计算机视觉软件
- 分析与建模 - 机器学习
- 功能应用 - 远程监控系统
适用行业
- 回收与废物管理
适用功能
- 商业运营
- 质量保证
用例
- 机器状态监测
- 预测性维护
- 过程控制与优化
服务
- 数据科学服务
- 系统集成
- 培训
关于客户
AMP Robotics is a leader in the recycling technology industry, building AI-based robotics systems that sort recyclable material at a fraction of the cost of current technology. While a student at Caltech, founder Matanya Horowitz recognized both the vast untapped potential of computer vision as well as the gap in innovation within the recycling industry. Founding AMP Robotics was his response. The company is headquartered in Colorado, USA, and has a team size of 101-250 employees. AMP Robotics focuses on leveraging AI and robotics to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of recycling processes, addressing the limitations of manual labor in the industry.
挑战
As important as recycling is to the sustainability of our planet, the challenge of doing it efficiently and cost-effectively has evaded the industry. While manual labor has been the mainstay, there are limitations to human perception that AI can overcome. There is immense potential for profitability by integrating this technology, however, it can only happen with high-quality annotated data being fed to the neural networks. Beginning as a small, cross-functional team, many of AMP Robotics’ team members had to share the load of data annotating. However, as the company began growing, the need for additional help became evident. AMP then took the step that many fast-expanding tech companies do and began hiring temp workers through an agency. “But we found that it was expensive, and the quality of the annotations just wasn’t there,” explains Ben Clint, AMP Robotics Data Acquisition Manager. “College students were brought in and trained, but the problem is that part-time, unfocused work is not the best thing to get really high-quality results.”
解决方案
Initially, AMP Robotics had a data pipeline where the CloudFactory team and another offshore team were doing annotations and reviewing each other's work. That quickly turned into the other team doing the annotations while CloudFactory leads quality control (QC) review of the labeling work. Our partnership has grown even further to include reviewing of model outputs and helping to vet new areas for development. “CloudFactory added value beyond the agreed-upon tasks, helping AMP Robotics self-improve at every step,” explains Clint. In essence, the CloudFactory team served as a springboard to improve processes within AMP Robotics itself. As part of this evolutionary relationship, CloudFactory’s added value didn’t end there. According to Clint, “It’s been good always having a veteran on the CloudFactory data team, and new people coming in don’t take long to get up to speed. We use the CloudFactory team for more than just annotation. We’ve begun using them for one-off tasks as well, like the vetting of new projects.” CloudFactory’s model ensures that regardless of turnover, there will be no loss of quality, context, or knowledge. This stability is what helps our clients maintain their growth momentum.
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