en.Wedoany.com Reported - PTZOptics, Detect-It, and Comtronix will jointly demonstrate an industrial AI inspection solution at Automate 2026 (June 22-25, Chicago, Booth #3920), helping manufacturers rapidly deploy real-time visual inspection, automation, and on-premise intelligence on the factory floor. This collaboration integrates PTZOptics broadcast-grade camera systems, Detect-It visual AI software, and Comtronix industrial computing hardware, aiming to enhance production reliability, reduce inspection bottlenecks, and simplify the scaling process of AI-driven quality workflows.
On-premise AI deployment is the core theme of this joint demonstration. The system's video streams operate entirely behind the customer's firewall, with no operational data transmitted externally, maintaining full functionality even without an internet connection. This local, no-code, always-on architecture provides manufacturers with the security, reliability, and speed they need, while offering a path to scale from a single inspection use case to broader factory automation.
The demonstration is structured in three tiers of increasing difficulty. Tier 1 showcases a single-camera inspection workflow using one PTZOptics camera, Detect-It Net Runner AI software, and a compact Comtronix industrial PC, allowing visitors to interact with a real-time presence/absence or pass/fail inspection network. Tier 2 features a multi-camera setup mounted on a desktop gantry, with multiple PTZOptics cameras moving between positions to inspect presence/absence, bolt tightness, snap closure, and component orientation on a single part, also utilizing Detect-It Net Runner AI software and a mid-range Comtronix industrial PC. Tier 3 offers a first preview of a robotic demonstration, equipped with a FANUC collaborative robot arm carrying a PTZOptics pan/tilt/zoom camera, showcasing how cameras, robots, industrial AI, and in-plant computers can solve highly challenging inspection problems.
Matt Davis, CTO of PTZOptics, stated that manufacturers face pressure to improve quality, reduce defects, and bring AI into production, but many teams still perceive AI as expensive, complex, and difficult to maintain. This collaboration demonstrates a more practical path: leveraging PTZOptics' high-quality robotic cameras, Detect-It's visual AI software, and Comtronix's industrial computers, manufacturers can start with simple inspection use cases and rapidly scale to more advanced plant-wide automation.
Detect-It's AI software enables teams to train visual inspections from video clips, creating robust models that help manufacturers efficiently inspect parts, verify assembly steps, identify defects, and trigger workflow actions. In the joint demonstration, Detect-It will showcase how visual AI supports component verification, barcode-driven inspection, weld verification, guided operator actions, surface inspection, and other quality checks performed in real-time on the factory floor. Rick DiLoreto, COO/CMO of Detect-It, stated that the three parties are working together to bring AI from the lab into the hands of engineers, plant managers, and quality managers. Visitors will see how manufacturers can teach the system to find targets, run locally, and quickly resolve quality issues. PTZOptics cameras provide image quality, optical zoom, and robotic control, while Comtronix supplies the industrial computing power to run these workflows inside the factory.
Comtronix will provide the industrial computing layer for the demonstration, including AI and machine learning PCs and servers designed for demanding industrial environments. The booth will showcase how computers can scale from smaller installations with fewer cameras to high-performance systems supporting multi-camera, GPU, and robotic workflows. Jimmy Haugen, Vice President of Comtronix, stated that AI in manufacturing requires not just models, but hardware capable of surviving and scaling on the factory floor. Their industrial computing systems are designed for these environments, offering the processing power and scalability customers need as they move from the first inspection station to larger, more complex AI deployments. The partnership with PTZOptics and Detect-It allows Comtronix to demonstrate how their PCs function as part of a complete solution.
This collaboration reflects PTZOptics' broader Visual Reasoning initiative, which aims to transform video into actionable data by combining camera robotics, AI, and open integration. For manufacturing, this means moving beyond passive image capture to systems that can inspect, verify, count, alert, and trigger actions based on what the camera sees through real-time video streams.
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