SPATIAL PIRegister interestSolutions · Inspection
How Spatial PI is approaching manufacturing inspection — locating each inspection point, supporting the visual check, keeping human judgment in the loop, and connecting the evidence to the record.
Early-stage product · Capabilities and compatibility are still being validated
Overview
Inspection is a critical part of manufacturing quality control. Teams examine materials, components, processes, and finished products before, during, and after production to confirm that the work follows defined requirements.
Spatial PI is exploring how approved instructions, spatial context, observations, and evidence can stay connected throughout that process.
End-of-line inspection
AI-assisted visual inspection and AR guidance can help teams focus each check and capture its result. Spatial PI is evaluating these patterns with human review and workflow-specific validation.
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Inspection challenges
Moving between the physical object and paper or 2D references adds friction when teams need to check parts, wiring, welds, and assembly details.
Repetition, fatigue, and incomplete reference material can make it harder to sustain careful, consistent checks throughout a shift.
Recording results separately adds work and can leave images, notes, status, and the procedure scattered across different systems.
Inspection concepts adapted from authorized PTC reference material. No partnership, customer relationship, or endorsement is implied.
Benefits
These are intended outcomes to evaluate with early teams, not published performance claims. Every automated behavior must be validated for its real operating environment.
Evaluation areas for camera-assisted inspection and governed AI support.
Bring the right check into view without repeatedly searching separate reference material.
Explore support for missing or incorrectly positioned parts, subject to workflow-specific validation.
Use governed technician feedback to evaluate future decision support without replacing accountable review.
Contextual cues can reduce the distance between the instruction and the object.
Show what has been checked, what needs attention, and where human confirmation is still required.
Present approved steps near the inspection point and keep progress in the intended sequence.
Reduce repeated switching between real components and separate 2D manuals across different checks.
Keep evidence and review context alongside the procedure that produced them.
Capture observations and image evidence as part of the guided inspection flow.
Link guidance, technician input, and the completed record instead of duplicating work between tools.
Prepare structured inspection history for future analysis once the relevant data and controls are validated.
How it works
A complete inspection loop keeps guidance, technician judgment, and the resulting record connected. It is the inspection-specific form of the Navigate, Check, Teach, Perform, Verify loop the Spatial PI app is built around.
Bring the relevant procedure and inspection location into view so the technician knows where the check belongs and what requires attention.
Authorized PTC reference imagery · Vuforia interface shown
Reference images show a PTC/Vuforia interface, not the Spatial PI product. Spatial PI capabilities, device support, and automated assessment are still being validated.
Resources
Authorized external reading from PTC. Each link opens the original source in a new tab.
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Review PTC’s approach to capturing and delivering frontline knowledge through augmented reality.
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Read PTC’s account of an augmented reality program supporting quality-control and training processes.
Read the PTC case study (opens in a new tab)Inspection questions
Quality inspection checks products or materials against defined requirements before, during, or after production. Process inspection checks whether each part of the manufacturing process is followed as intended. Equipment inspection checks whether machinery remains safe, serviceable, and ready for operation.
Spatial PI is exploring an authoring flow for approved procedures, reference media, inspection points, and evidence requirements. Automated checks, CAD handling, dashboards, and integrations will be described only after they are implemented and validated.
AR can place visual navigation, component context, reference media, and status cues closer to the object being inspected. Spatial PI intends to keep human judgment and accountable approval visible wherever automated assistance is introduced.
A team may choose to measure inspection completeness, procedure consistency, training time, rework, reporting effort, or throughput against its own baseline. Spatial PI does not currently publish customer-performance results.
Not generally. Spatial PI is in product development and is speaking with a limited number of industrial teams willing to help validate real inspection problems. Device support, integrations, and automated assessment are still being validated.
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Share the inspection workflow your team wants to improve. Your submission is delivered directly to Spatial PI for review.