IBM Launches Cognitive Visual Inspection

IBM launched a new Watson IoT offering, Cognitive Visual Inspection, which the company said will help manufacturers reduce their inspection time by up to 80 percent.

This offering provides manufacturers with a "cognitive assistant" on the factory floor to minimize defects and ultimately increase product quality.

"By bringing cognition to the factory floor, IBM is helping usher in the fourth industrial revolution where entirely new levels of efficiency, flexibility and product excellence in manufacturing can become an everyday reality," said Harriet Green, general manager at IBM Watson IoT, in a statement.