Design a Factory Copilot: Visual Defect Inspection Plus Answers From Operating Procedures

Asked at Codincity · System Design for ML · Difficulty: Hard · Last asked Oct 29, 2026

A manufacturer wants a factory copilot with two connected parts. The first inspects every manufactured part on the production line with cameras and decides whether it has a defect. The second is an assistant that answers operators' questions using the plant's internal standard operating procedures (SOPs), for example "what do I do with this part and this machine now?". Design the whole system end to end, and be ready to defend the architecture, the trade-offs, and how both parts scale horizontally as more lines and plants join.

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