Nissan uses AI to check for paint flaws [Video]

• Nissan has tapped AI to check for paint defects on new cars
• AI has improved paint defect detection by 7%, according to Nissan
• Nissan said AI is meant to enhance detection, not replace humans

Nissan is using artificial intelligence to help spot paint imperfections on cars produced at its U.S. assembly plants.

About three years ago, the automaker started using the AI-based AUTIS Surface Verification System, which has improved the rate of defect detection at the Smyrna, Tennessee, plant by 7%, according to Nissan. The system uses high-resolution cameras to take 15,000 pictures of each vehicle as it exits the paint booth. Those pictures are then analyzed by AI software to find flaws in the paint.

“The human eye can spot 85%-95% of flaws, but AUTIS identifies over 98%,” Travis Fritsche, a Nissan paint process engineer, said in a statement. Technicians still verify potential paint defects flagged by the system using monitors and dedicated, wrist-worn …