Computing power boosts manufacturing

Transformation taking place across nation, utilizing data, AI to build smarter, more flexible factories

GUANGZHOU — In a production hall in Huizhou, Guangdong province, rows of television sets move along an automated assembly line. At one workstation, a robotic system connects signal and interface ports on each unit, a task that was once a manual operation.

Powered by 3D vision and artificial intelligence, the system has helped TCL — one of China's leading consumer electronics makers — achieve a product pass rate of 99.8 percent since it was introduced last year, said Lei Dengsi, a senior engineer with TCL Industry.