Chocolate Inspection
Short Description
This showcase project demonstrates how different AI and non-AI tools in SICK Nova can be used for a quality inspection task.
By following the SICK Nova tutorial series, you will learn how to inspect a chocolate bar and understand how similar inspection workflows can be transferred to other objects or packaged goods.
Project Information
| Project type | Required knowledge level | Estimated duration | Additional hardware and software requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Showcase Project | Advanced | 2 Hours |
Chocolate bar Optional: 3D print files from sick.com/de/en/downloads/media/swp682086 Alternative: any other chocolate bar or packed grocery item |
What This Project Demonstrates
This project shows how a visual inspection workflow can be created with the Vision Starter Kit and SICK Nova.
You will see how different tools can be combined to inspect an object, evaluate visual characteristics and understand typical quality inspection workflows.
This showcase can help you understand:
- how image-based inspection tasks can be structured
- how AI and non-AI tools can support visual inspection
- how a tutorial-based project can be adapted to your own object
- how the InspectorP61x from the Vision Starter Kit can be used instead of the sensor shown in the video
Before You Start
Set up the Vision Starter Kit as described in the Getting started guide.
Sensor used in the tutorial
The video tutorial uses an Inspector83x.
For this Starter Kit project, use the InspectorP61x included in the Vision Starter Kit instead.
Tutorial Series
The complete tutorial series can be found here:
How to Follow Along
This project is intended as a showcase project.
Instead of following a full written step-by-step guide on this page, follow the individual steps in the tutorial videos.
While following the videos, keep the following adaptation in mind:
- Use the InspectorP61x from the Vision Starter Kit.
- Use a chocolate bar, the recommended 3D printed object or another packed grocery item.
- Recreate the shown inspection workflow in SICK Nova.
- Test whether the workflow can detect or evaluate the relevant object characteristics.
- Adjust acquisition, tool settings and inspection logic if necessary.
Adapt the project
If you do not have the exact same chocolate bar or object, use a similar packed grocery item.
The goal is to understand the inspection workflow, not to reproduce the tutorial object exactly.
Expected Result
After completing this showcase project, you should understand how a quality inspection workflow can be built in SICK Nova.
You should be able to:
- follow a tutorial-based inspection workflow
- adapt the workflow to the Vision Starter Kit
- use the InspectorP61x for image-based inspection tasks
- understand how AI and non-AI tools can support quality inspection
- transfer the idea to other objects or packaged goods
Summary
In this showcase project, you explored how SICK Nova can be used for a chocolate inspection task.
The project is intended to demonstrate what is possible with the Vision Starter Kit and how tutorial-based workflows can be adapted to your own setup.
Next Steps
Continue with another Vision project or open the complete project files on GitHub.com.