Physical artificial intelligence (AI) corporations MakinaRocks said on the 26th it will work with Samsung Display's Vietnam plant to optimize AI-based equipment control.
Based on the proof-of-concept (PoC) results completed in the first half, the cooperation aims to apply the solution to the actual mass-production line at the Vietnam plant by the end of this year.
Production equipment in manufacturing plants moves according to commands from small computers called "controllers" (hereafter PLCs). As process changes and new product responses repeat, command codes accumulate over decades, and the PLC memory with fixed capacity reaches its limit. There is not enough space to handle new functions and operations and inference based on large language models (LLMs). To solve this problem, the equipment or the line itself must be reconfigured, and because the plant must be stopped in the process, a heavy burden of time and expense arises.
MakinaRocks is working with Samsung Display to solve this problem with an AI-based PLC control solution. The key is to secure PLC memory headroom without shutting down the plant or replacing equipment. An LLM analyzes the entire code and automatically selects residual legacy process code and duplicate or unused commands.
MakinaRocks verified code analysis accuracy and resource-saving effects on an actual production line at Samsung Display's Vietnam plant, and plans to expand various AI collaborations applicable to display manufacturing processes with Samsung Display.
Yoon Seong-ho, CEO of MakinaRocks, said, "We will continue to realize productivity innovation together for global manufacturing corporations through physical AI that creates tangible value on the industrial frontlines."