
Automation of manufacturing processes
Foot Levelers is the world-leading provider of individually designed functional orthotics, as well as other therapeutic products. With over 60 years in the field and their own product factory, they have improved millions of patients' functionality and quality of life. We engaged with them in their search for speeding up the manufacturing process of building custom orthotics.
About Foot Levelers
Founded: 1952
Headquarters: Roanoke, Virginia
Industry: Manufacturing
Process automation improvement
27% operator throughput increase, saving 10 seconds per foot scan processed, while 2/3 times our system matched or surpassed technicians' results.
Approach
The system is based on multiple keypoint detection algorithms that are able to automatically locate the relevant spots within over thousands of foot scans processed every day.
Stage 1
Foot measurement automation
Stage 2
Pad placement automation
Stage 3