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Robotics and Automation Open Access Journal article

Edge AI-enabled real-time process control in smart plywood production: IoT integration and intelligent automation framework

Lulu Huang, Emmanuel Ferrer

11 April 2026 · Future Technology

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In response to the technical requirements for real-time quality control in the hot pressing process of intelligent plywood production, this study proposes a real-time process control framework driven by edge AI. This framework employs a three-layer edge intelligence architecture. This work shows a practical and efficient boundary node model application scheme for defect detection with multi-level lightweight strategies. In particular, this work builds a decision level data fusion approach for visual detection data and process parameters based on rules for defect-process parameter association mapping. Experimental results have shown that this designed scheme can efficiently detect defects in an edge computing environment. Additionally, with more multi-source fusion being considered in the site environment, the overall detection efficiency might be improved while maintaining a stable closed-loop control system. After that, quality enhancement for products and efficiency improvement for detection were realized. The results provide a feasible method for utilizing engineering processes for enhanced online quality detection for the plywood hot-pressing process based on practical experiences for intelligence upgrades in wood processing.

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