"MakerAI team on AI Infra Summit Hackathon Hackathon"

Team Idea

An AI-powered robotic system that uses computer vision and OCR to read food expiration dates, identify expired items, and automatically remove them with a robotic arm—helping reduce food waste and simplify inventory management.

Team Members

Mandy Shi

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polyholic-cyber

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Submission

VLA-Powered LEGO Quality Inspection Robot

Our system combines SmolVLA and ACT for learning robot movements from a leader. The trainer robot arm learns to identify LEGO blocks, determine whether a piece is perfect or defective, and then pick and place the block onto the corresponding plate.