ATL AI Thought Lab Richard Coulson

Lab Notes

Technical notes from real builds.

Focused observations, lessons, and technical memos from applied AI projects. These notes are not blog posts. They are practical records of what matters when AI systems meet real-world constraints.

Computer Vision

OCR-First Rack Scanning for Bolt Finder

How Bolt Finder moved from barcode-first assumptions to a working OCR-first rack scanning pipeline.

OCRRack ScanningLabel DetectionFactory AIComputer Vision
Computer Vision

OCR vs Barcode Detection in Real Factory Photos

A short note on why label readability and image detail matter before choosing the recognition method.

OCRBarcodeFactory AIImage Quality