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Sanctuary AI Achieves Production Proof on Wire Plugging Task on Live Automotive Line

Sanctuary AI announced that it achieved 99.5 percent wire plugging accuracy on a live production line, working with a global Tier 1 automotive supplier. The test delivered a cycle time of 2.54 seconds and a task success rate of better than 99.5 percent, validated against the customer’s live producti

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