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New research explores extracting procedural knowledge from industrial guides

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Two research papers, submitted to arXiv, explore methods for extracting procedural knowledge from industrial troubleshooting guides. The first paper evaluates Vision Language Models (VLMs) for this task, comparing standard instruction-guided prompting with an augmented approach that highlights layout patterns. The second paper introduces FlowExtract, a pipeline that uses YOLOv8 and EasyOCR for element detection and a novel edge detection method to reconstruct directed graphs from flowcharts, outperforming VLMs in edge extraction. AI

IMPACT Develops new methods for making industrial procedural knowledge machine-readable, potentially improving operator support systems.

RANK_REASON Two academic papers published on arXiv detailing methods for knowledge extraction from industrial diagrams.

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New research explores extracting procedural knowledge from industrial guides

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Guillermo Gil de Avalle, Laura Maruster, Christos Emmanouilidis ·

    Procedural Knowledge Extraction from Industrial Troubleshooting Guides Using Vision Language Models

    arXiv:2601.22754v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Industrial troubleshooting guides encode diagnostic procedures in flowchart-like diagrams where spatial layout and technical language jointly convey meaning. To integrate this knowledge into operator support systems, which…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Guillermo Gil de Avalle, Laura Maruster, Eric Sloot, Christos Emmanouilidis ·

    FlowExtract: Procedural Knowledge Extraction from Maintenance Flowcharts

    arXiv:2604.06770v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Maintenance procedures in manufacturing facilities are often documented as flowcharts in static PDFs or scanned images. They encode procedural knowledge essential for asset lifecycle management, yet inaccessible to modern …

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