Up Close: Romain Roux, R&D Director AI, Mycronic

EMSNOW discusses the challenges of using artificial intelligence in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing environments with Mycronic’s R&D Director AI Romain Roux. Romain observes that AI adoption in electronics manufacturing remains gradual, but is being driven by deep customer engagement and market trends. AI must serve human operators, not replace them, he contends. The discussion then goes deep into the specifics of Mycronic’s AI solution and its advantages, including on-premise server deployment with zero external data transmission, customer-specific neural network training, simulation-based implementation allowing manufacturers to validate AI performance without disrupting production, and minimal training time requirements (15-30 minutes). This is a must-watch interview about leading edge AI deployment.