A novel triplet loss architecture with visual explanation for detecting the unwanted rotation of bolts in safety-critical environments

Bolton, Tom; Bass, Julian; Gaber, Tarek; Mansouri, Taha; Adam, Peter; Ghavimi, Hossein

doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2025.111097

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