Well yeah the human element is exactly what I'd want to eliminate as much as possible; I'm thinking of it more along the lines of what I've seen on How It's Mad

Well yeah the human element is exactly what I'd want to eliminate as much as possible; I'm thinking of it more along the lines of what I've seen on How It's Made: Dream Cars in the sense that to get the various layers you're going to want - basic dimensions, surface features, coloration, reflective properties - aren't going to happen in one quick grab I don't think, and I get the feeling the process would work best in "absolute darkness" and isolated as much as possible for vibration. Taking that 10k number - assuming disparate types of items that might be part of a series like "Bathroom" (toothbrush, hair brush, toilet brush, plunger) - in 24 hours that means cycling each item through in about 8 seconds. The only way I remotely see that possible is essentially having a robot hand pick up the item at the entry point, hold it for the capture sequence (perhaps have a custom-designed 'mount' that can allow for true 360 via a couple positions), and then drop it out the other side. It's the scale part I'm wondering about, re: one size machine fits all doesn't seem to make sense. One machine for items under a certain dimension (e.g. "hand held") then another for items where the machine has to essentially have super-powers to pick up and rotate objects to complete the imaging process (e.g. a couch, a dresser, a motorcycle, etc). I think trying too hard to accommodate outliers ends up tainting the balance of operations a little? Just thinking out loud, really cool puzzle.