Beyond MVTec AD: collecting your own anomaly dataset that survives reality

invalid@example.com (Aior), Aior
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:34:00 +0000
Datasets

MVTec AD is a benchmark, not a dataset​
Every anomaly detection paper tops out near 99 % image-AUROC on MVTec AD. That number is the reason teams confidently deploy a model and then watch it fail in production. MVTec AD is small (~5k images), pristine (lab lighting, clean backgrounds, single object), and curated (anomalies are visible to a human in <1 s). Your factory floor is none of those things.

If you're collecting...