We are living in an age of turbocharged commerce and next-level consumer expectations. Customers will not hesitate to return a product that has a scratch or a food item past its expiration date.

One of the simplest ways to understand a machine vision system is to consider it the “eyes” of a machine. The system uses digital input that’s captured by a camera to determine action. Businesses use ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Manufacturing stands at a crossroads where traditional methods intersect with the promise of ...

Individuals can now attain certification as a machine vision professional (basic level) through a new program launched by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA, www.machinevisiononline.org), the Ann ...

A longtime staple of the manufacturing sector, machine vision is the foundation that underpins many emerging technologies, such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and smart glasses, and is ...

What’s driving the expanding landscape for machine vision? The role of low-power connectivity in advancing vision technology. Color and event-triggered image capture. Machine-vision systems have been ...

Cognex (Natick, MA) has announced that the company will add 100 cities to its machine-vision seminars, extending from July through November. In these half-day events, the company demonstrates how ...

With all the embedded chip and software advances being made to machine vision systems, potential applications of the technology are expanding. Though some of the following applications cited by IoT ...

Advanced LED lighting arrays can spectrally tune their output wavelength to highlight different features and defects in captured images. The capability enables a single light fixture to quickly adapt ...

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