You’ve learned about light sources, lenses, cameras, camera interfaces, and image processing software. Now, you may be wondering exactly how to design and implement a complete, successful machine vision system. 

The successful application of machine vision technology involves an intricately and carefully balanced mix of a variety of elements.

“What’s trending?” is a phrase that has become ubiquitous in our social and business consciousness. A trend is a prevailing tendency that might (or might not) have long-term implications. 

Recent record growth in the machine vision industry has been driven in part by continued advances in machine vision technology and components.

Machine vision technologies for Vision Guided Robotics (VGR) have greatly enhanced the flexibility and capability of robots in many industrial applications, expanding the value of robots in markets ranging from automotive to food to pharmaceutical to warehousing/distribution/order fulfillment. 

Practical implementation of a successful vision guided robotics (VGR) application requires an understanding of general architecture and design, lighting and imaging, 2D and 3D technologies, robots and calibration.

Intelligent automation systems for the plant floor increasingly rely on robotics and machine vision, generally known as Vision Guided Robotics (VGR), to provide the flexibility and reliability demanded by manufacturing environments—now and in the immediate future.

At some point, someone has to make it all work. Integration is where design meets reality, where theoretical meets practical implementation.

What is color? There are technical responses to the question as well as more practical answers.

“It’s the software, stupid,” quipped an industry executive regarding the importance of software relative to hardware components in machine vision systems.