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Fred Turek

Fred Turek (BSEE University of Illinois) is COO of FSI Technologies Inc., Lombard, IL, which was founded in 1959. He has been doing machine vision engineering and training for 22 years following decades of experience in other factory automation fields. For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.fsinet.com.

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Robot holding glue syringe Injection with robotic machine vision system.
Management

Machine Vision Project Management – What’s Different?

A major step towards avoiding issues is recognizing and adapting to the differences with machine vision.
Fred Turek
September 22, 2024
Machine vision projects often face challenges such as slow progress, difficulty in getting quotes, cost overruns, and unreliable operation. These issues require recognizing and adapting to the unique nature of machine vision projects compared to other types of projects.
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Vision & Sensors | Image Analysis

Image Analysis in Machine Vision

Neural net machine vision image analysis has made rapid advances in recent years.
Fred Turek
February 1, 2024
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Vision & Sensors | Optics

Core Concepts of Machine Vision Lighting

Proper lighting design is essential to assure a successful machine vision project. Ignoring this is one of the most common causes of machine vision project failures.
Fred Turek
January 13, 2023

Machine vision lighting is a broad topic but a short article can be useful because some core concepts are not widely known. We’ll start with three core statements.


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Vision & Sensors | Trends

The Place for Deep Learning in Industrial Machine Vision

Deep learning is an "add on" to traditional machine vision. It does not eliminate the ability to handle a range of tasks using traditional tools.
Fred Turek
May 1, 2022

In this article, deep learning refers to developments during the last few years that have enabled applying the technique to entire images in the industrial machine vision space.


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White Light for Machine Vision Applications

“WHITE” LIGHT IS LIGHT THAT CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF WAVELENGTHS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM.
Fred Turek
December 16, 2015

Most color machine vision applications illuminate an object with a white light source.


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Imaging

3-D Imaging: A Practical Overview for Machine Vision

COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL 2-D, MACHINE VISION 3-D IMAGING IS MORE LIMITED IN SOME AREAS AND MORE CAPABLE IN OTHERS
Fred Turek Kim Jackson
March 3, 2014

Three-dimensional imaging technology has been rapidly evolving as has its use in machine vision.


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