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Date Published
Author
Jacob Marks
Word count
3157
Language
English
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None

Summary

Computer vision is increasingly being used in manufacturing to drive innovation and improve efficiency. The industry, which accounts for 16% of global GDP and 14% of employment, is undergoing a fourth industrial revolution that includes the adoption of computer vision, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the industrial internet of things (IIoT). Computer vision is already playing a central role in this transformation, with companies using machine vision techniques to automate strenuous tasks, identify issues in both product and machinery, and improve safety conditions for workers. Applications of computer vision in manufacturing include bin picking, palletizing and depalletizing, machine tending, defect detection, predictive maintenance, and various other tasks that require precise navigation and interaction with objects of different shapes, sizes, and materials. Companies such as Mech-Mind Robotics, Instrumental, Protex AI, Cognex, RIOS Intelligent Machines, PreML GmBH, Prophesee, Datalogic, Stemmer Imaging, Pickit 3D, and Matroid are at the cutting edge of computer vision in manufacturing, offering integrated hardware and software solutions that enable high accuracy and efficiency.