What is Machine Vision?

Machine vision is the application of computer vision to factory automation. Just as human inspectors working on assembly lines visually inspect parts to judge the quality of workmanship, so machine vision systems use digital cameras and image processing software to perform similar inspections. Or in the case of Vision Guidance the computer vision guides the robot and gives it the ability to see what it is doing and react, as a human would, to changes in positioning or to acquire/move an object.

Machine Vision greatly improves product quality, process control and manufacturing productivity/ROI by eliminating inconsistent performance inherent with human inspection and the inevitable workers compensation cost when humans perform repetitive tasks.

Many manufacturing processes would benefit from Machine Vision; following are just a few examples of applications that use Machine Vision: