A Look Into Machine-Vision Technology

摘要

You can always wait for faster hardware and more intelligent software, but recent vision technology developments make this an exciting time for vision users and suppliers. During the last 15 years, machine-vision technology has matured substantially and become a very important tool for manufacturing automation. Today, machine vision is used routinely in many industries as a noncontact means of inspecting assemblies, measuring dimensions, identifying parts, or guiding robots or other machines used in assembly operations. Machine vision is much more than an after-the-fact optional inspection step used to reject bad parts. It is particularly successful in applications where it guides a machine or closes a control loop.