Recent Trends in Machine Vision

The machine vision technology has matured significantly over the past few years. It is emerging as a superior alternative to human labor in process and quality control and is extremely sought after to create lean and flexible manufacturing systems. With its ability to deliver high accuracy while ensuring throughput on the production line, vision systems also serve as efficient quality control tools. Emerging trends in the field of sensors, embedded systems, illumination methods, and camera and laser technology are expected to contribute immensely to the future growth of machine vision systems.