I’ve mentioned before that if we want to accelerate the adoption of machine vision the biggest issue to be addressed is ease of use. We have to get to a point where a vision system is as easy to set up and use as a consumer-grade digital camera. Products like the Checker are moving in that direction, but vision remains complicated and tends to lack industrial robustness.
One of the loudest voices arguing that ease-of-use should be development priority number one is that of Declan O’Dea of Cognex. In the April/May ’08 edition of “Imaging and machine vision” Declan states, “… vision needs to be a 30-minute install from box open to ‘production ready’.” (Click here to read the whole Q&A article: Cognex vision.)
I second that motion. We don’t need more sophisticated image processing tools; we need greater intelligence embedded in our vision systems. Trust me, ease of use will be rewarded with tremendous revenue growth.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
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