This article explores benefits of vision system and role it can play in manufacturing industry and beyond. Vision systems rely on cameras and image processing software with interfaces to perform manufacturing tasks. The article also highlights that manufacturing insiders see an ever-expanding number of uses for vision technology in the not-too-distant future. Vision systems can be programmed to perform narrowly defined tasks such as to count objects on a conveyor or to search for defects in a product or in packaging. The vision systems, through software joined to other equipment and devices, can be used to help make decisions about—and act upon—what they see. Machine vision systems are also making their way into biomedical applications. Progress in biomedical research has been highly dependent on engineering techniques and these types of vision systems have immense potential to return unprecedented information for cellular biology.
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Accessible Vision
Vision Systems Have Stepped-up Role to Play in Manufacturing and Beyond.
Mechanical Engineering. Jul 2009, 131(07): 42-45 (4 pages)
Published Online: July 1, 2009
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Thilmany, J. (July 1, 2009). "Accessible Vision." ASME. Mechanical Engineering. July 2009; 131(07): 42–45. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2009-Jul-4
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