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Article: Machine vision: looks well beyond inspection.(RESEARCH MACHINE VISION)
- Article from:
- Control Engineering
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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Depth and diversity of applications show machine vision's strength beyond its dominant use for inspection. Also, overall purchases are expanding.
About 35% of respondents expect machine vision purchases to increase over the next year, with about 54% expecting about the same amount spending, according to research by Control Engineering/Reed Research Group. Survey results are based on responses from 182 subscribers, all of whom buy, specify, or recommend machine vision products.
Machine vision use is in double digits for more than 15 applications; see graphic.
Top applications are inspection, bar-code reading, motion control, gauging, and ...