Article: MACHINE VISION: Staying in shape.

The development of 3D vision technology helps to improve efficiency, quality control and defect detection says product specialist David Hannaby from SICK UK

THE POTENTIAL for automated systems to 'see' objects in three dimensions has long been seen as something of a 'holy grail' for manufacturers. Now with the availability of reliable 3D smart-camera technology, the potential applications are only just beginning to be realised.

While 2D vision is well established in inspection applications, or for integration with pick-and-place robots, 3D is opening up an exciting range of new and potential applications.

This is because for the first ...

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