Machine Vision Conference Preview Content-packed event delivers new options and also seminars

Visitors to this year’s Machine Vision Conference will discover the latest industrial vision products as well as an interesting seminar programme

Over 40 companies will be on show at this year’s two-day Machine Vision Conference (MVC) taking place at the CBS Arena , Coventry from 20 – 21 June, along with more than 40 technical seminars dedicated to machine vision users and also engineers. Combined, says organiser UKIVA (the UK Industrial Vision Association), this confex is a must attend event for anyone looking for a vision solution for their business. It is also co-located with the new Automation UK exhibition for the first time.

This year, Acrovision will be demonstrating at least two examples of what it describes as AI/machine learning vision that solve identification or inspection problems that traditional vision tools have been unable to resolve.

concentrating on explaining the benefits of using AI OCR (optical character recognition) for various identification tasks. Whether it is a laser-etched serial number on an automotive part or a use-by-date on a wrinkled consumer product pack, Acrovision will demonstrate how new ‘Edge Learning’ tools are making these previously problematic applications, easy to solve.

Scorpion Vision will show how Mech Mind’s new generation AI+3D robot vision tech can support rapid development of 3D vision for robot picking challenges. The company will use a random bin picking application to illustrate how, by automating much of the application building process, Mech Mind’s intelligent robot solutions can accelerate manager for machine vision Nathaniel Hofman will use his debut MVC presentation to launch new Nova SensorApps for onboard processing of measurement, presence and inspection tasks on the company’s 3D snapshot cameras. It’s the first time that the Sick Nova toolset is available for 3D, running on both the Visionary S stereo vision sensor and the Visionary T mini 3D time-of-flight camera.

Acrovision bills itself as masters of customer friendly Deep Learning vision

However, the demonstrations will be using technology that challenges the assumption that AI/Deep Learning vision has to be expensive and/or difficult and time consuming to implement, as they use easy to setup smart cameras that don’t require external PCs or any special software.

For the company’s conference presentation, Acrovision is the design of challenging 3D robot vision applications.

“Mech-Mind’s AI+3D robot solutions essentially provide the key building blocks that systems integrators and machine builders need to design 3D vision driven robots,” explains Scorpion’s md Paul Wilson.

Meanwhile Sick UK’s newly appointed market product

With the Nova app, 3D applications can be set up quickly and easily without programming using an easy-to-use graphical user interface in a web browser.

Visitors can also discuss with Zebra Technologies its new Deep Learning Optical Character Recognition (DL-OCR) that supports manufacturers and warehousing operators who increasingly need fast, accurate, and reliable readyto-use deep learning solutions for compliance, quality, and presence checks. This new industrial-quality DL-OCR tool is an add-on to

Zebra Aurora software that makes reading text quick and easy. DL-OCR comes with a ready-to-use neural network that is pre-trained using thousands of different image samples. It can deliver high accuracy straight out of the box, even when dealing with very difficult cases. Users can create robust OCR applications in just a few simple steps –all without the need for any machine vision expertise.

Register for free here: machinevisionconference.co.uk

W www.acrovision.co.uk

W www.scorpionvision.co.uk

W www.sick.co.uk

W www.zebra.com