Can you break down Omron’s machine vision offering?
Neil: People may know that Omron has got a fairly long history in machine vision, going back to the days of simple contrast sensors which, over the years, have evolved into our FH series. These advanced machine vision systems allow multiple camera connections and a multitude of different functions.
More recently, we’ve developed a smart sensor, called the FHV7, for our range of machine vision products. In doing so, we’ve tried to bring machine vision down to a more accessible level, making it suitable for a larger range of applications.
We’ve now also started to look at AI as a way forward. We want that complexity level to be transformed into something more simplistic, in terms of the software platform and how operators and engineers integrate vision. So, we’ve brought out a basic AI vision sensor, based on the FH series in terms of hardware, and incorporated a simple software platform. This is designed to enable people with very little experience to integrate machine vision into a range of applications.
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