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Future Trends in Machine Vision 2011Future Trends in Machine Vision 2011Adapted from AMC Market Intelligence Report

Future Trends in Machine Vision 2011by Holger Hofmann, AMCby Holger Hofmann, AMC

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Content of this presentation - „Future Trends in Machine Vision 2011“Content of this presentation - „Future Trends in Machine Vision 2011“

Who should see this presentation?

Why this report?

Introduction to the Market Intelligence Report

Industries and Vendors involvedIndustries and Vendors involved

Technologies

User RequirementsUser Requirements

Future Trends Outlook

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An in-depth insight into „Future Trends in MV 2011“An in-depth insight into „Future Trends in MV 2011“

Who should see this presentation?

Everybody interested in Machine Vision (MV)

MV Technologies

MV Applications

MV Markets

MV Companies

Everybody interested in Applications and Markets, where Machine Vision can or will be used.

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Why this report?Why this report?

Discussions with vendors and users of automation technologies about their needs forinformation has shown that in addition to that valuable information available in our Marketinformation has shown that in addition to that valuable information available in our MarketIntelligence Reports about the markets and applications, some further future orientatedtechnological topics would be of interest.

The content selected for those topics is a direct result of many discussions with end users andvendors of Machine Vision and vision based automation equipment.

The Market Intelligence Report (MIR) “Future Trends in Machine Vision” therefore is focusedon these topics, showing information on important trends collected from more than 90companies, such as Bluebotics, Cognex, Comau, Dalsa, Edixia, Fatronik, HGV, LMI,companies, such as Bluebotics, Cognex, Comau, Dalsa, Edixia, Fatronik, HGV, LMI,Motoman Robotics, MVTech, National Instruments, Sick; Tordivel, Universal Roboticsand many more, being active in Machine Vision, most of them with a strong expertise inguidance and robot vision.guidance and robot vision.

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Introduction: „Future Trends in MV 2011“ PresentationIntroduction: „Future Trends in MV 2011“ Presentation

Real time detection and the integration of machine vision are the most importantmachine vision topics for companies focused on robotics and automation in the nearmachine vision topics for companies focused on robotics and automation in the nearfuture.Almost 100 companies representing industries such as Agriculture & Forestry, Aerospace,Automotive, Food & Packaging, Logistics, Medical Engineering, Military & Defense,Automotive, Food & Packaging, Logistics, Medical Engineering, Military & Defense,Photovoltaic, Security & Surveillance and Service Robotics reported back about theirexpectation for the future potentials of several technical topics and applications and the mostpressing user requirements.pressing user requirements.

The topics addressed and explained within the report include technologies that are alreadyThe topics addressed and explained within the report include technologies that are alreadywell known such as real time detection, integration and camera resolution but also new hottopics like HDR (high dynamic range), computational cameras and cloud computing formachine vision. To see how important those technologies already are for the industries andwhich potential for business is to be expected is also one of the goals of the marketintelligence report as well as giving clear and understandable explanations for each of thetechnology topics.

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Inside the full report „Future Trends in MV 2011“

22,1%Australia / Oceania

Regions where vendors are present and active

53%

60%

36%

21%

Further system / product price reduction

Real- time detection, moving objects

Computational cameras

Increase in camera dynamic range

"High" rating of Technologies by Robotic CompaniesInside the full report „Future Trends in MV 2011“

Overviews

21,3%36,6%

29,1%32,1%

25,0%22,1%

Middle East / Africa

China

Japan

India

Russia

Australia / Oceania

61%

21%

16%

43%

47%

53%

Vision systems integrated into the …

Cloud computing for Machine Vision

Increase in camera resolution

Analysis of point clouds

Use of color information


"High" rating of Technologies by System Integrators

63,4%59,3%

57,8%63,1%

37,8%21,3%

Western Europe

Central Europe

Southern Europe

North America

South America

Middle East / Africa 61%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Vision systems integrated into the …

Explanations43%

56%

46%

23%

31%






77,9%67,5%

63,4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Northern Europe

Western Europe

63%

21%

17%

50%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Vision systems integrated into the "robot…




TrendsTrends

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MIR: „Future Trends“ – Vendors and their fields of expertise involvedMIR: „Future Trends“ – Vendors and their fields of expertise involvedIn order to give broad overviews, provide new information and see trends coming down theroad from other “industries”, the companies involved in the report represent different corecompetences emerging in different regions and many industries as well.competences emerging in different regions and many industries as well.

88,9%100%

Core competence of the Companies

• 53% of the vendors interviewed identified

themselves as System Integrator

88,9%

52,2% 53,3%

41,1%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

• 88,9 % of all companies claim machine

vision as core competence. 15,6%

41,1%

7,8%10%20%30%40%50%

0%10%

MachineVision

Robotics &Positioning

SystemIntegration

MachineBuilding

Automation LineBuilding

The report represents information provided by turnkey suppliers, system integrators, product and component

manufacturers and manufacturing companies out of Europe and North America, such as, Adept Technology,

Bluebotics, Cognex, Comau, Dalsa, Edixia, Fatronik, HGV, LMI, Motoman Robotics, MVTech, National Instruments,

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Bluebotics, Cognex, Comau, Dalsa, Edixia, Fatronik, HGV, LMI, Motoman Robotics, MVTech, National Instruments,

Sick, Tordivel, Universal Robotics and many more.




MIR: „Future Trends“ – Rating of the TechnologiesMIR: „Future Trends“ – Rating of the Technologies

Within the survey companies where asked about their expectation of several topics for the near future ofMachine Vision and Robot Vision.

Participating companies rated the importance of the topics in one of the four categories “None”, “Low”,“Average” and “High”. Multiple selections have not been allowed

"High" rating for Technologies

50%

31%

31%




"High" rating for Technologies

24%

46%

39%

43%





55%

19%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Vision system integrated into the "Robot Controller"


The analysis of point clouds as a topic stronglydedicated to 3D imaging gets one of the highestrankings with 46% of the votes.

Real- time detection / tracking of moving parts is ranked

The integration of vision systems into (robot)controllers is a topic for many years and alreadyutilized by several companies, but it remains a veryimportant topic for the future (55%).

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Real- time detection / tracking of moving parts is rankedhigh by 50% of the participants.

important topic for the future (55%).




MIR: „Future Trends“ – Rating of User RequirementsMIR: „Future Trends“ – Rating of User Requirements

Participating companies rated the importance of the topics in one of the four categories “None”, “Low”,“Average” and “High”. Multiple selections have not been allowed

42%Responsiveness of supplier to service and support requests

"High" rating of User Requirements

13%

62%

59%

42%

Miniaturization of components

Price / Performance ratio

Responsiveness of supplier to application specific requests

Responsiveness of supplier to service and support requests

10%

58%

74%

13%

Data mining & SPC

System accuracy

System reliability / robustness

Miniaturization of components

66%

51%

10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

User Interface

Processing speed

Data mining & SPC

System reliability and robustness, the userinterface, and the price / performance ratio got

Most of the topics addressed do have relatively highratings. Only data mining and the miniaturization of

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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the highest rating for “High Potential” overall. components are rated relatively low.




MIR: „Future Trends in Machine Vision 2011“ – OutlookMIR: „Future Trends in Machine Vision 2011“ – Outlook

Machine Vision traditionally was focused on the industrial markets. Looking back to the 90´smarket leading vendors used this message in their naming such as “Cognex - Vision formarket leading vendors used this message in their naming such as “Cognex - Vision forIndustry”. In the last years the Machine Vision business changed. It is developing more andmore into other markets and applications outside the traditional industrial business.

At the same time technologies and trends from other industries, especially consumerelectronic markets influenced the Machine Vision business and helped to open new areas inthe traditional industrial markets.

In the moment we see the world become 3- dimensional – a trend that is pushed from severaldirections: Machine Vision, industrial measurement and consumer markets such as gamingand video entertainment as well. This is only one example showing how things come together,and video entertainment as well. This is only one example showing how things come together,influencing the whole business, changing markets and their vendors.

Therefore it is of high importance to monitor all these developments and changes intechnologies and markets. Market Intelligence Reports help you to keep track, be preparedtechnologies and markets. Market Intelligence Reports help you to keep track, be preparedand stay on top of these changes and developments.

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