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By Brian Dipert and Jeff Bier Embedded Vision Alliance This article was originally published at EE Times' Embedded.com Design Line. It is reprinted here with the permission of EE Times. This article explores the opportunity for including embedded vision features in products, introduces an industry alliance created to help engineers incorporate vision capabilities into their […]

"Obvious advantages of NI Smart Camera integration with the existing system include zero accidents or health issues, a savings of 150,000 THB (~$4,879 USD) from the labor overtime cost in H1 2012, no transportation cost from returned products, and improving quality control errors detected from 85 percent to 100 percent." – Sarapong Kaney, Siam Riso

"By using NI hardware and software, we seamlessly combined the material removal and inspection solution using the framework for previously developed solutions." – Michael Muldoon, AV&R Vision & Robotics The Challenge Automating the deburring and final inspection of turbine airfoils for aircraft engines. The Solution Building a robotics cell based on NI LabVIEW to precisely

"With the LabVIEW platform, we can easily adapt to different process requirements and adapt the software for future enhancements." – Danny Hendrikx, Sylvania Lighting International The Challenge Building an accurate and flexible research and development production machine for a new, smaller type of metal halide lamp. The Solution Integrating NI vision and motion control technology

By Jeff Bier Founder, Embedded Vision Alliance Co-Founder and President, BDTI This article was originally published in abridged form by Electronic Product Design Magazine (Adobe Flash support is required to view). It is reprinted here with the permission of the original publisher. The term “embedded vision” refers to the use of computer vision technology in