As early as the 1980s, robot vision technology had already been introduced to China. But compared with foreign countries, China started relatively late and its technology is also relatively backward. Nowadays, with the rapid rise and development of technologies such as sensors, image processing, and optical imaging, the development of machine vision in China has been given wings to take off, and there has been a qualitative and practical progress.
The reasons for promoting the development of robot vision
After 2008, domestic machine vision began to enter a stage of rapid development. During this stage, numerous R&D manufacturers of core robot vision components continued to emerge, and a large number of true system level engineers were continuously trained, promoting the high-speed and high-quality development of the domestic machine vision industry.
The rapid development of machine vision in China is mainly due to the following reasons:
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Market demand stimulation
In recent years, the development of semiconductors and electronic appliances has led to a rapid increase in demand for machine vision. With the global semiconductor market breaking through the $400 billion mark, the machine vision market is also constantly growing. At the same time, since the proposal of the "Made in China 2025" strategy, the robotics industry has also made rapid progress, which has also led to the rise of machine vision as the "eyes" of robots.
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National policy support
The technological breakthroughs brought about by patent applications in our country, the capital influx brought about by the establishment of national brands, and the successive introduction of industrial policies such as semiconductors, robotics, and machine vision have all provided important foundations and guarantees for the rapid development of domestic machine vision.
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Self advantages
As a comprehensive technology, machine vision can replace the application of artificial vision in special environments, ensuring human safety while improving efficiency and growth. On the other hand, the application of machine vision in different scenarios often only involves software replacement, which has significant advantages in reducing labor and hardware replacement costs.
What is the role of machine vision in industrial robots?
In recent years, the rapid development of robots, especially industrial robots, has driven a significant increase in the demand for machine vision in the market. Nowadays, with the continuous highlighting of the trend towards intelligence, the application of machine vision in the industrial field is becoming increasingly widespread.
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Enable robots to "understand"
If we want robots to replace human work well, the first thing we need to do is to make them "understandable". Robot vision is equivalent to equipping industrial robots with "eyes", allowing them to see objects clearly and tirelessly, and playing the role of human eye inspection and detection. This is very important in highly automated large-scale production.
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Enable robots to "think"
For industrial robots, only with the ability to observe things can they make good judgments and achieve intelligent and flexible problem-solving. Machine vision endows it with precise computing and processing systems, simulating the way biological vision imaging and processing information, making the robotic arm more humanoid and flexible in operation and execution. At the same time, it recognizes, compares, and processes scenes, generates execution instructions, and then completes actions in one go.
Although there is still a gap, it cannot be denied that Chinese robot vision industry has made significant progress in recent years. In the future, robot vision will also be widely applied to people's daily lives, allowing everyone to feel the charm of intelligent technology in life.
As a direct integration point between artificial intelligence technology and industrial manufacturing, robot vision is expected to continue to develop rapidly. With the support of a favorable international development environment and various domestic industry driving factors, more and more enterprises will develop and apply robot vision in the future. The development of Chinese robot vision industry will continue to accelerate.
Post time: Mar-04-2024
