Self-driving cars, robot vacuum cleaners and industrial cobots "see" with the help of cameras and algorithms, among other things.

Thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence, visual sensor technology has become an important building block for industrial automation and self-controlling machines and devices. As embedded vision, image processing is now essential for the development of vehicles, robots, logistics systems, drones, production and inspection systems, for medical devices and for smart home and IoT products.

The special show "embedded vision Area" in Hall 2 provides a compact overview of the trends, products and suppliers in the field of integrated image processing. It runs over all three days of the trade fair, with eleven suppliers showcasing hardware and software, components, systems and services.

Focus on simple vision integration and development

The special show "embedded vision Area" is intended to show visitors how they can keep the development effort for embedded vision manageable. Among other things, the progressive modularization of vision components contributes to this.

Most embedded vision suppliers at embedded world will be showcasing prefabricated sensor or camera modules designed to speed up integration. In addition to pure hardware, many manufacturers and suppliers also provide support in the development and integration of the embedded vision system into the device architecture in order to bring a "seeing" product to market quickly.

Almost three quarters of all image processors are also focusing on the increasing importance of software and processing. For example, they are showing pre-configured software blocks that enable cameras or sensors to be connected quickly to processors and SoCs, as well as offering on-board processing in real time with simplified operation and algorithms for automated control - so that embedded vision can work seamlessly as part of smart machines and devices.