Webinar: Ai in Manufacturing 

This webinar hosted by Automate UK and the UK Industrial Vision Association has been organised to explore the transformative opportunities presented by 3D vision technology in industrial applications, focusing on enhancing inspection capabilities, improving product quality, and enabling advanced automation.

The integration of 3D vision technologies is crucial for the manufacturing and logistics industries to drive innovation, optimize processes, and maintain competitive advantage in an increasingly automated world.

The Opportunity

The integration of 3D vision in industrial applications presents a transformative opportunity for the manufacturing, packaging, and logistics sectors, positioning them to enhance inspection accuracy, productivity, and operational efficiency. As industries strive to adapt to rapidly changing market demands and automation requirements, 3D vision offers innovative solutions that can streamline quality control and enable vision-guided robotics.

In addition to boosting operational efficiencies, 3D vision can facilitate advanced defect detection, enable precise dimensioning and volume measurement, and create a more intelligent manufacturing environment. The ongoing evolution of 3D vision technologies will not only enhance existing inspection processes but also unlock new applications in bin picking, automated logistics, and complex part handling.

Your company's commitment to adopting 3D vision will be crucial in shaping the future of industrial automation, enabling the sector to meet the challenges of modern production while driving economic growth and reducing manual labour costs.

Organisations such as Automate UK are dedicated to supporting their members in navigating this transformative journey. In this webinar, the opportunities that 3D vision integration presents to the industrial sector will be explored by expert practitioners from Zebra Technologies.

Discussion Topics

• Understanding 3D Vision Fundamentals: The four main technologies - Stereo Vision, Laser Triangulation, Time of Flight, and Structured Light - and their respective advantages and limitations.
  
  
• Overcoming 2D Vision Limitations: How 3D vision addresses traditional challenges including poor contrast surfaces, occlusions, lighting variations, and complex geometries.
  
  
• Quality Control Innovations: Utilising 3D depth mapping for real-time defect detection, surface inspection, and seal verification to enhance product quality and reduce waste.
  
  
• Practical Applications Across Industries: Real-world case studies demonstrating 3D vision in OCR on poor contrast surfaces, volume dimensioning, glue bead inspection, and vision-guided robotics.
  
  
• Implementation Considerations: The expertise, cost, and complexity factors to evaluate when determining if 3D vision is the right solution for your application.

You can now watch the full video of the 3D Vision Technology webinar below.