The Cognex In-Sight L38 is the winner in the Machine Vision & Inspection Category—one of eight technology categories in the 2024 Edge Awards (formerly IDEA Awards competition).
The Cognex In-Sight L38 is an AI-enabled 3D vision system that is designed for ease of deployment, even for users with limited technical experience.
Meanwhile, the Leading Edge Award Winner—across all categories—is Green Cubes Technology for its 48V A Industrial Swappable Battery (1000). This product received the highest number of votes across all categories.
As a reader’s choice award, the winners across all technology categories were chosen by hundreds of engineers and industry representatives from around the world.
The Edge Awards are presented by a wide collection of engineering brands across many disciplines, and include Electronic Design, Machine Design, Microwaves & RF, Power & Motion, Laser Focus World, Vision Systems Design, and Military + Aerospace Electronics.
All B2B brands involved in the Edge Awards are owned by Endeavor Business Media.
In the Machine Vision & Inspection category, three companies submitted products for the competition. In addition to the Cognex In-sight L38, the others were named honorees, and they are:
- The IQ Lens System from Theia Technologies. The system includes a motorized lens, motorized control board and software and is designed for easy integration into automated vision systems.
- The Lattice sensAI Solution Stack from Lattice Semiconductor. The product is an FPGA-based machine learning/artificial intelligence solution especially designed to be easily deployable, scalable, and flexible.
We list the winners and honorees in the other seven categories below.
Automation & Controls
Winner:
- Nordson EFD – PICO Nexus Jetting System
Honorees:
- Regal Rexnord – ModSort Large Format System
- Rockwell Automation – Stratix 5200 fully managed Ethernet switches
Communication
Winner:
- Morse Micro – Wi-Fi HaLow Portfolio
Honorees:
- MediaTek – Filogic 860 and Filogic 360
- SynaXG – AI+5G O-RAN Solution
Computing Hardware, Software & Systems
Winner:
- Ambarella –N1 Soc Series for Edge Generative AI
Honorees:
- Cincoze Co., Ltd. – DA-1200, a Rugged & Cost-effective Intel Alder Lake-N Computer
- SiFive – SiFive Performance P870 and Intelligence X390
Electronic Components & Enclosures
Editor’s Note: Leading Edge Winner Green Cubes Technology submitted under this category. See Leading Edge section above for more details.
Winner:
- Molex – 224G Product Portfolio
Honorees:
- Empower Semiconductor – EC1005P
- Phoenix Contact – TRIO POWER Third Generation
- Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. - IHPT Series Haptic Feedback Actuators with Immersion Licenses
Machine Learning/Deep Learning
Winner:
- Synaptics – Astra AI-Native Edge IoT Platform
Honorees:
- Intel – Intel SceneScape
- Galorath Incorporated - SEERai
Optical & Photonics
Winner:
- SPECTROLIGHT, INC. – Tunable Laser System
Honorees:
- Photonics Industries International, Inc. - DP50 High Pulse Energy DPSS Nanosecond Lasers
- TeraSignal - TS8401/02 intelligent 400G (4x100G) PAM4 modulator driver
Robotics & Motion Control
Winner:
- Bota Systems - PixONE
Honorees:
- Rockwell Automation – ArmorKinetix Distributed Servo Drives
- Inventive Resources, Inc. – OilN2
