Last month, many of our readers helped fuel record attendance at VISION 2016, the world's largest machine vision tradeshow. Just shy of 10,000 attendees from 58 countries visited Stuttgart, Germany during the three-day event organized by Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH and held from November 8-10.
As the official media partner of Messe Stuttgart in sponsoring this event, Vision Systems Design had all hands on deck. The whole team spent three exhilarating days canvassing the show floor to see the latest and greatest imaging products and demonstrations showcased by 441 exhibitors from 28 countries.
We met with many industry veterans specializing in machine vision lighting, image sensors, industrial cameras, frame grabbers, software, and reported on a long list of product innovations from around the world that were introduced at the show. For those interested or unable to attend you can view an online slideshow of these innovations at: http://bit.ly/2gHvNYa.
Senior Web Editor James Carroll also posted the following intereresting recaps of his experiences each day at VISION 2016, which are available for viewing online:
• Embedded vision, hyperspectral and multispectral imaging: http://bit.ly/2fmscc7
• Imaging beyond the ordinary: http://bit.ly/2g0eVaL
• North American and European machine vision outlook: http://bit.ly/2ghr4ZM
A number of organizations presented market updates at VISION 2016. In fact, you can view the full North American vision market update presentation that AIA Director of Market Analysis Alex Shikany gave here: http://bit.ly/2fOXZGB. On page 22 of this issue we have a summary of the annual Framos industrial camera market survey results, which were presented live in Stuttgart and focused on camera technologies, interfaces and applications.
Embedded vision was another popular topic at the show. Ten of the 90 some-odd presentations given at VISION 2016 covered embedded vision. We continue our embedded vision coverage in this issue on page 13, where the cover story highlights how designers can leverage emdedded design by incorporating their main machine controller, machine vision, motion system, I/O, and HMI all into a single controller.
A number of high-speed imaging and systems based on novel 3D and hyperspectral imaging techniques were on display at the show. Many of these products and technologies will be reported on in upcomming issues. In the meantime, check out contributing editor Andy Wilson's round up of CMOS cameras employing the CoaXPress interface standard on page 17.
Market opportunities are growing, and Vision Systems Design will serve its audience of engineers and system integrators to help create leading-edge applications. As the new Editor in Chief, I look forward to building our worldwide coverage of traditional and emerging application areas and continuing to grow the magazine, digital media and brand through 2017 and beyond.
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John Lewis
John Lewis is a former editor in chief at Vision Systems Design. He has technical, industry, and journalistic qualifications, with more than 13 years of progressive content development experience working at Cognex Corporation. Prior to Cognex, where his articles on machine vision were published in dozens of trade journals, Lewis was a technical editor for Design News, the world's leading engineering magazine, covering automation, machine vision, and other engineering topics since 1996. He currently is an account executive at Tech B2B Marketing (Jacksonville, FL, USA).
B.Sc., University of Massachusetts, Lowell