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Vision & Sensors

V&S

July 2025  |  qualitymag.com/VS

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trends

robotics

machine learning

cobots

Table of Contents

From the Editor | Darryl Seland

The Wave

Face of Quality | Jim L. Smith

Creativity

Other Dimensions | hill Cox

The High Cost of Zero

Speaking of Quality | Jim Spichiger

ASQ’s Influence

Guest Column | Ian R. Lazarus

“Paper or Plastic?”

Columns

Camera Trends 

System Integration 

Deep Learning 

Implementing Machine Vision

In the Next Issue

Industry News

The Latest Breaking News

Quality 101

Calipers 102


Departments

COBOTS 

Human-centric Robots Boost Quality Professionals’ Toolkits  

When you buy a cobot, you may have just one application in mind, but leading cobots are platforms for almost any number of quality applications - and not just quality applications. 

MACHINE LEARNING 

Traditional Machine Learning for Practical Machine Vision: It’s Been There All Along 

We’ll look at its practical implementation for machine vision inspection in industrial automation use cases. 

MACHINE LEARNING 

Manufacturing Evolution: The Intelligent Automation Revolution 

By “intelligent evolution,” I’m not talking about the simple adoption of automation and forms of machine learning, sort of a set-it-and-forget-it approach. 

ROBOTICS 

How AI-Powered Robotic Automation Impacts Manufacturing Quality 

Robotic automation delivers consistent quality. 

TRENDS 

​​Intelligent Automation: A Recipe for ​Enhancing Quality, Productivity, and Efficiency 

Let’s take a closer look at just a few specific technologies currently shaping the future of the global manufacturing industry. 

Features

IDS Industrial Cameras as 'Robot Eyes' in Potentially Explosive Environments

In certain industrial areas, working under extreme conditions is essential.

E-XTRA

The robotic automation journey for most companies begins with the need to address the labor shortage. Source: GrayMatter Robotics

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Robotic arm in factory