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EMBEDDED SYSTEMS


Modular platforms for 3D vision systems


Three-dimensional awareness has extremely high computing demands


Zeljko Loncaric, marketing engineer at congatec explores improving dimensional awareness with COM-HPC modules


M


achine vision in three dimensions can’t compare to the performance of human eyes, but it comes the closest from


technology that’s currently available. As a result, it’s used for many types of tasks and is paired with machine learning more and more often. The manufacturing industry directly benefits from this advance, with Vision Guided Robotics (VGR) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) utilising improved three-dimensional awareness for increasing the performance of Industry 4.0 applications. Helping with the migration of this technology to hardware by significantly amplifying its processing power is the latest batch of COM-HPC modules from manufacturers like congatec.


Computer-on-Modules that adhere to the new PICMG COM-HPC Client specification are available from congatec with Intel Xeon, Core and Celeron processors (Tiger Lake U and Tiger Lake H)


The use of 3D vision is on the rise, with an increase of close to 15%


year-on-year. Two factors at play are a decrease in citizens actively working and an increase in citizens requiring health care. Additional robots are therefore required, due to a reduction in the workforce. Robots achieve much higher production efficiency than humans in the manufacturing industry, while robots provide care and promote autonomy/mobility in healthcare.


Bringing the future into focus However, there is still a lot of development work to be done before robots can perform any heavy work. For example, inspection systems are stationary and immovable. While Vision Guided Robotics (VGR) does offer more mobility, and is experiencing dynamic development, its movement is still rather limited. The main function of immobile robots is to watch things closely. The use of 3D cameras allows them to perform this task more efficiently by identifying objects from three axis and measuring lengths. A thirst for increased flexibility in discrete manufacturing is driving industry growth in this area, which mainly comes from the importance it has gained as a result of the Industry 4.0 trend of moving closer to batch size 1. Feeding and output systems in discrete manufacturing are mainly


Three-dimensional applications from Basler 28 NOVEMBER 2021 | ELECTRONICS TODAY


VGR and automated guided vehicles (AGV), with a projected growth rate of 14.1% per year until 2027. Permanently installed conveyor systems will be minimised, or eliminated, due to the implementation of AGVs for moving and transporting products. Due to their mobility,


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