In the intelligent manufacturing process, machine vision mainly uses computer to simulate human visual function. It has some functions of the human brain. It extracts information from the image of objective things, processes and understands it, and finally uses it for actual detection, measurement and control. . The arrival of Industry 4.0 and the intelligent manufacturing industry has already predicted that China's manufacturing industry will inevitably develop from a new production mode to a new height. The gradual shift of China's manufacturing industry to intelligent manufacturing will be a natural choice for history.

    Intelligent manufacturing is a human-machine integrated intelligent system composed of intelligent machines and human experts. It is not difficult to see that the development of intelligent manufacturing will provide a wide-ranging stage for robots to display their talents. At this time, the requirements for robots are getting higher and higher. The traditional robots that perform certain actions through programming will no longer be able to satisfy the manufacturing industry. The need to move forward. In many cases, we will need robots to have more advanced functions such as identification, analysis, and processing. For example, in the production process, product assembly, grabbing, and placement can not only greatly improve production efficiency, but also improve accuracy. , in turn, improve the product's pass rate and reduce production costs. Therefore, visually guided robots came into being.

Vision-guided robots are equivalent to the "eyes" of the robots, allowing them to clearly and tirelessly see objects and perform the functions of human eye inspection, which is very important in highly automated mass production. In view of this, many companies have introduced robotic products that combine visual functions, such as ABB, Japan's SEIKO EPSON, and Weivision Image Microvision, and such robots have begun to enter the application market.

In the VIDEO Image website, we can understand the combination of robot and vision system for the application case of solar cell string welding machine. In the case, using machine vision technology, using VIDEO image 5 million solar panel professional detection camera, with the VIDEO image series industrial lens, high-definition image acquisition of solar cell. Then use the special machine vision software algorithm to accurately locate the battery, and quickly calculate the position information that needs to be adjusted, and output it to the high-precision position adjustment device to accurately adjust the battery piece, thereby improving the final welding efficiency and quality.

The robot industry has long been optimistic. Some people regard smart manufacturing as the third industrial revolution, and its symbol is industrial manufacturing robotization. China's industrial robot market continues to grow in size and has become the fastest growing market in the world. Moreover, the development of China's robot industry can be said to coincide with the needs of the industry and the industrial upgrading of the manufacturing industry to smart manufacturing. China has a huge market demand for manufacturing, support for relevant policies and numerous industrial layouts. So far, Shanghai, Kunshan, Shenyang and many other places have planned to build robotic industrial parks. The development of the robot industry is so strong that the demand for the entire manufacturing industry cannot be underestimated.

Under the general trend of China's manufacturing industry moving toward smart manufacturing, the development of the robot industry will certainly provide many opportunities for visual applications.