Automating production processes and improving quality are two of the electronics industry’s greatest demands. Yet some applications are too complicated, time-consuming, and expensive to program into a rule-based algorithm. Using human inspectors to handle various part types and make judgement-based decisions can also introduce error and slow down production.

Cognex Deep Learning is the first deep learning vision software designed to solve challenging electronics applications requiring part location, cosmetic inspection, classification, and character recognition. Cognex Deep Learning offers human-like inspection capabilities with the speed and robustness of a computerized system, in a field-maintainable unit that makes it easy to train new parts and defect types in the field.