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Vision and Imaging 101 with Edmund Optics' Greg Hollows

Manufacturing Happy Hour · 6 Sept 2022 · 35m

What this episode covers

Greg Hollows, VP of Product Strategy at Edmund Optics, discusses the evolution of machine vision from the late 1990s to today, highlighting the shift from low-resolution, expensive offline inspection to high-speed, real-time processing enabled by increased bandwidth and computing power. He identifies key growth areas for imaging technology, including autonomous vehicles, agricultural drone sensing, and semiconductor manufacturing, while noting that physics limitations in optics are becoming a bottleneck alongside data processing. Hollows shares career advice drawn from his 20+ years at the company, emphasizing the importance of diversifying project portfolios to mitigate economic risk, as seen during the 2008 recession, and the value of networking at industry events like A3's Vision Show to stay connected to emerging applications.

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Edmund Optics, A3, DARPA
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Vision Show, Windows 95

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