Modern Machine Vision with David Dechow
I am thrilled to welcome David Dechow to The Robot Industry Podcast.
David L. Dechow is a globally recognized expert in the integration of machine vision, robotics, and industrial automation technologies. He is the Principal Vision Systems Architect for Integro Technologies Corp., where he performs application evaluation and design of complex automated imaging solutions for inspection, metrology, and robotic guidance. Prior to his position at Integro, he was Staff Engineer for Intelligent Robotics/Machine Vision at FANUC, and earlier was the founder, owner, and principal engineer for two successful systems integration firms. His career in machine vision and industrial automation spans more than thirty-five years.
Mr. Dechow is a recipient of the AIA’s Automated Imaging Achievement Award honoring industry leaders for outstanding career contributions in industrial and/or scientific imaging. He is a member of the Association for Advancing Automation Imaging Technology Strategy Board, and is contributing editor for Vision Systems Design magazine, and technical advisory board member with Saccade Vision Ltd.
As a key educator within the industry, David has participated in the training of hundreds of engineers as an instructor with the A3 Certified Vision Professional program. He also is well known for his frequent informative technical articles, papers, webinars, and conference sessions and classes covering a wide range of technical topics involving machine vision and enabling technologies in industrial automation.
Thanks to our Jeff and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation, PaintedRobot and our sponsor, Ehrhardt Automation Systems. If you would like to find out more about Integro-Technologies, here is the link to their site https://www.integro-tech.com/ you can find David on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddechow/
In the podcast, we start off by talking about Integro Technologies, where David hangs his hat. My questions include:
Diversity of machine vision
Getting the challenging and difficult automation jobs
What is happening in machine vision currently
Enabling technology of computer vision: feeding the data and AI
Chasing new technologies
When vision systems fail
What is happening in camera and hardware advancement
Inspecting French Fries (again)
Hyperspectral, infrared and near infrared technology
Reducing the risk with machine vision applications
AI and Deep Learning explained
Enjoy the podcast!
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Thanks to our David and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation and PaintedRobot
If you would like to find out more about Integro, here is the link to their LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/company/integro-technologies-corporation/ you can find David on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddechow/
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Our sponsor for this episode is Ehrhardt Automation Systems. Ehrhardt Automation builds and commissions turnkey automated solutions for their worldwide clients. With over 80 years of precision manufacturing they understand the complex world of automated manufacturing, project management, supply chain management and delivering world-class custom automation on-time and on-budget. Contact one of their sales engineers to see what Ehrhardt can build for you at info@ehrhardtautomation.com
Keywords and terms for this podcast: Machine Vision, David Dechow, Cameras, IR vision, near infrared, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, Jim Beretta, parcel sorting robots, #therobotindustrypodcast.
