The Latest AI-Powered Cameras Target a Diverse Array of Industries

Oct. 31, 2024

Discover how smart AI-powered cameras are transforming industries that range from robotics to advanced automotive applications.

Cabe Atwell

Related To: Electronic Design

Raspberry Pi AI Camera

Newark recently introduced the new Raspberry Pi AI Camera that’s built around Sony’s IMX500 image sensor. It’s designed to handle a variety of neural-network models with low power consumption and low latency.

The IMX500 features a 12-Mpixel CMOS image sensor with onboard inferencing capabilities, enabling users to develop complex vision-based AI applications without the need for a separate accelerator. It can be utilized with all of Raspberry Pi’s entire single-board computers (SBCs). The Raspberry Pi AI Camera offers a 76-degree field of view and a manually adjustable focus. Its 200-mm cables easily connect with any Raspberry Pi SBC.

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What you’ll learn:

Insight into the latest AI-powered imaging systems.
The technologies utilized in these cameras.
The wide array of potential applications.

As smart AI cameras continue to advance, smart cameras are becoming more than just tools—they’ve become active participants in industrial processes, robotics, and machine-vision applications. In autonomous vehicles, they enhance advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). In robotics, they employ navigation assistance and object identification. And in manufacturing, they provide quality assurance while identifying product defects and other anomalies.

With applications that range from warehouse management to autonomous vehicles, companies such as Orbbec, Raspberry Pi, Sony, and Teledyne are paving the way for the development of new cameras that can not only see their environments, but also interpret what objects are populated within them. In this roundup, we will look at some of the latest innovations to hit smart AI cameras:

About the Author

Cabe Atwell | Technology Editor, Electronic Design

Cabe is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design.

Engineer, Machinist, Maker, Writer. A graduate Electrical Engineer actively plying his expertise in the industry and at his company, Gunhead. When not designing/building, he creates a steady torrent of projects and content in the media world. Many of his projects and articles are online at element14 & SolidSmack, industry-focused work at EETimes & EDN, and offbeat articles at Make Magazine. Currently, you can find him hosting webinars and contributing to Electronic Design and Machine Design.

Cabe is an electrical engineer, design consultant and author with 25 years’ experience. His most recent book is “Essential 555 IC: Design, Configure, and Create Clever Circuits”

Cabe writes the Engineering on Friday blog on Electronic Design.