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

The AI-powered BOA3 Smart Camera can produce 1.2- to 12-Mpixel images in monochrome and color formats.

Teledyne AI-Powered BOA3 Smart Camera

The AI-powered BOA3 Smart Camera from Teledyne is designed for industrial automation and inspection applications. The new camera leverages the company’s best BOA features and combines them with advanced sensor and AI inspection (computer vision) technologies. Both offer sensor resolutions from 1.2 to 12 Mpixels in monochrome and color formats depending on the application requirements.

The camera also comes with integrated or C-mount options, onboard I/O, and easy-to-use iNspect machine-vision software with tools for positioning, part locating, pattern matching, measuring, barcode reading, feature or defect detection, and more. The monochrome version is available now, while color versions are planned for the fourth quarter of 2024. New sensor and lens options will be added to the platform in 2025.

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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.