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!

Jim Customer Attraction | The Robot Industry Podcast

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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