At the leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics, visitors can find out what added value MVTec software products offer process automation - in line with the MVTec motto "We teach machines to see". The focus will be on the current versions of Halcon and Merlic as well as completely new technologies such as Deep Counting. On the other hand, practical use cases will be shown using various demos. MVTec is also offering a guided tour of the trade fair. This gives interested parties the opportunity to visit the exhibition stands of MVTec partners in groups, where an expert will explain the machine vision application exhibited there.

Dr. Olaf Munkelt. © MVTec

"automatica is a major event in MVTec's trade fair calendar. Here we have the opportunity to welcome customers from all areas of automation and all parts of the world to our stand and to live up to our claim of being particularly close to our customers," comments Dr. Olaf Munkelt, Managing Director of MVTec Software, on the trade fair appearance.

Dr. Maximilian Lückenhausen. © MVtec

Dr. Maximilian Lückenhaus, Director of Marketing and Business Development at MVTec, adds: "Machine vision is used in almost all manufacturing industries and supports automated processes to a high degree. automatica is the ideal event to present our new technologies such as Deep Counting and the latest versions of our software products HALCON and MERLIC to an expert audience live and in an application-oriented manner."

Exchange on specific requirements and applications of visitors

In addition to presenting its own products, MVTec's main focus is on exchanging ideas with customers, partners and interested parties. Visitors to the MVTec stand will be able to talk to experts and find out how automation can be optimized through machine vision. The machine vision experts are also looking forward to discussing specific requirements and applications with visitors.

Live demos show machine vision potential for automation

MVTec will be using several live demos at its stand to show how Halcon and Merlic can provide concrete support for automation and robotics processes. The new "Deep Counting" technology will be the focus of a demo being presented for the first time. This feature integrated into the current software version Halcon 23.05 is based on deep learning and enables fast and robust counting of a large number of objects.

The deep learning-based bin-picking technology "3D Gripping Point Detection" integrated in Halcon will also be the focus of a live demonstration: MVTec will use an image processing-based robotic system to show how the technology can be used to pick, move and place any objects with unknown shapes.

Follow the demo live on your cell phone

In another live demo, the MVTec experts will show how PCBs can be inspected using the "Global Context Anomaly Detection" feature integrated in Merlic. The special highlight for visitors to the stand: during the MERLIC demo, they can scan a QR code at the stand and then call up the status live on their cell phone.

The umati (universal machine technology interface) dashboard, which also displays the status of the Merlic demo, will also be on display at the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) stand. Umati is based on the open OPC UA interface and networks machines, robots, components and systems distributed across several halls, whose data can be tracked via cell phone. MVTec's software products support the OPC UA standard and are therefore ideally equipped for the networked future of industrial automation.