Among other things, the company has presented the next evolutionary stage of the overall AI system IDS NXT. The company is not only expanding its machine learning processes to include anomaly detection, but is also developing additional, significantly faster hardware. IDS has also unveiled the next expansion phase of the uEye Warp10 camera family. By combining a fast 10GigE interface and TFL mount, large-format sensors with up to 45 MP can be integrated - opening up new application scenarios. The trade fair innovations also included prototypes of the smallest IDS board camera and a new 3D camera in the Ensenso product line.

More than artificial intelligence

IDS NXT is a holistic system with a wide range of workflows and tools for implementing your own AI vision applications. The intelligent IDS NXT cameras can process tasks "on device", deliver image processing results themselves and can trigger subsequent processes directly. The range of tasks is determined by apps that are executed on the cameras. Their functionality can therefore be changed at any time.

This is supported by a cloud-based AI Vision Studio, with which users can not only train neural networks, but can now also create vision apps. The system offers both beginners and professionals enormous scope for designing AI vision applications. At Vision, the company showed how artificial intelligence is redefining the performance spectrum of industrial cameras and gave an outlook on further developments in the hardware and software area.

High speed for applications

With 10 times the transmission bandwidth of 1GigE cameras and around twice the speed of cameras with a USB 3.0 interface, the recently launched uEye Warp10 camera family with 10GigE interface is the fastest in the IDS range. At Vision, the company demonstrated that the models not only set standards in terms of speed, but also resolution. Thanks to the TFL mount, much higher resolution sensors can be integrated than before. This means that even detailed inspections with high clock rates and large amounts of data are possible over long cable distances. The industrial lens connection allows the potential of large-format (larger than 1.1") and high-resolution sensors (up to 45 MP) to be fully exploited.

Smallest board camera with cost-optimized design

IDS presented prototypes of another member of its low-price portfolio at the trade fair. The name uEye XLS indicates that it is a small version ("small") of the popular uEye XLE series. Strictly speaking, the models will be the smallest IDS board cameras in the range. They are aimed at users who require particularly inexpensive, compact cameras with and without lens holders in large quantities, for example for embedded applications.

3D camera technology is an important component in many automation projects. Ensenso C is a new variant in the Ensenso 3D product line that scores points with its long baseline and high resolution - while offering a cost-optimized design. Customers receive a fully integrated, pre-configured 3D camera system for large-volume applications that is quickly ready for use and provides even better 3D data thanks to RGB color information. The company presented a prototype at the trade fair.