Motion controllers that only support motion control functions can meet current requirements, while motion controllers that integrate machine vision are the future development trend.
With the increase in labor costs and the growing demand for product quality, the manufacturing industry is facing new disruptions, and machine vision, as an eye like role in the automation industry, has become an indispensable role. However, traditional PLC/CNC controllers cannot handle vision and require another IPC or smart camera to handle machine vision. This situation will cause several problems:
One is high cost and difficult maintenance;
Secondly, the communication between IPC and PLC is not real-time enough;
The third requirement is high programming ability for engineers (PLC programming, visual algorithms).
