21st Century Vision
Cognex founder Dr. Bob Shillman with an early Cognex test system.
Today’s Cognex DataMan 100 fixed mount ID reader packs
much more functionality into a much smaller package.
Today’s vision systems have come a long way since the first DataMan system was developed in the early 1980s. The functionality and user-focused design now available to Cognex customers is the result of more than 25 years of hands-on experience developing new vision technology and solving the industry’s most challenging vision applications.
Today, Cognex retains its focus as a company of “vision experts.” The company continues to investigate new ways to improve performance of industrial machine vision, while also exploring new markets where vision can provide a competitive advantage, such as transportation (lane departure warning systems) and building security (monitoring secure portals and doorways).
Each of Cognex’s three founders continues to play an important role within the company: Bob Shillman is Cognex’s Chairman and CEO; Marilyn Matz is Senior Vice President of the Vision Software Business Group, and Bill Silver is Senior Vice President and Senior Fellow, pursuing research into new product areas.
All three founders – along with a team of some 800 Cognoids – continue to work hard to maintain the company’s worldwide position as industry leader in machine vision.
