Programming interface for industrial automation

Machine Vision
as a Service

AI-based image analysis assists system integrators and plant builders in automating complex processes in manufacturing and intra-logistics.
# Reliable
# Hardware agnostic
# Connectable

Precise pick & place

with 3D cameras

Precise pick & place

with 3D cameras

Precise pick & place

with 3D cameras

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Use case 01

Depalletizing & machine tending

  • Random location of the raw material
  • Arbitrary number of variants
  • Localization of target pallet
Use case 02

Handling of small specular parts

  • Short cycle time
  • No special illumination necessary
  • Learns to adapt to changing lighting conditions
Use case 03

Sorting of small load carriers

  • Distinguishes 10 variants
  • Any spatial arrangement
  • Precise stacking
  • Depalletizing
Use case 04

Inline thermography for injection molding

  • Detection of molding errors
  • Monitoring of tool temperature
  • Process analysis and auditproof storage of data

Use cases

Solutions for complex problems in industrial automation

Our API enables integrators to automate manual processes in unstructured environments or to replace expensive feeder machines.

Use Case Examples

  • Depalletizing
  • Machine tending
  • Sorting
  • Assembly
  • Visual inspection

Services

AI-based algorithms

Our API provides state-of-the-art machine vision services for calibration, 3D/2D pick & place, and automatic visual inspection.
# Plane Picking
# Contour Picking
# Visual Inspection
VATHOS
cloud_inference.py
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# backproject with intrinsic info from product
K = np.reshape
(np.array(product['camera']['intrinsics']), (3, 3), 'F')
pcl = backproject
(0.001 * unpack_short(depth_img_compressed), K)
 
# run cloud inference
inference_url ='https://api.gke.vathos.net/workflow/camera'
files = {'files': open('./res/test.png', 'rb')}
values = {
'product': json.dumps(product),
'configuration': json.(configuration)
}

Hardware requirements

Modern infrastructure for any type of company

Our API can be provisioned on an edge device (e.g., industrial PC), the cloud, or a hybrid infrastructure. The system adapts to your company's IT landscape — and not vice versa.

Hardware-agnostic

Any robot & camera

Hardware-agnostic

Any robot & camera

Hardware-agnostic

Any robot & camera

Cloud-only

Customers send recorded images for evaluation directly to the cloud.

Edge-only

A camera provides images directly to the edge device. Robots and other components of the system retrieve the result of the evaluation over the local network.

Hybrid

Compute-intensive operations such as training AI models are carried out in the cloud, and the evaluation runs on the edge device even without a stable internet connection.

Hardware offen

Industrieroboter & Cobots

Hardware offen

Industrieroboter & Cobots

Hardware offen

Industrieroboter & Cobots

Testimonials

Cost reduction and process optimization through the latest vision technology

  • Kunden

2 yrs

trusting cooperation

100%

reliable support

Use cases

  • Pick & place
  • Automatic visual inspection

We have been working with Vathos in several projects since 2019. Their software can be integrated flexibly and with little effort into our products. We always obtain quick and reliable responses to our questions regarding software and integration.

Thomas Bräuer

Management, Arthur Bräuer GmbH & Co. KG

60%

more throughput per shift

70%

of work automated

Use cases

  • Machine tending

Over the years we had used two different machine vision systems, neither of which were reliable enough, and we eventually removed them. The Vathos system, on the other hand, reliably recognizes all of our raw material variants, so that the system now runs without interruption.

Torsten Clemens

Managing Director, THH Drehteile GmbH

80%

faster set-up

Use case

  • Machine tending

Our employees on the shop floor interact with the Vathos system with their smartphone or tablet. This makes it easy to set up new parts, which is very practical considering the variety of products and small size of batches we typically manufacture.

Robert Eßer

Managing Director, AHA GmbH

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Information on practical use cases from production and logistics, new features and news about our company can be found in our blog.
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Leadec and Vathos form innovation partnership

Leadec is a global leader in providing services around the entire life cycle of the factory. For more than 60 years, industrial enterprises across the globe rely on 

Recent

Information & news

Information on practical use cases from production and logistics, new features, and news about our company can be found in our blog.
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