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    Sony's high-speed 'eye' gives robots 1,000 fps vision

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    Mariella Moon
    Mariella Moon
    07.21.2017

    Sony is known for making great sensors that serve as a camera's eye, but it apparently designs eyes for robots, as well. The Japanese tech giant has announced the release of a high-speed vision sensor that will allow industrial robots to detect and track objects at 1,000 frames per second. Robots used in factories aren't typically the most sophisticated. Their operators usually have to plot their movements using a program, since they're only meant to do specific tasks in the factory again and again. This high-speed vision sensor, however, could lead to autonomous machines that can quickly react to an object's movements in real time.