Now , with the introduction of machine vision , robotics and automation within manufacturing are set to transform the industry yet again and its increasing affordability means it will be making a huge impact on a number of companies , regardless of size .

Historically , data acquisition within computer vision has been limited by the manual interpretation of captured image data . However , the introduction of deep learning – a type of machine learning based on artificial neural networks – has generated data-driven models that could replace handcrafted preprocessing and feature extraction .

The evolution of computer vision started with basic neural networks being able to recognise handwritten numbers from zero to nine . Today , with the advancement of GPUs and large datasets , we can accurately identify just about anything from people to dogs to household objects in video .

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