Motion Automation Intelligence and Zebra: The Only Resources You Need for Automated Vision Solutions

Motion Automation Intelligence (Ai) has partnered with the automation industry’s leading manufacturers for decades to bring you best-in-class products and custom solutions. We’re proud to have built the leading one-stop shop for your automation applications.

Today, we’re excited to share that we’re partnering with Zebra Technologies to bring you the industry’s broadest portfolio of fixed industrial scanning and machine vision solutions.

Zebra has been a global leader in data capture technology for decades. Their industry-leading barcode solutions, RFID tools and mobile devices are used by enterprises worldwide. So, we were naturally excited when they launched their automated vision solutions a few years ago with an innovative lineup of interoperable fixed scanners, machine vision smart cameras and software tools. Zebra’s lineup brought groundbreaking simplicity and unprecedented scalability to automated vision solutions.

Zebra Acquires Matrox Imaging

Then, Zebra took things to the next level. Their 2022 acquisition of Matrox Imaging created a comprehensive portfolio of hardware and software far exceeding any other manufacturer’s capabilities.

Today, as a Zebra partner, we can deliver solutions that address everything from basic track-and-trace applications to the most complex inspection, recognition or guidance tasks.

Whether your focus is greater throughput, improved accuracy, enhanced quality or better productivity, Motion Automation Intelligence and Zebra can help. We leverage the efficiency of a single-source provider to offer streamlined, field-proven solutions for your most critical operational goals.

An Interoperable Portfolio of Vision Hardware & Software

With the acquisition and integration of Matrox Imaging, Zebra has built the broadest available ecosystem of machine vision hardware and software. This comprehensive approach allows us to create a wide range of solutions that evolve and grow with your operational requirements. We aim to offer everything needed to meet your requirements today and in the future.

Zebra’s hardware lineup now includes the following:

• Fixed Industrial Scanners to easily track and trace parts and packages throughout fast-moving operations.
• Machine Vision Cameras that pair with industrial controllers, frame grabbers and powerful vision-based software options to support various inspection and automation applications.
• Smart Sensors and Cameras designed to help reduce production defects, increase throughput and improve efficiency.
• Frame Grabbers that range from cost-sensitive entry-level models to boards with advanced capabilities.
• Vision Controllers that offer embedded PC technology, expansion capabilities, optimized size and sturdiness that’s at home on any production line.
• I/O Cards that turn a PC running Zebra Aurora imaging software into a genuine vision controller.
• High-Fidelity 3D Sensors that employ unique algorithms to generate reliable 3D data automatically in a wide range of applications.

To complement their extensive hardware portfolio, Zebra offers software tools that enable novice and experienced users alike to solve any track-and-trace or vision inspection challenge. With Zebra’s software options, experienced users appreciate how easy it is to develop, refine and customize jobs. First-time users can take advantage of interactive, step-by-step guidance to create powerful applications for many industries.

Zebra Aurora Vision software solutions include the following:

• Aurora Focus: a plug-and-play solution that employs on-device software exclusive to Zebra’s fixed industrial scanners and VS20/VS40/VS70 smart cameras.
• Aurora Design Assistant: a graphical, flowchart-based drag-and-drop environment that cuts development time from weeks to days.
• Aurora Vision Studio: a dataflow-based graphical environment that enables users to quickly create, integrate and monitor powerful machine vision applications without writing a single line of code.
• Aurora Imaging Library (formerly Matrox Imaging Library): a C#, C++, .NET programming library for code-based project development that offers complete customization with maximum flexibility.
• Aurora Vision Library: a code-based machine vision library that provides the sophisticated functionality of Aurora Vision Studio software but is presented in programming language.
• Aurora Vision Deep Learning: an add-on to Aurora Vision Studio and Aurora Vision Library. It uses industrial-quality deep learning tools and neural networks to solve problems far too complex for traditional machine vision algorithms.

As a Zebra partner and leading supplier of automation products and motion control solutions, Motion Automation Intelligence assembles the country’s best minds in industrial automation. Contact us today to learn more about Zebra’s comprehensive portfolio of automation tools.