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The Machine Vision Camera with the AI Built In

Roboflow AI1 combines an 8 MP industrial camera, integrated lighting, and an NVIDIA Jetson in one unit. It runs inspection models on the camera and sends pass/fail results straight to your PLC.

Machine Vision Cameras AI Vision Solution

A machine vision system is usually several products wired together: a camera, a lens, lighting, an industrial PC to run the analysis, and inspection software on top. Each piece is specced, bought, and supported separately, and every new station means doing it all again.

Roboflow AI1 (opens in a new tab) puts it all in one IP54 housing: an 8 MP sensor (3840 x 2160 at 30 fps) with a 4 mm lens and electronic focus, an integrated 8-LED ring light, and an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX that runs the model on the camera itself. Mount it at the station and use it for defect detection, assembly verification, and automated optical inspection.

  • Featured: Roboflow AI1 (AI1-8MP-4MM): 8 MP sensor, 4 mm lens with electronic focus, NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8 GB, IP54 housing
  • Attributes: On-device inference, integrated lighting, 256 GB local storage, over-the-air model and security updates
  • Integration: OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP, and Profinet to Rockwell and Siemens PLCs, plus a web HMI with a PASS/FAIL verdict for every part

Label images of good and bad parts from your line, train a model such as RF-DETR in Roboflow, and push it to every AI1 from Roboflow Deployment Manager in one update. Each part gets a structured inspection record, stored on the camera and synced to the cloud, and your team can retrain as parts and conditions change.

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Already running machine vision cameras? Roboflow Inference also works with GigE Vision cameras from makers such as Basler, LUCID, and Teledyne FLIR, so you can add AI to the cameras on your line today, and add AI1s where you need a new station.

AI for Machine Vision Cameras Workflows

Use machine vision cameras? Explore Workflows you can get started with to create computer vision apps in minutes. Try the top open and closed source models on frames from your line for free, then deploy an inspection Workflow to AI1 that flags defects and sends results to your PLC in real time.

How to Setup Machine Vision Cameras with AI

AI1 mounts at the station and connects over Gigabit Ethernet. Deploy an inspection Workflow from Roboflow Deployment Manager, and AI1 runs it on-device, sending a pass/fail result for every part to your PLC, HMI, or MES.

“The vision AI solutions we developed with Roboflow have been a core component of connecting our teams and unlocking their ability to collaborate.”

Lou Stocco

Director of Manufacturing Advanced Analytics, USG

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