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Global study of 500+ manufacturers shows shifting priorities, rapid deployment, and new expectations for next generation machine vision systems NATICK, Mass., March 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the global leader in industrial machine vision, today announced the release of How AI Is Transforming Machine Vision Through Performance and Simplicity.

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