Grab – label – train – run AI. With IDS NXT, it’s really that simple. It helps you to create your individual, deep learning-based vision application in no time at all. But why should you bother with the new technology at all? First, the application possibilities based on intelligent cameras are almost limitless. They support from automation and logistics to the visual monitoring of products and the processing of goods. Second, since traditional vision solutions work with a fixed set of rules, organic or rapidly changing objects are a huge challenge for them. Artificial intelligence, on the other hand, can handle such situations with ease. It is therefore a popular choice when it comes to identifying products or defects as well as sorting applications and quality control. However, the hurdle for the implementation of an AI-based image processing solution is still usually quite high. IDS shows that there is another way: The all-in-one AI system IDS NXT comes with all required tools and workflows, which means that users can set up their intelligent vision solution without any prior knowledge.
With the help of the IDS NXT lighthouse cloud software, even non-experts without prior knowledge of artificial intelligence or camera programming can train a neural network with their own image data. Since it is a web application, all functions and the necessary infrastructure for creating the neural network are immediately available. Users do not have to set up their own development environment, but can start training their own neural network right away. This involves three basic steps: To upload sample images, to label the images and then to start the fully automatic training. The generated network can then be executed directly on the IDS NXT industrial cameras, turning them into powerful inference cameras which are able to provide the desired information or pass on commands to machines, e.g. via REST or OPC UA.
Software update: App your camera!
The current software release 2.6 for the AI vision system IDS NXT focuses primarily on simplifying app creation. The start of a development project is often one of the biggest challenges in the realisation of a project. With the help of the new application assistant in IDS NXT lighthouse, users configure a complete vision app under guidance in just a few steps, which they can then run directly on an IDS NXT camera. The block-based editor, which is also new, allows users to configure their own program sequences with AI image processing functions, such as object recognition or classification, without any programming knowledge. Users create simple sequences in a few minutes with this visual code editor without having to know the syntax of a specific programming language.
