This book covers the basics of machine vision and robotics in the manufacturing industry. Major applicability of intelligent machines and robotics in the manufacturing sector are explored in three major areas of product traceability, remote product-monitoring, supply chain, logistics, and product record management. Machine Vision and Industrial Robotics in Manufacturing: Approaches, Technologies, and Applications explains advanced technologies based on Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Internet of Things related to smart manufacturing applications.

The book introduces the emerging machines and robotics applications that are enabling smart factories initiatives worldwide. The chapters examine labor productivity, factory device installation, and defective product detection. The authors share modern models, emerging technologies, designs, frameworks, theories, practices, and sustainable approaches to design and implement machine vision with industrial robotics. They also examine the challenging issues associated with the leveraging of technologies related to machine vision, computer vision, robotics, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things technologies, Artificial Intelligence-equipped machines, applications, and automatic techniques for intelligent manufacturing systems and smart factory infrastructure in the era of Industry 4.0 manufacturing. The authors also examine topics such as the role of existing management and production solutions, their limitations, and future directions in manufacturing industry.

This book targets a mixed audience of students, engineers, scholars, researchers, academics, and professionals who are learning, researching, and working in the field of machine vision, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Internet of Things, computer vision, and robotic technologies from different industries and economics.

Alex Khang, D.Sc., D.Litt., is a professor of Information technology, an AI and data scientist and senior portfolio manager at the Global Research Institute of Technology and Engineering, Raleigh, North Carolina. He has more than 28 years of experience in teaching computer and data science at universities and other institutions in Vietnam, India, and the United States. He has held the titles of software product manager, data engineer, AI engineer, cloud computing architect, solution architect, software architect, and database expert working for international corporations in Germany, Sweden, and Singapore, among others. He has published 74 Scopusindexed documents, 54 authored books (on software development), 25 edited books, and 50 book chapters, in addition to upcoming projects, in the field of artificial intelligence. ORCID: 0000-0001-8379-4659.

Vugar Abdullayev Hajimahmud, D.Sc., is an associate professor at Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction and Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, Baku. He is author of 61 scientific papers. His research is related to the study of cyber–physical systems, Internet of Things, Big Data, smart city, and information technologies. He has published four book chapters and two edited books in healthcare ecosystems. ORCID: 0000-0002-3348-2267.

Anuradha Misra, D.Sc., is assistant professor at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, India. She has taught in higher education for the past 14 years. She is member of professional organizations such as IAENG and IET (UK), a lifetime member of AUN Research Labs, and a member of IEDRC. She has edited and reviewed various referred and peer-reviewed journals. She has presented various papers in different national and international conferences. ORCID: 0000- 0002-7479-7636.

Eugenia Litvinova, D.Sc., is professor at Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine. Her research areas include: Digital systems testing and testable design, SOC design verification, and brain-like computing, computer-aided system for logic simulation, test generation, and fault diagnosis of digital devices and systems. She has been a member of an organizing committee of IEEE East- West Design & Test Symposium since 2007. She also is an assistant editor of the scientific journal Radio Electronics and Informatics. She has published more than 240 publications, including 9 books, and 90 Scopus-indexed documents. ORCID: 0000-0002-9797-5271.