公司历史

2021 marks the 40th Anniversary of Cognex. It’s unusual for any business to be around for 40 years, and it’s even more unusual for a technology company. Not only has Cognex survived, but we have become the recognized leader in machine vision. Our success is based on a long tradition of being innovative, bold, and creative. While we have the reputation and financial strength of a 40-year-old company, we move fast like a start-up! We are a company that values working hard to become the best at what we do, but we are also a company that has a sense of humor and is young in spirit.

康涅狄格州公司于1981年由罗伯特J.Shillman博士，位于马萨诸塞州理工学院的人类视觉感知讲师。Shillman博士决定离开学术界以启动康经痛，投资他的生命节省10万美元的公司。他邀请了两个麻省理工学院的研究生 - 玛丽莲马兹和比尔银 - 与他一起努力，提供免费自行车，让他们让他们离开麻省理工学院。玛丽莲和账单的暑期工作是什么，原来是职业的开始，因为他们继续帮助联合公司。这三个人获得了康经新克的开始 - 它的名字是来自“认知专家”短语的名字。

该公司于1982年制作了第一届愿景系统，1982年。DataMan是世界上第一个能够阅读，验证和确保直接在零部件上标记的字母，数字和符号质量的世界上第一个工业光学字符识别（OCR）系统。康康克斯的第一个客户是一个打字机制造商，他购买了系统来检查每个打字机上的键，以确保它们位于正确的位置。

作为OEM供应商，Codgex开始寻找机器愿景提供了关键竞争优势的市场。德国必威康涅尔尼克发现，半导体和电子资本装备行业的市场。如今，机器愿景德国必威几乎是每个半导体制造步骤的必要条件，以及康复工程师开发了大多数这些应用。2005年，康科克州的创始人罗伯特J.Shillman博士，比尔银和玛丽恩Matz荣获由2005年半奖的半导体制造商国际（半）荣誉，以确认其对半导体制造的重要技术贡献。

冒险家's OEM-focused strategy paid off. In early 1987, the company became profitable for the first time in its history. Cognex went public on the NASDAQ exchange in 1989, at $1.38 per share. Within one year, the stock price had tripled.

Today’s vision systems have come a long way since the first DataMan system was developed in the early 1980s. The functionality and user-focused design now available to Cognex customers is the result of over 39 years of hands-on experience developing new vision technology and solving the industry's most challenging vision applications.