Vision systems that hold calibration on machines that move.
Robots vibrate, heat up, spin their cameras behind windows and still need micron-repeatable vision. We engineer the optical stack — sensor to scene — so your perception team can trust every pixel.
The optical layer of your perception stack
- Imaging budgets — FOV, resolution, DoF, Nyquist and motion blur that close with margin
- Camera & lens selection — quantified, vendor-neutral, tested against your real scene
- Custom lens design — when catalog glass can't meet envelope, window or thermal constraints
- Protective window physics — flat and curved windows, distortion, boresight, ghosting
- Liquid lens & active focus systems — autofocus optics that survive duty cycles
- Illumination engineering — structured, coaxial and darkfield lighting that makes algorithms easy
Vision programs we've delivered
Curved window analysis for rotating stereo cameras
Distortion under 0.1%, micron-level boresight stability — and design rules the client now applies fleet-wide.
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Diffraction-limited adaptor optics from catalog parts
Near-diffraction-limited polychromatic imaging at a fraction of custom-glass cost and lead time.
Read →Free: Machine Vision Imaging Calculator
Run your own imaging budget right now — FOV, magnification, depth of field, diffraction vs pixel limits, Nyquist and motion blur, with standard sensor presets.
Open the calculator →Machine vision questions
Our cameras lose calibration in the field — can optics be the cause?
Very often. Thermal focus drift, window-induced boresight shift and mount stress birefringence all masquerade as "software drift." We isolate the optical contribution quantitatively, then fix it at the design level — see the curved window case study.
Off-the-shelf or custom lens?
Whichever closes your imaging budget with margin at your volume and cost target. We're vendor-neutral: a short feasibility study settles the question with numbers, and our free imaging calculator gives you a head start today.
Can you support us continuously as our product evolves?
Yes — robotics teams are the classic fit for our engineering retainer: a reserved block of senior optical hours each month for reviews, vendor issues, new-variant analysis and debugging.
Perception blocked on optics?
Send us your imaging problem — resolution, motion, environment — and we'll map the fastest route to a vision system your algorithms can trust.