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It posted eight consecutive quarters of margin expansion, made its OneVision AI platform generally available (May 2026), and divested its Japan trading business, holding $622M cash with no debt. Growth is double-digit across logistics, electronics, semiconductor, and automotive.","sub_category":"Vision & 3D perception","signals_total":15,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cognex","title":"Cognex · robotics, Natick, Massachusetts, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Cognex supplies machine-vision cameras and inspection systems for robot guidance and production quality control, including the In-Sight 3900 with embedded AI inspection. Robotics 100 rank 23 (score 87) 15 signals and 7 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}