{"title":"Cognex vs Orbbec: Vision & 3D perception compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/cognex-vs-orbbec","comparison":"Orbbec ranks 17 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 88; Cognex ranks 23 with 87. Cognex is ahead on commercials. Orbbec is ahead on firepower. Level on deployment, production, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Cognex is based in Natick, United States, Orbbec in Shenzhen, China. Cognex: Established. Orbbec: Public, founded 2013. Cognex is named in 15 signals and Orbbec in 26.","companies":[{"name":"Cognex","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cognex","city":"Natick","country":"United States","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Cognex is a US machine-vision leader (FY26 guidance $1.13-1.15B, up from $994M in FY25; Q2-26 record revenue of $291M, +17%) whose AI-powered In-Sight 6900 (on NVIDIA Jetson) and 3900 (on Qualcomm Dragonwing) launched in 2026. 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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":23,"score":87,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology","firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"Cognex supplies machine-vision cameras and inspection systems for robot guidance and production quality control, including the In-Sight 3900 with embedded AI inspection.","segment":"Vision & 3D perception","layer":"Sensing"},"signals_total":15,"facts_total":7},{"name":"Orbbec","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/orbbec","city":"Shenzhen","country":"China","stage":"Public","founded":2013,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Orbbec is a Chinese 3D-vision maker (SSE:688322) with 3,000+ customers across ~100 countries and a claimed >70% share of China's service-robot market, whose FY25 revenue was RMB 941M ($136M, +66.7%) as it turned profitable. It announced a Basler technology partnership (March 2026, extending to joint chip-level and system integration), a CES 2026 Gemini 305 launch with full Jetson Thor compatibility, and a China-Vietnam dual manufacturing hub. It manufactures its own products at millions-unit scale.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":17,"score":88,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["technology"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":9,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":8},"why":"Orbbec develops and sells 3D cameras and vision solutions for robots, including Gemini stereo cameras deployed with global automation companies and used in Universal Robots' AI Trainer.","segment":"Vision & 3D perception","layer":"Sensing"},"signals_total":26,"facts_total":62}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}