{"title":"Cognex vs Zebra Technologies: Vision & 3D perception compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/cognex-vs-zebra-technologies","comparison":"Cognex ranks 23 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 87; Zebra Technologies ranks 41 with 84. Cognex is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. Zebra Technologies is ahead on firepower. Level on progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Cognex is based in Natick, United States, Zebra Technologies in Lincolnshire, United States. Cognex: Established. Zebra Technologies: Public. Cognex is named in 15 signals and Zebra Technologies in 18.","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":"Zebra Technologies","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/zebra-technologies","city":"Lincolnshire","country":"United States","stage":"Public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Zebra Technologies is a US enterprise-sensing company (Nasdaq:ZBRA) whose machine-vision and robotics assets include Photoneo 3D vision (folded into its Aurora machine-vision suite) and Fetch Robotics AMRs, serving 80%+ of the Fortune 500. It completed the Photoneo acquisition in March 2025, expanding 3D machine vision for automotive manufacturing and logistics. Group revenue and the vision and robotics segment figures are not broken out (group-scoped), and Fetch AMR volumes are undisclosed.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":41,"score":84,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Zebra marketed Fetch autonomous mobile robots and its Symmetry Fulfillment robot-assisted picking solution to logistics and warehouse customers.","segment":"Vision & 3D perception","layer":"Sensing"},"signals_total":18,"facts_total":20}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}