Vision-guided robotics (VGR) is maturing and applications have become easier to configure and implement. But its future also involves increasingly challenging tasks, and advanced technologies are emerging to address them.DAVID DECHOW, INTEGRO TECHNOLOGIES CORP.As the manufacturing world considers the potential for Industry 4.0, machine vision for industrial robotic guidance continues to be a critical enabling technology for realizing the diverse needs of flexible automation and smart manufacturing, especially now when the technologies and tools for VGR are coming into their full potential. The marriage of machine vision and industrial robotics over the past few decades has become a mainstay in practical smart manufacturing. 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