Purpose – This paper aims to review the 2007 Bi‐Annual International Robotics and Vision Show in Chicago. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents in‐depth interviews with exhibitors of robots and robotic vision systems. Findings – The marriage of vision and robotics is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the robots at the 2007 ATExpo Show and related Electronics Assembly Show, Quality, PlasTec and National Manufacturing Week Shows, as well as at the FABTECH Show and the Rockwell Automation Show held in Chicago. Design/methodology/approach –...