The winners of the inspect award 2024
Three winners in each category were chosen from a total of 20 nominations with just as many exciting innovations. The prizes were awarded at Vision show in Stuttgart.

Together with the readers of inspect, the jury of the inspect award 2024 has selected three winners in each category. The inspect team warmly congratulates all the winners.
Special thanks go to the jury who, together with the readers of inspect, selected the six winning products from the numerous submissions and then 20 nominees. The inspect award 2024 jury included: Paul-Gerald Dittrich, Project Manager at Spectronet; Dr. Ronald Müller, Founder and Managing Director of Vision Markets; Anne Wendel, Machine Vision Manager at VDMA; Thomas Lübkemeier, Managing Director of EMVA; Prof. Dr. Michael Heizmann, Professor of Mechatronic Measuring Systems at the Institute for Industrial Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

The Winners of the Vision Category



The Winners of the Automation & Control Category



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