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Sony

IMX-series CMOS image sensors powering machine vision in robots and humanoids

Sony makes the IMX-series CMOS image sensors widely used for machine vision in robots and humanoid platforms, leveraging its dominant position in the global image-sensor market.

Sony's semiconductor division is the world's leading supplier of CMOS image sensors, with its IMX product family used in the majority of high-performance cameras across smartphones, industrial machine vision, automotive, and robotics. In humanoid robots, Sony IMX sensors provide the high-resolution, low-noise imaging needed for object recognition, navigation, and human-robot interaction at the frame rates required for real-time control. The sensors are available in a wide range of resolutions, frame rates, and form factors, giving robot designers flexibility to optimise for performance or bill-of-materials cost. Sony's scale and continuous investment in sensor technology — including stacked BSI and event-camera research — ensure its image sensors remain a foundational component of robotic vision systems.