FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATICK, MA, USA April 26, 2012

New Control Center for All Cognex Vision Systems and Industrial ID Products

Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX), the world's leading supplier of machine vision systems and industrial ID readers, today announced the release of the Cognex Explorer™ control center. This unique utility displays a graphical view of all Cognex vision systems, ID readers and visualization systems connected to the network. It also incorporates powerful maintenance tools for backing up, restoring or cloning systems, carrying out firmware upgrades and much more.

Cognex Explorer was designed for control, production and maintenance engineers who will find the intuitive point and click interface easy to use without any training required. The new control center offers the ability to:

  • Display the identity, type and status of all Ethernet-connected In-Sight® vision systems, DataMan® ID readers and VisionView® display devices on the network
  • View device settings including IP addresses, firmware/software versions, etc.
  • Execute firmware updates
  • Backup and restore multiple systems simultaneously
  • Clone systems when adding more systems to the network
  • Add licenses for VisionView

“The Cognex Explorer control center was designed to help our customers achieve additional efficiency improvements and cost savings when using Cognex vision systems, ID products or visualization platforms. It eliminates the complexities of installing and maintaining automation equipment,” says Carl Gerst, Vice President and Business Unit Manager, ID Products. He continues, “Once a Cognex product has been deployed, we want to make it easier for our customers to monitor and maintain the system with one common utility. Cognex Explorer is a convenient way to monitor, manage and maintain all deployed Cognex products on a network regardless of where they are located.”

The Cognex Explorer control center is available now and is free of charge to all Cognex customers. To download the utility or for more information, please visit www.cognex.com/explorer.

About Cognex Corporation

Cognex Corporation (“the Company” or “Cognex”) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the most critical manufacturing and distribution challenges. We are a leading global provider of machine vision products and solutions that improve efficiency and quality in high-growth-potential businesses across attractive industrial end markets. Our solutions blend physical products and software to capture and analyze visual information, allowing for the automation of manufacturing and distribution tasks for customers worldwide. Machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing or distribution and tracking of discrete items, such as mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries and e-commerce packages, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. Machine vision is important for applications in which human vision is inadequate to meet requirements for size, accuracy, or speed, or in instances where substantial cost savings or quality improvements are maintained.

Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 4 million image-based products, representing over $10 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has offices and distributors located throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. For details, visit cognex.com.

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