2024 Vision Standards Update

Bob McCurrach, Director of Vision & Imaging Standards, Association for Advancing Automation

Bob McCurrach has over 25 years of experience in the manufacturing and product development sector, with a focus on global engineering management, strategic program and process management, primarily for the nuclear, defense and automotive industries. He holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University as well as an MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology. Bob joined the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) in 2011 as their director of standards development for vision & imaging. He has been a key leader in A3’s standards development and coordination of vision standard development globally. Standards play a key role in the vision & imaging industry by ensuring interoperability of components, increasing market size, and shortening the time it takes to get new products to market.

Martin Schwarzbauer, Manager R&D Camera Systems – Interface Specialist, Excelitas PCO GmbH

Martin leads the R&D Camera Systems team at Excelitas PCO GmbH, which is focused on hardware and firmware development. He has almost two decades of experience as R&D engineer for high-performance camera systems. Martin is a member of the Camera Link HS standardization committee since it was established in 2010 and took over the chair position this year. He has earned his diploma and master's degree in electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Germany.