TØNSBERG, Norway – May 21, 2026 -- poLight ASA (OSE: PLT) will highlight the company’s MLens® and TLens® tunable optics products at the Automate 2026 show, June 22-25 in Chicago, Illinois. Featuring solutions for industrial, machine vision, and robotics, poLight continues to solve OEM design challenges and meet AI-driven imaging requirements. The poLight team invites you to meet with its experts in booth 10022 North Hall or contact info@polight.com to schedule a meeting.
Yole Group estimates the industrial machine vision market to reach USD $7.8 billion with a CAGR of 2.1 percent by 2029. The analyst firm also projects that the global humanoid robot market will reach USD $51 billion by 2035, with a CAGR of 55%. All three applications require advanced, AI-driven imaging requirements combined with ultrafast, ultralow power consuming, and robust autofocus lens.
“We continue to see positive momentum in the industrial and machine vision market, ranging from handheld barcode scanning to automated manufacturing scan engines,” said Dr. Øyvind Isaksen, CEO of poLight ASA. “Robotics is also presenting some interesting use cases which would benefit from our tunable optics. Automate 2026 gives us the opportunity to highlight our products as well as our MLens® ecosystem partners.”
Tunable Optics Accommodate Imaging Scenarios
poLight offers a variety of TLens® options, the new OTS portfolio of MLens® products, and an ecosystem of software and development platform collaborators to dramatically ease the design challenges facing our customers.
| MLens® OTS Portfolio | MLens® Support and Ecosystem | TLens® Autofocus |
| - Ultrafast | - TLens® EVK and driver board | - Ultrafast focusing |
| - Low power consumption | - Sunex camera lens | - High accuracy |
| - Variety of sensor sizes | - IQL-based Raspberry Pi | - Small size |
| - Variety of focal lenghts | - DigiKey platform | - Acceleration/vibration insensitive |
| - Constant FOV | - Ultra-low power consumption | |
| - Visible, NIR, monochromatic | Platforms | - Highly robust |
| - Interchangeable lenses | - Leopard IMX900 | - Available in bare or packaged lens |
| - Temperature sensor | - USB/UVC Camera | - Add-in or Add-on options |
| - Driver IC included | - Variety of processor platforms |