Facts

• Segment: Vision
• Country: Germany
• Founded: 1988
• Website: https://www.baslerweb.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Basler develops industrial cameras, machine-vision components and imaging software for automation, medical, traffic and embedded-vision applications. Its camera families and pylon software help developers capture, configure and process visual data for inspection, robotics and machine perception.

Market context

Basler matters as a real vision-layer supplier for robot perception, navigation and inspection workflows. Basler supplies industrial vision hardware and software for robots, AMRs, AGVs and automation systems.

Products

• ace 2 Machine Vision Camera

Facts

• Website: https://www.baslerweb.com/
• HQ: Ahrensburg, SH, Germany
• Founded: 1988
• Ticker: BSL / Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• Segment: Vision

Industrial machine vision camera supplier

Basler supplies industrial cameras, embedded vision hardware and machine-vision tools for factory automation, robotics and industrial imaging.

• Target environment: Factories, inspection cells, robot vision systems, logistics automation, embedded vision devices and industrial labs.
• Deployment model: Component and vision-system supply through cameras, lenses, lighting, software and simulation tools.
• Customer context: Machine-vision integrators, robot builders, industrial automation teams, inspection-system developers and OEMs.
• Workflow context: Image capture, visual inspection, robot guidance, quality control, embedded vision and camera-based automation.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially mature machine-vision supplier with broad industrial camera families and robotics-related applications.
• Market position: Vision component supplier serving the industrial robotics and automation sensing stack.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on imaging performance, lighting, software integration, camera availability, application tuning and price-performance fit.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes machine vision cameras, robot vision, industrial inspection, embedded vision and factory sensing.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-03-25 - Partnership - Basler and Orbbec launch technology partnership for industrial 3D vision in logistics and factory automation - Basler and Orbbec announced a technology partnership to deliver integrated and sc…
• 2026-03-25 - Partnership - Orbbec and Basler announce industrial 3D vision partnership at LogiMAT 2026 - Orbbec and Basler announced a technology collaboration to provide integrated industrial 3D vision solutions for ro…
• 2025-07-10 - Product Launch - Basler introduces Stereo ace active 3D camera series - The series includes six active 3D stereo camera models.
• 2024-06-12 - Acquisition - Basler acquires a 25.1 percent stake in Roboception - Basler acquired 25.1 percent of Roboception as part of a strategic investment and capital increase.
• 2024-06-12 - Acquisition - Basler acquires 25.1% stake in Roboception to expand 3D solutions business for factory automation, robotics, and logistics - Basler acquired a 25.1 percent stake in Roboception to deepen their…

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-03-25 - Partnership - Basler and Orbbec launch technology partnership for industrial 3D vision in logistics and factory automation - Basler and Orbbec announced a technology partnership to deliver integrated and sc…
• 2024-06-12 - Acquisition - Basler acquires 25.1% stake in Roboception to expand 3D solutions business for factory automation, robotics, and logistics - Basler acquired a 25.1 percent stake in Roboception to deepen their…

Team

• Hardy Mehl - CEO
• Ines Brückel - CFO
• Dr. Kai Jens Ströder - CTO - Dr. Kai Jens Ströder's role identifies leadership or founding responsibility at Basler.

Supply chain relationships

• Orbbec - Stereo mini / industrial 3D vision - Technology partnership for industrial 3D vision; Stereo mini integrates Orbbec depth sensing with Basler industrial software and integration stack.
• KINE Robotics - Basler blaze-101 3D ToF camera - KINE Robotics used a Basler blaze-101 3D ToF camera in a conveyor-tracking pick-and-place system for bakery packaging.
• IUNA AI - Basler ace 2 industrial cameras - IUNA AI uses networked Basler ace 2 cameras and pylon software in AI weld-seam inspection systems.
• Vanomation - Basler blaze ToF camera and software - Vanomation integrates Basler blaze Time-of-Flight camera technology into a robotic print-and-apply labeling system.

Relationships

• Roboception - Strategic stake (minority) - Roboception alignment with Basler via minority stake to deepen 3D vision cooperation for automation and robotics.
• Orbbec - Stereo mini / industrial 3D vision - Technology partnership for industrial 3D vision; Stereo mini combines Orbbec depth with Basler software, accessories, and pylon SDK (LogiMAT 2026).
• Roboception - 25.1% strategic stake - Basler acquired 25.1% of Roboception in a strategic capital increase to expand integrated 3D solutions for factory automation, robotics, and logistics (Roboception / Basler releases…

Context tags

• Industrial camera supplier - Peer Group - Basler supplies industrial machine vision cameras for automation.
• Industrial image processing - Capability - Basler provides industrial image capture and camera hardware.
• Vision sensor supplier - Stack Layer - Basler supplies vision sensor and industrial camera hardware.
• Industrial machine vision supplier - Peer Group - Basler cameras are used in machine vision and industrial inspection.
• Industrial visual inspection - Workflow - Basler cameras support industrial visual inspection workflows.
• Robot vision guidance - Workflow - Basler cameras are used in vision-guided robotic applications.
• Perception sensor supply chain - Customer Environment - Basler serves the industrial vision camera supply chain.
• Industrial vision deployments - Customer Environment - Basler cameras are deployed in factory inspection environments.