HD Vision Systems

COMPANY / ABOUT US

We give automation
a new perspective.

HD Vision Systems develops software and 3D vision technology for industrial automation. With LumiScan, we connect perception, interpretation and application — from the camera image to guided motion.

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The HD Vision Systems team at a shared evening event
HD Vision Systems · HeidelbergA look inside the team ↗

WHAT DRIVES US

From perception
to application.

Industrial vision starts with a task: recognise a workpiece, inspect a surface or prepare the next pick. We bring the software and vision technology together around that task.

Our LumiScan ecosystem connects specialised apps. Solution Sets turn them into application configurations, planned together with cameras, robots and integration partners.

Explore LumiScan software ↗
01

Software & AI

Understand image data, train models and build software around real industrial tasks.

02

Vision & robotics

Connect cameras, spatial perception and robot guidance in one working process.

03

Applications & collaboration

Work with customers and integration partners to turn an application into a practical solution.

Our values
  • Committed
  • Dependable
  • Excellent

Affiliations

  • European Machine Vision Association
  • Photonics BW
  • CyberForum
  • Netzwerk Smart Production

Management

Dr. Christoph Garbe

Dr. Christoph Garbe

CEO and co-founder

Garbe earned his physics doctorate in Heidelberg in 2001 and completed his habilitation there in 2007. His imaging research laid the groundwork for industrial light-field sensing.

Benedikt Karolus

Benedikt Karolus

COO, CFO and co-founder

Karolus studied economics in Frankfurt and Heidelberg. Before co-founding HD Vision Systems, he built an online retail business for outdoor equipment.

Portraits © Benjamin Pichelmann

Company history

  1. 2016

    From research to a spin-off

    Garbe and Karolus applied to the EXIST programme to bring Heidelberg’s light-field research into manufacturing.

  2. 2017

    Incorporated in Heidelberg

    HD Vision Systems GmbH was founded in January. Early LumiScan X feasibility studies examined metal parts.

  3. 2021

    Software for part handling

    LumiScan BinPick and LumiScan Motion Pick launched as the LumiScan Object Handling family in spring.

  4. 2022

    LumiScan VGR

    The handling software evolved into LumiScan VGR for vision-guided robotics.

Explore LumiScan X ↗
  • German Innovation Award 2019LumiScan X
  • inVISION Top Innovation 2020LumiScan X
  • VISION Start-up 2020Winner
  • 100 Orte für Industrie 4.0Baden-Württemberg · 2020
  • Startup the FutureVDMA
  • DeepTech4GoodStuttgart audience award
  • KI-InnovationswettbewerbProject funding in Baden-Württemberg
  • NVIDIA InceptionStartup programme

WHERE WE WORK

Heidelberg.
Open to your challenge.

Heidelberg with the castle, Church of the Holy Spirit, bridge gate and Old Bridge – and HD Vision Systems
HD Vision Systems
HD Vision Systems GmbH
Palo-Alto-Platz 11
69124 Heidelberg
Germany
info@hdvisionsystems.com ↗+49 6221 6721900
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Your Next Step

Your application. Our next conversation.

From the first workpiece to the right configuration. Tell us what you would like to automate – we get back to you within one business day.

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Let’s talk about your application.

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