Cognex Corporation (CGNX)

Machine vision maker, one pattern. Read November 9, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 168 of the 238 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

The filing counts 2,745 employees at December 31, 2025 by function, 1,876 of them outside the United States, and describes one machine vision business, so the whole workforce is read at the instruments group.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 36% now, 49% at the end of 2027, 53% at the end of 2028, 54% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 54% desk work, 18% people work and 28% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 46% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 47% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

2,745 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). 869 of 2,745 employees are based in the United States, 1,876 outside it (stated).

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, Cognex employed 2,745 Cognoids globally, including 1,600 in selling, general, and administrative activities, 575 in research, development, and engineering, and 570 in manufacturing, quality assurance, and service activities.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 2,745 employees at December 31, 2025, down from 2,914: 1,600 in selling, general and administrative activities, 575 in research, development and engineering and 570 in manufacturing, quality assurance and service; 1,876 based outside the United States; a global team of Ministers of Culture led by a Chief Culture Officer.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• Medtronic plc (MDT, 95,000 employees)33% now, 46% by 2028
• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR, 71,000 employees)36% now, 51% by 2028
• Danaher Corporation (DHR, 60,000 employees)34% now, 48% by 2028
• GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC, 54,000 employees)37% now, 53% by 2028
• L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (LHX, 45,000 employees)35% now, 51% by 2028
• Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK, 26,000 employees)42% now, 61% by 2028
• Garmin Ltd. (GRMN, 23,000 employees)36% now, 53% by 2028
• AMETEK, Inc. (AME, 22,500 employees)32% now, 45% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

31 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing describes AI-enabled machine vision for automated traceability, dimensioning and detection, a mission to make advanced machine vision easy by integrating industry-leading AI with intuitive deployment, and AI vision tools for logistics environments.

• “To address these challenges, our customers are increasingly deploying automated traceability, dimensioning, and detection solutions featuring Cognex machine vision, including barcode reading and artificial intelligence ("AI")-enabled vision technology, either directly or with the help of partners, such as original equipment manufacturers ("OEM"), machine builders, and system integrators.”
• “SLX reflects our mission to make advanced machine vision easy by integrating industry-leading AI with intuitive deployment workflows.”
• “By leveraging our latest AI vision tools, we strive to deliver powerful, scalable solutions, helping customers improve efficiency and accuracy in complex logistics environments.”
• “We believe many potential customers in this market can benefit from our portfolio of AI-driven products, which are designed for ease of setup and deployment and are intended to address critical needs for accuracy, speed, and compliance in high-volume production environments.”
• “Many electronics producers and leading OEMs rely on Cognex machine vision , including AI-enabled vision technology, 3D vision , and barcode reading, to build, inspect, and track electronic hardware and consumer devices.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20221median 0
• Fiscal 20234median 1
• Fiscal 202413median 4
• Fiscal 202531median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The 1,600 in selling, general and administrative activities are a bundled count and stay inside the operating pattern (rule 6).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000851205-26-000012, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.