AI service
Amazon Lookout for Vision
Detects visual defects in industrial images.
Key points
- Detected defects and anomalies in industrial images using computer vision.
- Targeted quality inspection use cases in manufacturing and industrial operations.
- Used images of normal and defective products to train visual inspection models.
- Returned anomaly or defect results that could support inspection workflows.
- AWS ended support for Lookout for Vision on October 31, 2025.
When to use it
- Choose Lookout for Vision in legacy exam-style scenarios about industrial visual inspection.
- Use it conceptually for detecting cracks, scratches, missing parts, or assembly defects in images.
- Use Rekognition Custom Labels or SageMaker for current custom computer vision planning.
Exam tips
- Lookout for Vision was specialized for industrial defects; Rekognition is the broader image and video AI service.
- Lookout for Equipment uses sensor data, not images.
- Because support has ended, treat it carefully in current recommendations for new workloads.
- Textract is for document extraction, not visual product defect detection.