Cognex Deep Learning is ideal for sorting coffee beans because it can quickly and easily identify different colors, sizes, and characteristics of coffee beans. It can be trained on a set of images of each type of coffee bean that is received in the warehouse. Even if different types of beans look very similar, the classification tool can distinguish between different types, while accepting natural variations within each type. The defect detection tool can identify any physical contaminants in a batch of coffee beans before they are sent for blending.