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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form  S-8 of our report dated January 25, 2002 relating to the
consolidated financial statements, which appears in the 2001 Annual Report to
Shareholders of Cognex Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in Cognex
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated January
25, 2002 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in such
Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 21, 2002


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