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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.3

                                PERCEPTRON, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
constitutes and appoints Alfred A. Pease, John J. Garber and Thomas S. Vaughn,
and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution, and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a certain Registration Statement on
Form S-8 to be filed by Perceptron, Inc. relating to the Perceptron, Inc. 1998
Stock Option Plan and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys- in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated: December 27      , 2000              /s/ Kenneth R. Dabrowski
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                                           Kenneth R. Dabrowski, Director