EXHIBIT 5

                           [DYKEMA GOSSETT LETTERHEAD]

                                 January 2, 2002



Perceptron, Inc.
47827 Halyard Drive
Plymouth, Michigan 48170

Re: 1998 Global Team Member Stock Option Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have served as counsel to Perceptron, Inc., a Michigan corporation
(the "Company") in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), providing
for the sale by the Company in the manner described in the Registration
Statement, of up to 150,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value
per share (the "Common Stock"), under the Company's 1998 Global Team Member
Stock Option Plan.

         We have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, documents,
certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed below.

         Based upon such examination and our participation in the preparation of
the Registration Statement, it is our opinion that the 150,000 shares of Common
Stock, when sold in the manner described in the Registration Statement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

         We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not concede that we are
experts within the meaning of the Act or the rules or regulations thereunder or
that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.

                                                          Sincerely,

                                                          DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC

                                                          /s/ Thomas S. Vaughn

                                                          Thomas S. Vaughn