Description of Business	6 Months Ended
Description of Business	Jun. 30, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS FARO Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively “FARO,” the “Company,” “us,” “we” or “our”) design, develop, manufacture, market and support software driven, three-dimensional (“3D”) measurement, imaging, and realization solutions for the 3D metrology, architecture, engineering and construction (“AEC”), Operations and Maintenance (“O&M”) and public safety analytics markets. We enable our customers to capture, measure, manipulate, interact with and share 3D and 2D data from the physical world in a virtual environment and then translate this information back into the physical domain. Our broad technology set equips our customers with a wide range of 3D capture technologies that range from ultra-high accuracy laser-scanner-based technology to lower accuracy, photogrammetry-based technology. Our FARO suite of 3D products and software solutions are used for inspection of components and assemblies, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, documenting large volume or structures in 3D, surveying and construction, construction management, assembly layout, machine guidance as well as in investigation and reconstructions of crash and crime scenes. We sell the majority of our solutions through a direct sales force, with an increasing volume being sold through an indirect channel across a range of industries including automotive, aerospace, metal and machine fabrication, surveying, architecture, engineering and construction, public safety forensics and other industries. COVID-19 and Impact On Our Business Our business is significantly vulnerable to the economic effects of pandemics and other public health crises, including the ongoing coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic that has surfaced in virtually every country of our global operating footprint. During 2020, we experienced a significant decline in the demand for our products and services across all of our served markets as a result of the impact of the spread of COVID-19. During 2022, we continue to mitigate the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our business results and we remain committed to taking actions to mitigate both the impact on the health and safety of our employees, as well as negative business effects resulting from demand disruption, material availability and potential production and shipment challenges, including, but not limited to, the following: •Operating our business with a focus on our employee health and safety, which includes minimizing travel, implementing remote work policies, maintaining employee distancing and enhancing the sanitation of all of our facilities; •Isolating our production environment from non-essential personnel, to minimize the risk of COVID-19 exposures; •Recommending that our employees receive vaccinations and vaccine boosters to help protect our colleagues, families, and communities; •Aggressively pursuing required raw materials to ensure continuity of supply and minimize material cost increases; •Aggressively pursuing alternative logistics paths when intermittent government-ordered shutdowns affect current logistics paths; •Monitoring our liquidity, disciplined inventory management, and scrutinizing our capital expenditures while executing our strategic plan; and •Continuously reviewing our financial strategy to enhance financial flexibility in these volatile financial markets. We continue to maintain a strong capital structure with a cash balance of $102.0 million and no debt as of June 30, 2022. We believe that our liquidity position is adequate to meet our projected needs in the reasonably foreseeable future. Future developments, such as the potential resurgence of COVID-19 in countries that have begun to recover from the early impact of the pandemic and new actions taken by governments in response to future resurgence, are highly uncertain. Therefore, the Company is not able to predict the extent to which the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the Company’s results of operations and financial conditions.