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      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>


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      <issuerCik>0000851205</issuerCik>
      <issuerName>COGNEX CORP</issuerName>
      <secFileNumber>001-34218</secFileNumber>
      <issuerAddress>
        <com:street1>ONE VISION DR</com:street1>
        <com:city>NATICK</com:city>
        <com:stateOrCountry>MA</com:stateOrCountry>
        <com:zipCode>01760</com:zipCode>
      </issuerAddress>
      <issuerContactPhone>5086503000</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>MACDONALD LAURA ANN</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
      <relationshipsToIssuer>
        <relationshipToIssuer>Officer</relationshipToIssuer>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>Robert W Baird &amp; Co</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>777 East Wisconsin Avenue</com:street1>
          <com:city>Milwaukee</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>WI</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>53202</com:zipCode>
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      <noOfUnitsSold>2212</noOfUnitsSold>
      <aggregateMarketValue>147767.00</aggregateMarketValue>
      <noOfUnitsOutstanding>167205192</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
      <approxSaleDate>05/11/2026</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
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    <securitiesInformation>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>Robert W Baird &amp; Co</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>777 East Wisconsin Avenue</com:street1>
          <com:city>Milwaukee</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>WI</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>53202</com:zipCode>
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      <approxSaleDate>05/11/2026</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>02/22/2024</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>RSU Release</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>837</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>02/22/2024</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Settlement of vested Restricted Stock Unit award</natureOfPayment>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
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      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
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      <paymentDate>02/22/2023</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Settlement of vested Restricted Stock Unit award</natureOfPayment>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>02/16/2023</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>RSU Release</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>500</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>02/16/2023</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Settlement of vested Restricted Stock Unit award</natureOfPayment>
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>02/16/2022</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>RSU Release</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>333</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>02/16/2022</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Settlement of vested Restricted Stock Unit award</natureOfPayment>
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    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>05/11/2026</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Option Granted 2/18/2025</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>6634</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>05/11/2026</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
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    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>05/11/2026</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Option Granted - 2/20/2024</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>15080</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>05/11/2026</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>05/11/2026</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Option Granted - 2/21/2023</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>12196</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>05/11/2026</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>05/11/2026</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Option Granted - 2/18/2020</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>17000</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>05/11/2026</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>05/11/2026</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Option Granted - 2/19/2019</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>30000</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>05/11/2026</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>05/11/2026</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Option Granted 2/20/2018</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>15000</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>05/11/2026</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>N</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <securitiesSoldInPast3Months>
      <sellerDetails>
        <name>Laura Ann MacDonald</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>One Vision Drive</com:street1>
          <com:city>Natick</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MA</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>01760</com:zipCode>
        </address>
      </sellerDetails>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <saleDate>02/12/2026</saleDate>
      <amountOfSecuritiesSold>14881</amountOfSecuritiesSold>
      <grossProceeds>850554.00</grossProceeds>
    </securitiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <remarks>This Form 144 is being filed as a corrective amendment to the Form 144 filed on May 11, 2026 - the original filing. The original filing contained an error by including a Date of Plan Adoption or Giving of Instruction, If Relying on Rule 10b5-1. The Person is not relying on Rule 10b5-1 and, therefore, no date should have been included in the original filing. This amended filing corrects that error. No other changes have been made.</remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>05/13/2026</noticeDate>
      <signature>Laura A. MacDonald</signature>
    </noticeSignature>
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