Farmers are starting to reap the rewards of robotics and machine vision, as Keely Portway finds out
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Outfield analyses aerial images of orchards using machine learning to predict crop yield
Open source software has advanced to a point where it’s now a credible option for industrial imaging, Matthew Dale finds
Greg Blackman reports from the Association for Advancing Automation's latest digital show on the advances being made using AI for industrial inspection
News
08 April 2021
The swir detector will be integrated into the Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring satellite, and will measure surface temperatures of land experiencing drought
Michael Lisby Jensen (left) and Jørgen Andersen
08 April 2021
Michael Lisby Jensen has been appointed CEO of JAI. Lisby Jensen was previously CEO and general manager of precision measurement equipment suppliers, Capres and MicroSense
31 March 2021
Basler has announced 2020 sales of €170.5m, up on the previous year of €162.0m. Incoming orders were €181.6m compared to 2019's €166.5m
Flir Firefly DL. Credit: Flir
26 March 2021
Customers can create deep learning models using Neurala’s Brain Builder software and then upload these to a Flir Firefly DL camera
25 March 2021
The effects of the pandemic were felt by Stemmer Imaging in the 2020 fiscal year, however, with revenue at €105.2m compared to €120.6m in 2019
Six images at relevant wavelengths to differentiate tumour cells. Credit: CEA-Leti
18 March 2021
CEA-Leti scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral imaging system for medical diagnostics. It plans to commercialise the technology through a start-up
Professor Dr Bernd Jähne will give online training on the new standard as part of the Framos course on 19-20 May
17 March 2021
The European Machine Vision Association has announced release 4.0 of its 1288 standard for characterising industrial cameras
Analysis & opinion
01 April 2021
Greg Blackman reports from the Association for Advancing Automation's latest digital show on the advances being made using AI for industrial inspection
Neil Trevett and Chris Yates
16 March 2021
The Khronos Group and the EMVA are to explore software standards for embedded vision. Khronos’ Neil Trevett and EMVA’s Chris Yates explain the work
05 March 2021
Greg Blackman reports from the Embedded World show, where industry experts gave insights into vision processing at the edge
Features
Outfield analyses aerial images of orchards using machine learning to predict crop yield
01 April 2021
Farmers are starting to reap the rewards of robotics and machine vision, as Keely Portway finds out
01 April 2021
Open source software has advanced to a point where it’s now a credible option for industrial imaging, Matthew Dale finds
Active Silicon’s 4xCXP-12 FireBird Coaxpress frame grabber (PCIe Gen3 x8)
01 April 2021
Chris Beynon, Active Silicon’s CTO and technical chair of the Coaxpress committee, updates on the Coaxpress standard
18 February 2021
Greg Blackman speaks to Imec’s Paweł Malinowski about the institute’s new quantum dot SWIR sensor
Webcasts
30 March 2021
This webcast will show the capabilities of the latest 3D vision equipment, including two sensor platforms, new software tools, and a presentation about capturing 3D scenes in motion
03 December 2020
The panellists discussed the latest advances in neural network-based approaches to vision applications, and gave advice on what engineers should focus on to develop a successful AI vision project
30 November 2020
Our panel of experts discussed how vision can help advance robot automation and improve uptake of robotics in manufacturing
White papers
16 March 2021
Many machine vision applications such as OCR/barcode reading on bottles and containers, or defect detection inside threaded bores require inspecting features randomly located both on the part outer or inner sides, and on the top and bottom surfaces. This paper describes the advantages of using special optics designed for 360° inspection (either using a pericentric design or various lens/mirror combinations) versus multi-camera systems or line-scan imaging.
08 March 2021
Hybrid AI helps designers and integrators balance the best solution and integration with existing infrastructure as they navigate through Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence.
08 March 2021
Ruggedised lenses specifically address some of the challenges faced in demanding environments with high levels of vibration, shock, and moisture. Edmund Optics explores the features and advantages of different types of ruggedisation in imaging lenses.
Viewpoint
10 November 2020
Gemma Church explains how MidOpt optical filters improve colour imaging
26 October 2020
Jools Hudson at Gardasoft Vision writes that to achieve reliable images needs careful design of lighting control
Press Releases
New from Chromasens is the XLC4 LED controller, which prevents fluctuations in brightness levels that lower line-scan camera performance
NorPix has released a new version of StreamPix with high-speed capture
Edmund Optics has introduced the economically-priced E-series of kinematic optical mirror mounts
Corning has introduced the latest innovation in liquid lens auto focus technology, the Corning Varioptic AF explorer kit
Prophesee has released OpenEB, a set of open-source software modules and event-based machine learning solutions that are aimed at optimising ML training and inference for event-based applications
Vision Components presents VC picoSmart, an embedded vision system the size of a conventional image sensor module that facilitates and speeds up the development of vision sensors
Cognex has introduced Cognex Edge Intelligence, a platform providing barcode reading performance monitoring and device management
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Outfield analyses aerial images of orchards using machine learning to predict crop yield
Farmers are starting to reap the rewards of robotics and machine vision, as Keely Portway finds out
Open source software has advanced to a point where it’s now a credible option for industrial imaging, Matthew Dale finds
Active Silicon’s 4xCXP-12 FireBird Coaxpress frame grabber (PCIe Gen3 x8)
Chris Beynon, Active Silicon’s CTO and technical chair of the Coaxpress committee, updates on the Coaxpress standard
Neil Trevett and Chris Yates
The Khronos Group and the EMVA are to explore software standards for embedded vision. Khronos’ Neil Trevett and EMVA’s Chris Yates explain the work
Greg Blackman reports from the Embedded World show, where industry experts gave insights into vision processing at the edge
The first colour image, captured by a CMV20000 sensor, to be sent back by the hazard cameras on the Perseverance rover after its landing on Mars on 18 February. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Greg Blackman speaks to Guy Meynants, formerly of Cmosis, and Paul Jerram, of Teledyne e2v, about the history of the image sensors onboard the Mars rover
