How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
Editor's picks
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
Growth in logistics partially offset the weak automotive market year-on-year, and more than offset it on a sequential basis
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
News
Basler headquarters in Ahrensburg
06 August 2020
Basler recorded sales of €88.9m for the first half of 2020, but has seen a decline in order intake at the end of the second quarter. Meanwhile, Flir's Q2 2020 results show a demand for thermal cameras for fever screening
30 July 2020
Growth in logistics partially offset the weak automotive market year-on-year, and more than offset it on a sequential basis
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
29 July 2020
The Perseverance rover contains 19 cameras, including seven scientific instruments. It will analyse the climate and geology of Mars, looking for signs of past life, as well as monitoring the Martian atmosphere
16 July 2020
A date for the next show has not been announced yet, but Messe Stuttgart is running a survey about the cancellation
16 July 2020
Lynred sees 3D stacking technology as key to enabling superior designs in future infrared detectors
16 July 2020
Newsight's NSI3000 line sensor and NSI1000 area sensor have successfully passed Jinoid's evaluation, and the first batch of a thousand chips has been provided and assembled
Credit: Lerøy and HySpex
02 July 2020
Norwegian seafood firm, Lerøy, has installed hyperspectral cameras on processing lines to sort fish. The system is able to measure the amount of blood in white fish, which gives a grade of quality
Analysis & opinion
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
31 July 2020
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
22 July 2020
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
22 July 2020
Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
Features
MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
03 August 2020
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
03 August 2020
Keely Portway looks at the latest vision technology used to inspect solar cells
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
03 August 2020
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
04 June 2020
How will the world feed 10 billion people by 2050 with no new land for agriculture? Greg Blackman speaks to machine builder Bühler about how optical sensing can maximise yield in grain processing
Webcasts
15 April 2020
Imaging and Machine Vision Europe hosted a live panel discussion featuring the heads of VDMA, EMVA, AIA and UKIVA to discuss vision's response to the Covid 19 crisis
30 October 2019
This webcast, now on-demand, covers an event-based camera for high-speed imaging, multi-shot lighting, and using the MTF of lenses for vision system design
02 October 2019
The EPIC webinar on hyperspectral Imaging will focus on the hyperspectral imaging hardware and its use in applications from microscopes and spectrometers to airborne or satellite sensors
White papers
03 August 2020
Download this paper to learn more about multispectral imaging solutions in machine vision applications such as food sorting, agriculture, pharmaceutical and medical vision systems, as well as how various camera capabilities can be utilised to meet your multispectral imaging requirements.
14 July 2020
This white paper from Edmund Optics examines a hybrid approach to lens design for when a custom lens optimised for a specific magnification, working distance and sensor is not feasible. Lenses can be designed such that the spacing between elements or groups of elements can be adjusted; fine-tuning an existing design in this way can produce excellent results in less time and at a lower cost than a full custom design.
12 June 2020
This paper will analyse the benefits and drawbacks of traditional image processing and deep learning. It aims to provide clarity on the subject of deep learning, which can then help data scientists and industries choose the most suitable method depending on the task.
Viewpoint
Detecting hair in jelly using Pekat Vision's Detector module trained with annotated images
20 April 2020
Czech firm Pekat Vision writes about quality control projects it has solved in pharmaceutical and food inspection, both key markets that need to be kept running during the Covid-19 pandemic
Press Releases
SWIR Vision Systems has launched an extended SWIR Acuros HD camera, which increases the usable SWIR band out to 2,000nm
Vision Components has added a new starter pack to its MIPI product range for embedded vision projects
Passive digital night vision is now possible with Raptor’s Owl 640 N
Imago Technologies has released the PV3 vision sensor, with a 2-megapixel camera and a Linux quad-core processor. The firm has also expanded camera production at its headquarters near Frankfurt
Sony Semiconductor Solutions has launched two new image sensors that include both the visible and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) ranges in captured images. The sensors are available from Framos
Advanced illumination has released the DCS-400E and DCS-800E multi-channel controllers. The DCS-400E has four output channels, while the DCS-800E has eight output channels
Matrox Imaging has announced an update to Matrox Design Assistant X. Enhancements, include interfaces to additional 3D sensors; expanded image classification using deep learning; image capture from CoaXPress cameras; and expanded support for working with programmable logic controllers
Events
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MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
Credit: Drag&bot
Christoph Hellmann Santos, of the ROS Industrial Consortium Europe and Fraunhofer IPA, explains why more industrial users are now building robots through the open source software platform, Robot Operating System
