Farmers are starting to reap the rewards of robotics and machine vision, as Keely Portway finds out
Editor's picks
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
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 has been appointed CEO of JAI. Lisby Jensen was previously CEO and general manager of precision measurement equipment suppliers, Capres and MicroSense
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
Customers can create deep learning models using Neurala’s Brain Builder software and then upload these to a Flir Firefly DL camera
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
CEA-Leti scientists have developed a lensless, infrared spectral imaging system for medical diagnostics. It plans to commercialise the technology through a start-up
The European Machine Vision Association has announced release 4.0 of its 1288 standard for characterising industrial cameras
Analysis & opinion
Greg Blackman reports from the Association for Advancing Automation's latest digital show on the advances being made using AI for industrial inspection
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
Features
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
Chris Beynon, Active Silicon’s CTO and technical chair of the Coaxpress committee, updates on the Coaxpress standard
Greg Blackman speaks to Imec’s Paweł Malinowski about the institute’s new quantum dot SWIR sensor
Webcasts
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
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
Our panel of experts discussed how vision can help advance robot automation and improve uptake of robotics in manufacturing
White papers

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.

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.

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
Gemma Church explains how MidOpt optical filters improve colour imaging
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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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
Chris Beynon, Active Silicon’s CTO and technical chair of the Coaxpress committee, updates on the Coaxpress standard
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
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