The new Winter issue of Imaging & Machine Vision Europe is out now, packed with embedded vision news, interviews and insights. Expect robots that check the shelves, drones that scout the deep and AI tools built for dirty work.
The Imaging & Machine Vision Europe Winter issue has landed, and it’s all about embedded vision. Small boards, tight spaces, lean power budgets. Yet the ideas are anything but small. This issue looks at how embedded systems are helping cameras think faster, move smarter and see where humans shouldn’t put their heads.
Embedded vision grows up
We start with a news analysis roundup that shows how far embedded vision has come. Once the preserve of hobbyists with blind optimism and a soldering iron, embedded tools have grown into serious kit for mainstream industries. From low power AI accelerators to vision processors that can run trained models on a footprint smaller than a biscuit, the shift is real. This article looks at how industrial gear and consumer gadgets are beginning to share the same underlying tech.
Winter is event season, so this Photonics West preview article highlights some of the imaging and machine vision hardware and suppliers to take to the stage, and the booth, at the show. Expect plenty of talk about edge AI and compact optics. Several exhibitors are betting that the next big gains will come from cutting heat, weight and wiring while keeping accuracy high. This guide will help you choose which booths to visit and which talks not to miss.
A backpack-sized dive into the deep
Speaking of compact, a new Visionaries interview goes underwater with Advanced Navigation. Their Hydrus drone has turned the art of ocean surveying into something you can carry in a backpack. Here, Senior AI Engineer Alec McGregor explains how they squeezed imaging, navigation and autonomy into a system that looks more like a gadget from a spy film. The fun part? They built it so well that marine scientists can now gather data without needing a boat, a diver or nerves of steel.
Coming back on to dry land, there’s a vendor Interview with SICK, on its new AI Vision platform that positions safety front and centre. Nathaniel Hofmann explains how the platform helps industrial vehicles to avoid collisions. The goal is simple. Fewer bumps, fewer shutdowns and fewer excuses from forklift drivers. The conversation digs into how embedded processing is key, because real-time decisions only happen when the intelligence sits on the vehicle, not on a distant server.
Next up is start-up Simbe Robotics and its Tally robot. The little machine roams retail aisles, checking shelves and feeding back what’s missing. No coffee break required. Simbe’s Director of AI and Computer Vision Jari Safi shares how embedded vision helps Tally read stores as they are, not as managers hope they might be.
What the experts see coming next
Rounding out the issue, we also feature insights from Photonics100 members on the future of advanced imaging. There is optimism, but also realism. Progress will come from better sensors, better software and better cooperation between the two. And for those who want a taste of standards talk, EMVA’s Roman Moie explains GenFeA and how it aims to lower integration barriers across the field.
Small systems. Big ideas. It’s all embedded inside the Winter issue.
