The new trade fair format in the Automatica portfolio will provide the robotics and automation industry with a digital platform. Automatica Sprint will take place 22-24 June
Automate organisers have switched to a virtual event in 2021, while the Automatica show is to hold a condensed version in Munich in June alongside Laser World of Photonics
Messe München now plans to hold an exhibition in early summer 2021 as a bridge to the 2022 show
Munich_i will provide answers to economically and socially pressing questions such as: How can artificial intelligence make work safer and more productive? At the heart of Munich_i is a high-tech summit on 8 December
‘UK manufacturing needs to do something different going forward,’ commented Mike Wilson, chairman of the British Automation and Robot Association, at a London press event for the trade fair Automatica
Featuring sensor end users and manufacturers, the two-day Sensor Show congress will focus on applications and best case uses for sensor technology and IoT in automotive and transportation, industrial and manufacturing, as well as connectivity and future technologies
Robot bin picking has been worked on for a number of years, and while it has been shown to be possible it’s only now that the technology is coming to fruition. Greg Blackman looks at what was on display at Automatica
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Greg Blackman reports on a presentation Eric Camirand of Waste Robotics gave about hyperspectral imaging and robotics used in recycling plants
Both Saccade Vision and Tridimeo are targeting the automotive sector with their 3D vision cameras. Credit: Supergenijalac/Shutterstock.com
Greg Blackman speaks to two young companies with some novel 3D imaging approaches
Electronics quality checks made using laser triangulation. Credit: Sick
We ask four experts to give their advice for 3D imaging best practices
A 3D point cloud of a coin, which has metallic, glossy surfaces and a really fine surface structure. Credit: AIT
Matthew Dale investigates the technology behind inline computational imaging
Intergro Technologies has several patents in machine vision. Credit: Intergro Technologies
Keely Portway finds out how vision systems can be more tightly integrated within factory machinery
Credit: Messe Stuttgart
Here’s some of what to expect when the trade fair opens its doors
The Austrian Institute of Technology's 3D surface scanner. Credit: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
The Austrian Institute of Technology, HD Vision Systems, Prophesee and Zeiss have been recognised by the judges, with the award to be presented at Vision in Stuttgart
