Fernando Colás named CEO of Omron Industrial Automation
25 February 2022
Omron has announced that Fernando Colás, who has been with the company for 37 years, has been named CEO of its industrial automation business in EMEA
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The HD-1500 from Omron can handle payloads of up to 1,500kg, making it possible to automate tasks that would normally need a forklift truck. Credit: Omron
Sensor fusion gets robots roving around factories
21 December 2021
Susan Curtis explores the burgeoning world of autonomous mobile robots
Hyperspectral imaging can be used to check for blemishes on food packaging lines. Credit: Brillopak
Unlocking flexible production
18 February 2021
Matthew Dale finds out how vision is enabling smaller batch sizes to be processed on packaging lines
MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Code critical
3 August 2020
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Voelker Controls to distribute Omron automation products in Southern Ohio
4 April 2019
Voelker Controls, with its expertise in motion control, pneumatics, robotics, machine vision and sensors, has been appointed a distributor Omron automation products for the Southern Ohio market
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Omron will be showing the new FHV7-series smart camera
Delivering on e-commerce
3 January 2019
Warehouses are becoming highly automated facilities that rely to a large extent on vision, as Abigail Williams discovers
FHV7-series smart camera
12 December 2018
Omron has released the FHV7-series smart camera combined with illumination and image processing functionality for advanced vision inspections
Omron opens eight European innovation labs
26 October 2018
Omron has opened eight new innovation labs in Europe. The labs give manufacturers an idea of the benefits of a connected, automated and intelligent factory, optimised with the latest automation and robotics technologies
Multi-Direction Multi-Color light
26 October 2018
Omron Automation Americas has developed a technology that can automatically detect small defects and subtle changes in colour
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A roundup of some of the latest embedded vision technology
Glass inspection normally involves different illumination methods. Credit: MSTVision
Tim Hayes provides a window into how to find defects in glass
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on how the mechanical engineering sector could be affected by the war in Ukraine
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Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
