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Photoneo raises $21m for Brightpick logistics automation
7 December 2021
The 3D imaging firm has announced a new business unit, called Brightpick, which provides automation systems for warehouses based on autonomous mobile robots
Photoneo
Electronics quality checks made using laser triangulation. Credit: Sick
Lessons when working in 3D
28 September 2021
We ask four experts to give their advice for 3D imaging best practices
MotionCam-3D
Photoneo's 3D vision tech wins robotics award
16 December 2020
MotionCam-3D has a depth map resolution of 1,120 x 800 pixels in dynamic mode, and is able to process 15 million points per second
The beating heart of life science labs
14 December 2020
Keely Portway looks at some of the new imaging techniques advancing biological investigation
The highlighted objects on the left show scaling errors, rotation errors or translation errors, while the objects on the right are a truer representation. Credit: Zivid
Pick of the bunch
14 December 2020
Matthew Dale explores the new 3D vision tools that are enabling automated bin picking
MotionCam-3D
19 November 2020
MotionCam-3D from Photoneo has now been officially released
Vision in food production webcast
This webcast will cover three case studies of vision used in food production, including hyperspectral inspection of fish and strawberries, and 3D vision to core apples
The Harvesters (1565), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Wheat breeding gains from 3D data
24 February 2020
Greg Blackman speaks to Dr Richard Dudley about the National Physical Laboratory’s 3D imaging rig, which will be scanning wheat in crop breeding trials this summer
Fulfilling promise of pick and place
24 February 2020
Keely Portway on the importance of vision for robots working in warehouses
Surface-based matching in Halcon, from MVTec Software
Measuring the third dimension
22 November 2019
Greg Blackman looks at the latest techniques to capture and analyse 3D image data
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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
