Cubert's Ultris 20 hyperspectral snapshot camera provides a more reliable alternative for aerial surveillance than conventional line scan cameras
Matthew Dale explores the emerging alternatives to push broom hyperspectral imaging
The Technical Universities of Braunschweig and Munich have developed a system that enables small aircrafts to land fully automatically using a camera as a positioning sensor
Photonfocus has released the MV4 camera platform with a new sensor, the LUX 1310 from Luxima
The smallest member of the Photonfocus family, the MV0 camera platform (30 x 30mm), has a new feature
Photonfocus sales increased by 23 per cent compared to the previous year
Photonfocus has extended the MV0 series with 2 and 5 megapixel Sony CMOS image sensors
The SWIR camera MV3-D640I-M01-144-G2 with the GigE interface from Photon Focus is constantly being developed further, to better support the realisation of various applications
Hyperspectral Imaging represents a significant growth segment for machine vision. The potential of this relatively young discipline is estimated to be massive for the future
Photonfocus has increased its 3D camera portfolio by two new high speed cameras
Burst Mode, MROI, and Binning are implemented in Photon Focus' high-speed camera MV1-D1280-L01-1280-G2 enabling this camera to fully exploit the sensor speed
MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
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Christoph Hellmann Santos, of the ROS Industrial Consortium Europe and Fraunhofer IPA, explains why more industrial users are now building robots through the open source software platform, Robot Operating System
