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Industry 4.0: powered by vision, smart factories are coming
21 September 2022
In a post-pandemic world, the need for efficient, optimised factories has never been greater, finds Andrei Mihai
Siemens
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Cloud business models will ‘not stop for industry’
13 July 2021
Greg Blackman reports on the progress being made in Industry 4.0, as discussed during the EMVA conference
AMRC's Integrated Manufacturing Group's work spans robotics and automation, integrated large volume metrology, digital assisted assembly and manufacturing informatics
The sky’s the limit
28 October 2019
Greg Blackman visits the University of Sheffield’s Factory 2050 where Rolls-Royce, McLaren and Siemens, among others, are investing in research on digital manufacturing
Life in the smart lane
19 February 2019
Matthew Dale discovers how emerging imaging technologies could make our roads safer and help manage congestion
ANPR cameras to help monitor London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone
12 March 2018
Siemens is developing software that will control and monitor London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone, integrating data from ANPR cameras and other sensors
Tolga Birdal
2 August 2016
Working for Siemens and the Technical University of Munich, Tolga Birdal received the 2016 European Machine Vision Association's Young Professional Award in June
Driving road safety
6 March 2014
Tom Eddershaw looks at the latest vision technology for monitoring traffic, including systems designed to make cyclists safer on the roads
All in vein
6 March 2014
Securing an intravenous line in a patient can be a painful procedure if the nurse is unable to find a vein. Now, imaging devices are becoming available that use infrared light to make veins easier to locate, as Jessica Rowbury discovers
Finding the right government-backed industry scheme for you
5 July 2013
Government schemes for manufacturing and automation are out there, says Brian Holliday, divisional director, Industry Automation at Siemens - you just have to know where to look
Simatic MV440 code readers
18 March 2009
Siemens Industry Automation Division has launched the Simatic MV440 1D/2D code readers, suited to reading data matrix codes, such as direct part marks (DPMs) on objects under difficult ambient conditions.
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Unispectral’s solutions allow for a smaller, lower-cost system that can be used in any application for which hyperspectral imaging is desired. Credit: Unispectral
Reducing the cost and size of hyperspectral cameras is opening up many more applications, as Keely Portway finds out
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A GigE Vision round-up with a look at some of the latest technology
Setup of combined hyperspectral and fundus camera at Peter Stalmans’ lab at KU Leuven. Credit: Imec/KU Leuven
Investigations are underway into using hyperspectral imaging to screen for a host of medical conditions, as Abigail Williams finds out
Nerian Vision’s stereo vision cameras incorporate an FPGA for real-time 3D imaging. Credit: Nerian Vision
High-speed 3D cameras were in full force at Vision Stuttgart. Alice Rolandini Jensen explores the technology
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Although open-source software is practically ubiquitous in the IT world, there will likely always be a place for proprietary machine vision offerings, finds Benjamin Skuse
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Mark Williamson, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Machine Vision, at the opening of the Vision trade fair, said the industry had grown by an impressive 16% in Germany in 2021
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Fresh from Embedded World, we speak to Tim Vehling at Mythic on the benefits of AI accelerators for industrial vision
