British online supermarket, Ocado, is trialling a prototype collaborative robot designed to support human technicians maintain and repair equipment in the company’s automated warehouses
Matthew Dale investigates a new class of highly-efficient image sensor that’s just starting to find its way onto the commercial market, all based on the principles of biological sight
Researchers at University College London have developed a new piece of software that enables the use of low-cost thermal cameras attached to mobile phones to track the rate of a person’s breathing
Collaborators from three London universities are researching how an artificial vision system inspired by the human eye could be used to guide robots in a £1.3 million three-year EPSRC project
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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
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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
