Gearing up for Industry 4.0 at Vision 2016
21 November 2016
Greg Blackman walks the show floor at Vision 2016, where innovations for Industry 4.0 and new image sensor technology were on display
VDMA Machine Vision
Engineers of tomorrow
1 September 2016
Greg Blackman investigates the initiatives the machine vision sector is undertaking to inspire the next generation of engineers
Connecting vision to factories of the future
1 September 2016
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, discusses some of the latest standard initiatives the group is investigating to cater for the requirements of future smart factories
Brexit uncertainty hurts European vision market, says UKIVA
12 July 2016
Denis Bulgin speaks to two senior members of the UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA) - Mark Williamson, former UKIVA chairman, and Paul Wilson, UKIVA vice chairman - to examine the prospects for the UK and European vision markets following Britain's decision to leave the EU
VDMA and OPC Foundation to prepare OPC UA vision standard for Industry 4.0
12 July 2016
The VDMA Machine Vision and OPC Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the preparation of an OPC UA (Unified Architecture) machine vision companion specification
Dr Christian Ripperda
16 February 2016
vice president of Isra Vision and member of the board of the VDMA Machine Vision group
Vision under the hood
16 December 2014
Greg Blackman looks at the vision equipment inspecting car manufacturing lines, a highly automated factory environment and a big user of machine vision
Integrator standard targets vision end-users and suppliers alike
1 September 2014
Greg Blackman speaks to Markus Maurer about a new standard specification sheet the VDI and VDMA Machine Vision are designing to help integrate vision systems
Vision 2014 on course for record show after switch to biennial cycle
8 July 2014
The Vision trade fair is back after switching to a biennial cycle and no event in 2013. Jessica Rowbury reports from a press conference for the 2014 show
A round-up of machine vision from Frankfurt
6 February 2014
Changes to Asian minimum wages are having a global effect on the machine vision industry, as Tom Eddershaw found out at the Vision CEO Roundtable event held in Frankfurt, Germany, on the 4 February
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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
Credit: Intel
Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
