The members of EUnited Robotics will be represented by VDMA R+A as one strong platform for the European robotics industry
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With no end to the semiconductor shortage in sight, the industrial vision industry has had to adapt to a new normal, finds Benjamin Skuse
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In 2021, German robotics and automation turnover increased by 13 per cent to €13.6 billion, according to the VDMA; machine vision rose by 16 per cent
The board of VDMA Machine Vision. Credit: VDMA
Meanwhile, Frank Konrad, CEO of Hahn Automation, was elected chairman of VDMA Robotics and Automation; Basler's Dr Dietmar Ley deputy chair
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Manufacturing firms must help inspire young engineers as production plants embrace digital technologies, Matthew Dale finds
Dirk Engelbrecht, CEO of Andugo
Greg Blackman speaks to Dirk Engelbrecht who is bringing the automation value chain together through his online platform
Investment in automation equipment is being made in battery production. Credit: Kuka
The VDMA pointed to a number of green technologies – including plans for the sixth largest solar power plant in the world to be built in Turkey – that are driving growth in automation equipment sales
Greg Blackman explores the efforts underway to improve connectivity in factories
Prof Dr Bernd Jähne, chair of EMVA 1288 and senior professor at HCI, Heidelberg University, gives a preview of release 4.0 of the EMVA standard 1288
VDMA Robotics and Automation stated that the 'coronavirus crisis has highlighted how vulnerable industrial production has become in global value chains'
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Deep learning has helped to make great strides in machine vision technology, but there are additional data-centric tools that can help new applications come to life. Find out more...
CCD374 for Sentinel-4 Earth observation satellite. Credit: ESA
The different requirements of industrial and space imaging have led to distinct sensor development paths that diverge and intersect in interesting ways, as Benjamin Skuse finds out
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Clever manipulation of light is allowing researchers to image deeper into tissue to ultimately further our understanding of the brain. Abigail Williams investigates
One of SweGreen's eight vertical farm units that it operates across Sweden. Credit: SweGreen
Automation, lighting regimes, and hyperspectral imaging are unlocking vertical farming’s full potential, finds Benjamin Skuse
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There’s a renaissance underway in shortwave infrared imaging as thin-film photodetectors come online. Tim Hayes reports
