Sony has decided to discontinue its line of CCD sensors. Pierre Cambou, activity leader, imaging and sensors at market research firm Yole Developpement, assesses what the move means for machine vision camera suppliers
Greg Blackman reports from the EMVA business conference, including the imaging technology planned for the ITER nuclear fusion reactor being built in France
Paul Danini, a technology and market analyst at Yole Développement, says, in a maturing machine vision market, companies will have to adapt to new areas and reduce costs to survive
Industrial CMOS sensors now offer CCD-like image quality, at least that's what some companies claim. But is this really the case and what does it mean for the machine vision market? Greg Blackman investigates the long-running feud between CMOS and CCD
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Vision start-ups are proliferating, thanks to AI and embedded computing. But what makes young companies successful? Abigail Williams reports
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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
Kowa’s compact lens series. Credit: Kowa
What new technology can vision users and integrators expect over the coming year? We round up some of the highlights
Donato Montanari, Zebra Technologies’ vice president and general manager for machine vision
Zebra Technologies has made sizable purchases in machine vision over the last year. Donato Montanari reveals why the firm places so much value on vision
Werner Feith, EMVA standards manager
The EMVA has written a set of policies for machine vision standards, designed to protect IP among other aspects. Werner Feith, explains the changes
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Covision Lab has ambitions to be the leading computer vision machine learning hub in Europe for industry. Greg Blackman spoke to its CEO, Franz Tschimben
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Mark Hebbel, head of consultancy at Chainstep, on the importance of cybersecurity in vision sensors now that factories are more connected
