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Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah working with a cobot on the task of unbolting a lithium-ion battery. Credit: Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah
25 April 2022
Greg Blackman speaks to the Faraday Institution’s Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah about work to automate disassembly of lithium-ion batteries
Glass inspection normally involves different illumination methods. Credit: MSTVision
24 March 2022
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/)
23 March 2022
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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23 March 2022
Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Seaweed is grown on ropes, the moorings and position of which can be tracked by a vision system. Credit: PEBL
11 February 2022
Tim Reynolds on some of the ways imaging is used to farm fish
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04 February 2022
David Stuart asks where the opportunities lie for vision firms selling into electric vehicle battery production
The HD-1500 from Omron can handle payloads of up to 1,500kg, making it possible to automate tasks that would normally need a forklift truck. Credit: Omron
21 December 2021
Susan Curtis explores the burgeoning world of autonomous mobile robots
Leica Biosystems' Aperio GT 450 DX is designed for high-volume clinical labs to scale up digital pathology operations. Credit: Leica Biosystems
21 December 2021
From speeding up pathology scanning to event-based sensing, there’s plenty of new technology finding its way into life science labs. Rebecca Pool reports
The Matrox Meteor-II PCI frame grabbers, launched in 1997. Credit: Matrox
14 December 2021
This year saw Matrox celebrate its 45th anniversary. Greg Blackman speaks to co-founder Lorne Trottier about the imaging firm’s history
Paul Brown of Fera Science operating the hyperspectral drone camera at Big Wood, Suffolk. Credit: Gary Battell
13 December 2021
Greg Blackman speaks to Dr Michelle Hamilton at STFC RAL Space about mapping trees with spectral imaging
One of the early 3D deflectometry scanners used security cameras, but still produced a high-quality 3D surface profile. Credit: Isak du Preez/Axiscan
07 December 2021
Greg Blackman talks to Isak du Preez, who’s new approach to 3D deflectometry has attracted interest from BMW and other car makers
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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
Image: jamesteohart/shutterstock.com
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
