As Framos turns 40, we talk to the firm’s CEO, Andreas Franz, on diversifying into vertical markets outside factory automation
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26 October 2020
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on the difficulties the machine vision sector is facing, and why there are still plenty of positives
MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
03 August 2020
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
03 August 2020
Keely Portway looks at the latest vision technology used to inspect solar cells
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
03 August 2020
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
04 June 2020
How will the world feed 10 billion people by 2050 with no new land for agriculture? Greg Blackman speaks to machine builder Bühler about how optical sensing can maximise yield in grain processing
Two robots have been installed at Aalborg University Hospital in Denmark. Credit: Kuka
04 June 2020
Keely Portway looks at how robots are automating procedures in hospital testing laboratories, and how imaging underpins this
A setup for photometric stereo imaging in which multiple lights are used to illuminate an object from different directions. Credit: Advanced illumination
04 June 2020
Matthew Dale explores the power of computational imaging, all made possible by clever illumination
The panel discussion at the Embedded World trade fair
15 April 2020
Matthew Dale looks at what it will take to increase the adoption of embedded vision
InGaAs and event-based sensors still rely on silicon CMOS readout ICs
15 April 2020
Greg Blackman explores the work being done on InGaAs sensors, along with other types of novel sensor that could find their way into the machine vision market
09 April 2020
Oliver Fähnle, of Fisba, says optimising optical systems relies on communities in the supply chain talking to one another
The Harvesters (1565), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
24 February 2020
Greg Blackman speaks to Dr Richard Dudley about the National Physical Laboratory’s 3D imaging rig, which will be scanning wheat in crop breeding trials this summer
Cubert's Ultris 20 hyperspectral snapshot camera provides a more reliable alternative for aerial surveillance than conventional line scan cameras
24 February 2020
Matthew Dale explores the emerging alternatives to push broom hyperspectral imaging
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Isabel Yang from the China Machine Vision Union gave an update on the vision market in the country during the EMVA business conference
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Greg Blackman reports on the progress being made in Industry 4.0, as discussed during the EMVA conference
Dirk Engelbrecht, CEO of Andugo
Greg Blackman speaks to Dirk Engelbrecht who is bringing the automation value chain together through his online platform
