August/September 2021

Trash talk
Greg Blackman reports on a presentation Eric Camirand of Waste Robotics gave about hyperspectral imaging and robotics used in recycling plants
Spectral and MEMS take 3D in new directions
Greg Blackman speaks to two young companies with some novel 3D imaging approaches
Lessons when working in 3D
We ask four experts to give their advice for 3D imaging best practices
Advancing inline inspection
Matthew Dale investigates the technology behind inline computational imaging
Building towards Industry 4.0
Keely Portway finds out how vision systems can be more tightly integrated within factory machinery
The return of Vision!
Here’s some of what to expect when the trade fair opens its doors
Four firms make Vision Award shortlist
The Austrian Institute of Technology, HD Vision Systems, Prophesee and Zeiss have been recognised by the judges, with the award to be presented at Vision in Stuttgart

Latest issue
A roundup of some of the latest embedded vision technology
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
Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on how the mechanical engineering sector could be affected by the war in Ukraine
Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition