Every grain counts
4 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
June/July 2020
Two robots have been installed at Aalborg University Hospital in Denmark. Credit: Kuka
Helping hand for hospital testing labs
4 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
Guided by the light
4 June 2020
Matthew Dale explores the power of computational imaging, all made possible by clever illumination
Credit: Flir Systems
Flir Q1 thermal camera orders for fever screening jump
7 May 2020
As demand for thermal imaging rises during the coronavirus pandemic, Greg Blackman asks how effective thermal cameras are at screening people for signs of fever
AMRC's Kieran Edge talks Ventilator Challenge and supply chains
5 May 2020
Greg Blackman speaks to Kieran Edge at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, about new vision projects and the presentation he is to give for UKIVA's vision technology hub, to be broadcast on 14 May
Stemmer's David Hearn remembered
5 May 2020
Stemmer Imaging's David Hearn has died after a long illness. Mark Williamson, corporate marketing director at the company, looks back at Hearn’s career
Automation proposition undiminished, say vision industry bodies
27 April 2020
The appetite for vision and automation remains strong, but there is still a lot of uncertainty at the present time, were the views of the heads of the AIA, EMVA, VDMA Machine Vision, and UKIVA in a webinar
Chinese hospitals have ordered 2,000 UVD robots from Blue Ocean Robotics since the start of the pandemic. Credit: Blue Ocean Robotics
Automation demand grows in essential sectors, say robot firm CEOs
9 April 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of robotics and automation in many areas of manufacturing and society, according to CEOs of robotic firms in a webinar run by A3
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Greg Blackman speaks to Imec’s Paweł Malinowski about the institute’s new quantum dot SWIR sensor
Hyperspectral imaging can be used to check for blemishes on food packaging lines. Credit: Brillopak
Matthew Dale finds out how vision is enabling smaller batch sizes to be processed on packaging lines
Vision Components MIPI modules can be connected to various embedded processors, including Nvidia Jetson boards
Greg Blackman examines the effort that goes into creating an embedded vision system
Keely Portway finds out how imaging is helping keep cyclists and pedestrians safe
The UK Industrial Vision Association’s Neil Sandhu and Allan Anderson assess some of the implications of the trade deal between the EU and the UK
Credit: Flir
Dimitrios Damianos and Eric Mounier at Yole Développement examine the market landscape after the $8bn purchase
Dr Chris Yates, director of Vision Ventures, gives his take on Flir's acquisition by Teledyne Technologies
Greg Blackman reports on the views of panellists from AIT, MVTec, Irida Labs, and Xilinx discussing AI and machine vision
Imaging and Machine Vision Europe gathered a panel of experts to discuss uptake of 3D vision in robot automation. Greg Blackman reports on what was said
