Every grain counts
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
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
Matthew Dale explores how online supermarket Ocado is using 3D vision to automate its warehouses
The harvesting process could be on the verge of a complete overhaul thanks to machine vision, finds Matthew Dale
Greg Blackman looks at the systems inspecting high-speed packaging lines
Rob Ashwell examines the growing use of hyperspectral imaging in food production
Rob Coppinger looks at the imaging equipment used on food-processing lines, including hyperspectral systems for classifying fruit and veg, and 3D vision for measuring baked goods
Greg Blackman looks at where machine vision is proving vital for quality control on bottling and canning lines
Greg Blackman looks at where machine vision is finding uses in agriculture and for grading and sorting foodstuffs
Greg Blackman looks at some of the machine vision applications in food processing, from the high-speed environment of canning and bottling to inspection in bakeries
The breadth of uses of machine vision in the food processing industry is impressive. Greg Blackman looks at how vision systems are used to sort and inspect what eventually ends up on our plates
Could computer vision be the key to fully autonomous warehouses? Benjamin Skuse investigates
Tim Reynolds asks what developers must consider when building an embedded vision system
Abigail Williams finds that traceability systems used in pharma packaging are now becoming more common for consumer goods
A look at colour imaging and some of the products available
Scorpion Vision's Paul Wilson spoke at the UKIVA conference in April about how Raspberry Pi cameras are now more than just a device for hobbyists. Greg Blackman reports
Greg Blackman speaks to the Faraday Institution’s Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah about work to automate disassembly of lithium-ion batteries