Generating growth from research and development can be a challenge. Julian Heaton, at Innovate UK, looks at the support available from the UK government to encourage innovation
Jin Pan, chairman of the China Machine Vision Union, updates on the machine vision market in China
A year before the Vision 2020 trade fair, Florian Niethammer, at Messe Stuttgart, assesses the changes taking place in the machine vision market
Dan McCarthy, contributing editor for the Association for Advancing Automation in the US, reports on training programmes available for the modern machine vision engineer
Danny Reed, head of education and skills, PPMA Best, on the charity’s work to increase the number of female engineers
Dominique Bonnisseau and Corinne Tsamba from Tematys advise on the questions technology firms should ask in order to grow their business
AMRC's Integrated Manufacturing Group's work spans robotics and automation, integrated large volume metrology, digital assisted assembly and manufacturing informatics
Greg Blackman visits the University of Sheffield’s Factory 2050 where Rolls-Royce, McLaren and Siemens, among others, are investing in research on digital manufacturing
Greg Blackman asks machine vision firms what strategies they employ when hiring staff
GenDC modular model decoupling data encoding or decoding from its transmission
Stéphane Maurice, GenICam vice chair and director of software development at Matrox Imaging, describes the benefits of GenDC, the latest member of the GenICam standard family
Wolfgang Pomrehn, collaborative robotics product manager at Bosch Rexroth, says deep learning could reduce the engineering effort of introducing new products to a manufacturing line by three quarters
Advances in sensors that capture images like real eyes, plus in the software and hardware to process them, are bringing a paradigm shift in imaging, finds Andrei Mihai
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A new automated approach is helping engineers in vision technology and forensics to identify rare traces, which can be essential in solving a crime
The inspection engineer is able to see on the tablet that the structure is free of defects (Credit: Fraunhofer)
Integrating AI and augmented reality into imaging and machine vision for automated inspection tasks paves the way for faster, more efficient manufacturing, finds Abigail Williams
Camera and AI-equipped agricultural robots that can till, weed, pollinate and harvest are revolutionising farming, discovers Benjamin Skuse
Optical accelerators are enabling a new generation of powerful hyperspectral cameras, writes Professor Andrea Fratalocchi, of KAUST and Pixeltra
Optical accelerators are enabling a new generation of powerful hyperspectral cameras, writes Professor Andrea Fratalocchi, of KAUST and Pixeltra
Compact hyperspectral imaging cameras have huge potential once integrated into stringent clinical workflows, writes Imec’s Wouter Charle
Imec’s Wouter Charle on how compact hyperspectral imaging cameras have huge potential once integrated into stringent clinical workflows
