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August/September 2019

Analysis and opinion

Lessons in training neural nets

26 July 2019

Limited data is a common problem when training CNNs in industrial imaging applications. Petra Thanner and Daniel Soukup, from the Austrian Institute of Technology, discuss ways of working with CNNs when data is scarce

Feature

Perfect pixels

26 July 2019

Matthew Dale explores the high-resolution imaging solutions emerging for inspecting OLEDs and other electronic displays

Feature

Electric dreams

26 July 2019

As car makers install production lines for electric vehicles, Greg Blackman looks at how vision is currently used in their factories

Feature

Imaging bites back

26 July 2019

Keely Portway investigates how vision technology is being used in the dental sector, from initial diagnosis, to quality control of prostheses

June/July 2019

Feature

The sky’s the limit

26 June 2019

Keely Portway looks at new terahertz and infrared technologies being developed to inspect aircraft

Feature

Lighting goes organic

26 June 2019

CCS now offers a range of OLED industrial lighting panels, which are opening up new possibilities in machine vision, writes Paul Downey, marketing manager at CCS Europe

Feature

Updates on OPC Machine Vision

26 June 2019

Suprateek Banerjee, VDMA Robotics and Automation, gives an update on OPC Machine Vision, which provides uniform integration of machine vision systems into higher IT production systems

April/May 2019

February/March 2019

Feature

Food for thought

19 February 2019

The agri-food industry is on the verge of a revolution thanks to advances in precision farming. Machine vision plays a crucial role in these advances, as Keely Portway finds out

Feature

Life in the smart lane

19 February 2019

Matthew Dale discovers how emerging imaging technologies could make our roads safer and help manage congestion

Feature

Reflections on glass making

19 February 2019

Greg Blackman explores some novel ways of imaging glass, including a 3D technique to measure the flatness of glass panels

December 2018 / January 2019

Feature

Spectral inspection

3 January 2019

Greg Blackman on how advances in lighting, optics, and sensor technology are turning hyperspectral imaging into an industrial inspection tool

Feature

Delivering on e-commerce

3 January 2019

Warehouses are becoming highly automated facilities that rely to a large extent on vision, as Andrew Williams discovers

Feature

Life through a lens

3 January 2019

Matthew Dale discovers embedded processing and new CMOS technology are bringing advances to medical and life science imaging

Feature

Good vibrations

3 January 2019

Greg Blackman reports on the latest lens technology presented during Vision Stuttgart, including optics designed to withstand shock

October/November 2018

Feature

Eyes on the aisle

16 November 2018

A combination of vision, sensor and deep learning technologies are creating extraordinary developments in retail, writes Matthew Dale

Feature

Vorsprung durch photonik

15 November 2018

Machine vision technology is improving quality control in automotive manufacturing, writes Andrew Williams

Feature

Old hands, fresh ideas

15 November 2018

Greg Blackman speaks to Torsten Wiesinger at Lucid Vision Labs, one of the newest industrial camera manufacturers on the block

Analysis and opinion

Turning Grand Theft Auto into a deep learning dataset

9 October 2018

A group at the University of Bologna is trying to make images from Grand Theft Auto more realistic so that they can act as training data for neural networks. Greg Blackman listens to Pierluigi Zama Ramirez’s presentation at the European Machine Vision Forum in Bologna in September

Vision Yearbook 2018/2019

Analysis and opinion

The engine in engineering

11 December 2018

David Dechow, at Integro Technologies, discusses vision system integration, a discipline that remains as strong as ever as new imaging technologies become more readily available

Analysis and opinion

East meets west

15 November 2018

Following the 20th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) in September, secretary general Eric Yang, and Derek Deng, international marketing executive, comment on connecting European and Chinese firms

Analysis and opinion

Ties that bind

15 November 2018

Matthew Wasley, knowledge transfer manager of photonics at Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Network, says support is at hand for businesses wanting to collaborate

Feature

Best practice for buyouts

31 October 2018

Greg Blackman reports from the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference, where a panel of industry experts were gathered to give advice on navigating the acquisition process

Feature

Vision of the future

31 October 2018

Keely Portway on some of the key factors that could have an impact on the way the machine vision world does business

Feature

Date with data

31 October 2018

Andrew Williams asks how manufacturers can make better use of their machine vision data

August/September 2018

Feature

Seeing beneath the surface

31 July 2018

Matthew Dale discovers that polarised imaging could soon see a surge in uptake in industrial inspection, thanks to a new sensor from Sony

Feature

Body image

31 July 2018

Keely Portway looks at some of the miniature imaging technology used in endoscopes

Feature

Foundation built on FPGAs

31 July 2018

Active Silicon turns 30 in September. Greg Blackman speaks to founder Colin Pearce (below) on building the company and the importance of FPGA technology

Feature

Damir Dolar

31 July 2018

Damir Dolar, managing director of Croatian firm Smartek Vision, spoke at the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in June. Here, he gives his view on the European industrial imaging market

Analysis and opinion

Best of bin picking at Automatica

22 June 2018

Robot bin picking has been worked on for a number of years, and while it has been shown to be possible it’s only now that the technology is coming to fruition. Greg Blackman looks at what was on display at Automatica

June/July 2018

Feature

Well-oiled machine

15 June 2018

Keely Portway looks at the changing relationship between human and robot in industrial environments, and the latest vision innovations involved in bringing them together

Feature

The science behind sport

15 June 2018

In the run up to the Fifa World Cup, Greg Blackman examines how video analysis is used to improve the performance of top athletes

Analysis and opinion

Data-driven business models inspired by 3D vision

24 May 2018

Data is now a fiercely guarded asset for most companies and, as the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force, Framos’ Dr Christopher Scheubel discusses potential new business models based on 3D vision data, following a talk he gave at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara this week

Analysis and opinion

Colloidal quantum dot sensor to disrupt SWIR imaging market

23 April 2018

Spin-out firm SWIR Vision Systems is to commercialise colloidal quantum dot infrared sensors, which, the company says, could displace InGaAs technology. Dr Ethan Klem, Allan Hilton, and George Wildeman from the company discuss the performance, fabrication, and cost trade-offs of CQD sensors versus InGaAs

April/May 2018

Feature

Imaging on the edge

20 April 2018

Greg Blackman visited the Embedded World conference and exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, at the end of February to find vision in abundance

Feature

Scanning the skies

20 April 2018

Andrew Williams finds that 3D scanning systems that can pinpoint dents and imperfections on aircraft body panels are being welcomed by aviation businesses to replace manual inspection

Feature

Powering surveillance

20 April 2018

Matthew Dale explores new algorithms, processing boards and interfaces for viewing images, all for improving airborne surveillance

Feature

News from VDMA Machine Vision

20 April 2018

Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, reports from the joint VDMA and Vision CEO roundtable event at the beginning of February

Analysis and opinion

Reusing code in embedded vision applications

8 March 2018

Migrating software code from a PC to an embedded system to run vision applications presents various challenges. Following a presentation he gave at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany last week, Frank Karstens, field application engineer at Basler, gives his advice on the task

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