Postal recognition technology provider, Prime Vision, has launched a new application, which aims to reduce the number of dangerous goods parcels entering the automated sorting system
Point Grey, a specialist in high-performance digital cameras for industrial and scientific applications, has introduced its new Spinnaker software development kit (SDK) to simplify and accelerate the creation of new vision applications
The EyeVision software by EVT now also supports a 3D laser triangulation sensor with blue laser
Stemmer Imaging has released the latest version of its Common Vision Blox (CVB) machine vision software library. CVB 2016 Service Pack 1
Allied Vision has released a new firmware version for its Prosilica GT cameras featuring CCD sensors. In addition to containing new features, existing features such as lens control and Precision Time Protocol (PTP) functionality have been improved
The newest SDK version of the Baumer GAPI for Linux ARM processors supports harmonised software integration of Baumer GigE cameras in embedded vision applications
Perception Park has introduced the latest release of its Perception Studio. Beside various optimisation, a lot of new functionality for hyperspectral data acquisition is implemented
The easy-to-use SCANalign image processing solution augments scan systems via ultra-precise calibration of the entire image field
FiveFocal and Imatest have partnered to offer customers an innovative workflow where camera and imaging systems are virtually prototyped and characterised before hardware is purchased
Isra Vision's Korad3D optical measurement systems are now powered by Isra Map software, based on Digital Surf's Mountains Technology
MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
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Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
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Christoph Hellmann Santos, of the ROS Industrial Consortium Europe and Fraunhofer IPA, explains why more industrial users are now building robots through the open source software platform, Robot Operating System
