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The Perseverance rover contains 19 cameras, including seven scientific instruments. It will analyse the climate and geology of Mars, looking for signs of past life, as well as monitoring the Martian atmosphere
Credit: Lerøy and HySpex
Norwegian seafood firm, Lerøy, has installed hyperspectral cameras on processing lines to sort fish. The system is able to measure the amount of blood in white fish, which gives a grade of quality
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Hyperspectral imaging is being used in a research programme at hospitals in Maryland and New York to investigate the prognostic value of skin findings associated with Covid-19 infection
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The composite picture of The Night Watch, made of 528 exposures stitched together digitally, makes it possible to zoom in on individual brushstrokes and even particles of pigment in the painting
Data from Fusion Processing's TrafficTrak camera and radar system counted an average of 422 vehicles per day using the road during lockdown
A non-contact method to monitor people entering the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart for signs of coronavirus is being trialled by Fraunhofer IPA and Fraunhofer IAO
The 3D imaging system is able to inspect at a rate of up to 45,000 flatbreads per hour. Credit: Scorpion Vision
Imaging firm Scorpion Vision is doing its bit to make sure supermarket shelves are stocked with items including tea, flatbreads, and sprouts
Paul Wilson, managing director of Scorpion Vision, describes what it takes to install a 3D robot vision system in a Chinese foundry
Chromasens 3DPixa stereo line scan camera
The machine is able to inspect a complete bearing at 80 parts per minute, at 5µm height resolution, and simultaneously in colour and 3D
Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. Copyright: The National Gallery, London
Giorgia Marucci from Pro-Lite Technology visits the National Gallery in London to find out how hyperspectral imaging was used to reveal the history behind Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks
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
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
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
