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A camera system for boring machines used in tunnel construction, such as those drilling the Brenner Base Tunnel in the Austrian Alps, has been developed by an Austrian university

A consortium of scientists has received £4 million to develop a robotics solution, including remote inspection, for maintenance of subsea power cables on offshore wind farms

Researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have collaborated with laser manufacturer M Squared to develop an infrared imaging system that could offer low-cost, real-time detection of methane gas

A university project to investigate mining in space, which uses a vision system to map the particles thrown up by a drill, is underway in Poland

A thermal imaging system designed to detect muscle and ligament damage in the legs of racehorses is currently being used by horse trainers and veterinary surgeons in the UK

Cameras, laser scanners and vision software are all allowing Fraunhofer IPA’s new customer service robot, Care-O-bot 4, to greet shoppers and show them around an electronics store in Germany

A trial monitoring the health of psychiatric patients with camera technology has taken place at Broadmoor High Secure Psychiatric Hospital in the UK

Two years' worth of data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia spacecraft - which includes a camera with a billion pixels - is scheduled for public release on 14 September

A rare Mexican book that was hidden from view for almost 500 years has been revealed using hyperspectral imaging

A high speed camera recently developed by Nasa has successfully recorded a video of the jet propulsion during a test of Nasa's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket booster