Applications

Vitronic's lidar speed enforcement system PoliScan Speed has been granted official approval in Slovenia by the Slovenian Institute of Metrology.

This year's RoboCup, the soccer world cup for intelligent robots, has taken place from 29 June - 5 July in Graz, Austria, with robots utilising smart cameras to keep track of the ball

A machine vision-based technique for measuring the size distribution of precious ores has helped improve productivity in South African mining operations.

Vision sensors incorporating time-of-flight technology are being used to automate milking in dairy farms.

Researchers at the La Jolla Bioengineering Institute in California have developed techniques for rapidly analysing metal nanoparticles, which could potentially lead to the development of brighter tags for use in cancer therapeutics.

Dairy Crest, a leading UK chilled dairy foods company, has upgraded its vision system for automated inspection of milk bottles in an effort to improve the quality of the product released.

Netherlands-based manufacturer of edible cheese marks, Het Kaasmerk, is using ID readers to accurately read codes marked on individual blocks of cheese.

The Grolsch brewery in the Netherlands, one of the largest Dutch breweries, has installed a system to rotate and align bottles in crates to improve presentation.

Buytrago, a Spanish express delivery and transport services provider, has equipped its Madrid distribution centre with a camera-based identification system.

Police authorities in Germany have installed imaging equipment to monitor a bus and taxi lane on the Willy-Brandt-Allee road in Wiesbaden, Germany