Technology

American startup Aquabyte, a developer of computer vision and machine learning technology for the dramatic optimisation of fish farming, has announced a $3.5 million seed round that will help the firm expand its operations

A collaborative research project between academic and commercial entities is exploring how a combination of imaging, machine learning and robotics could be used to automate the unloading of standard 40-foot shipping containers

Eric Bourbonnais from Teledyne Dalsa has been appointed chair of the GigE Vision standard committee, as work continues on new standard releases

British online supermarket, Ocado, is trialling a prototype collaborative robot designed to support human technicians maintain and repair equipment in the company’s automated warehouses

Eye tracking for healthcare along with a robot using vision to play table tennis are all part of the tech being shown at CES 2018 in Las Vegas this week

A new type of image sensor capable of high quality imaging at low light levels has been developed by engineers at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

A new multi-task deep neural network algorithm capable of performing advanced and efficient real-time analysis of video streams will be demonstrated at the consumer technology show CES 2018 in Las Vegas, USA on 9-12 January

Researchers at Ocado Technology, the tech division of the online supermarket Ocado, have developed a prototype robot picking solution that uses a 3D vision system to identify and pick up objects from crates

The MIPI Alliance has released MIPI Camera Command Set v1.0, a specification providing a standardised way to integrate image sensors in mobile devices