Cognex's revenue in 2021 was $1.037 billion, up 28 per cent over 2020 and 43 per cent over 2019. Logistics grew by 65 per cent year-on-year
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Cognex tops $1bn in 2021, with logistics biggest market
18 February 2022
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Arrival of ST and Sony to transform SWIR market, Yole says
17 February 2022
Shortwave infrared imaging in the automotive and consumer sectors could generate $21m and $3.2bn respectively by 2027, according to Yole Développement
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NLight acquires Plasmo for weld inspection tech
15 February 2022
NLight's Jake Bell: ‘Combining lasers with Plasmo’s real-time process monitoring provides... advantages to develop, qualify and produce laser-printed or welded parts.'
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Basler first vision firm to join 5G Alliance
01 February 2022
Basler's René von Fintel said: ‘We are convinced that 5G will be an important building block in the further development of Industry 4.0 communication and IoT or IIoT connectivity.'
Face expression reading based on MLP classification from 3D depth maps and 2D images obtained by NIR-LFC. Credit: KAIST
Light-field camera plus VCSEL spots smile from frown
27 January 2022
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have optimised 3D light-field image reconstruction of faces using a VCSEL light source
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China gained market share in thermography in 2020, EPIC finds
27 January 2022
Sales of thermography units rose by 426 per cent from 2019 to 2020, according to the European Photonics Industry Consortium. Chinese market share increased from 15 to 63 per cent
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Owl's 3D thermal imaging tech raises $15m
25 January 2022
Owl's thermal ranging technology was initially designed to track missiles, but has been adapted for driver assistance systems to detect pedestrians
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Hitachi to use TriEye SWIR tech for driver assistance
20 January 2022
TriEye's Sedar system provides both HD SWIR imaging and 3D. The firm raised $74m for its technology late last year
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Work to begin on camera API standard
19 January 2022
Khronos and EMVA have formed a working group to develop an open API standard for camera control to improve interoperability
DeGould's Auto-compact inspection system. Credit: DeGould and Sony
Drive-through 61MP vision checks Range Rovers for dents
19 January 2022
Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant employs an inspection system made by DeGould incorporating arch lighting, AI, and 61-megapixel Sony cameras
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Milk vodka distiller's labelling 100% proof with vision
18 January 2022
Ontario-based Dairy Distillery, which turns dairy by-products into vodka, has installed machine vision to add decision support to its labelling process
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Emberion raises €6m for SWIR nanomaterial imager production
12 January 2022
Jyrki Rosenberg, CEO of Emberion: 'We are disrupting multiple imaging markets by extending the wavelength range at a significantly more affordable cost.'
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Could computer vision be the key to fully autonomous warehouses? Benjamin Skuse investigates
Vision Components’ Power SoM is an FPGA-based hardware accelerator. Credit: Vision components
Tim Reynolds asks what developers must consider when building an embedded vision system
Pharmaceutical packaging lines require a very thorough traceability solution. Credit: Cognex
Abigail Williams finds that traceability systems used in pharma packaging are now becoming more common for consumer goods
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A look at colour imaging and some of the products available
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Scorpion Vision's Paul Wilson spoke at the UKIVA conference in April about how Raspberry Pi cameras are now more than just a device for hobbyists. Greg Blackman reports
Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah working with a cobot on the task of unbolting a lithium-ion battery. Credit: Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah
Greg Blackman speaks to the Faraday Institution’s Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah about work to automate disassembly of lithium-ion batteries
