PatchCore, which Roth developed during an internship at Amazon AWS, is an anomaly detection method that outperforms competitor methods for both detection and localisation
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Cognex Q1 sales up 18%, but signs of growth slowing
Robert Willett, Cognex CEO, said: 'We are currently hearing from customers that automation projects are taking longer to deploy... because of supply chain challenges'
Basler to acquire French distributor i2S
Basler will purchase a 25.1 per cent stake in i2S on 1 July, and the remaining stake on 1 July 2024
Robots get to grips with laundry automation
German start-up Sewts has built a robot cell to automate the process of loading industrial laundry folding machines
Toshiba Teli and TriEye launch SWIR CMOS camera
TriEye’s Raven SWIR sensor provides HD resolution with a 7µm pixel pitch, and is sensitive over a wavelength range of 0.4µm to 1.6µm
SWIR Vision announces long-range 3D depth sensing
SWIR Vision Systems is targeting lidar with sub-5 nanosecond sensor response times in its colloidal quantum dot infrared sensors
Stereo scan and AI returns used car parts into service
A project to scan used car parts to identify those that can be reused is underway. The EIBA project is based on 3D stereo cameras and AI
New modulator adds time-of-flight to any sensor
Stanford University researchers say its megahertz modulator could enable megapixel-resolution lidar at a low cost
Basler and Stemmer up 26% in 2021 despite supply issues
Both companies expect supply bottlenecks to continue into this year, but are predicting growth nonetheless
Optronis to show semiconductor streak camera in Munich
Optronis says the semiconductor-based S3C-1 streak camera is a world-first, and will open up applications in plasma research, detonics and microfluidics
Daniel Seiler named CEO of Automation Technology
Daniel Seiler takes over from co-founder Michael Wandelt, who steps down after 24 years in role
Datalogic buys AI firm Pekat Vision for €16m
Czech start-up, Pekat, has developed machine learning and deep learning algorithms to automate processes in manufacturing, transport, and logistics
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