Innovations in Optics has introduced the Pattern Blazer, a high-power, LED fixed-pattern projector for structured lighting and stereovision in 3D machine vision
Advanced illumination has released the DCS-400E and DCS-800E multi-channel controllers. The DCS-400E has four output channels, while the DCS-800E has eight output channels
Smart Vision Lights has introduced three lines of short wave infrared LED-based machine vision lights
TPL Vision has introduced its newest addition to the Modular Range: the Modular Bar (M-EBAR)
Advanced illumination is releasing its SL256 high intensity pattern projecting spot light, a new structured LED light projector featuring a large cluster of high-intensity LEDs in a focused, homogeneous spot light
The new Schott VisiLED UV ring light for stereo microscopes combines classic bright-field illumination with UV illumination
TPL Vision has launched waterproof IP69K washdown barlights
Advanced illumination has released its UltraSeal wash-down bar lights
With its Schott SingleEZ product family, the fibre optic lighting specialist introduces a smart and cost-effective solution for manufacturers of single-use endoscopes
Effilux has introduced a hyperspectral lighting range created from a single LED developed by CCS. It offers a tuneable continuous spectrum from 400nm to 900nm
MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
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Christoph Hellmann Santos, of the ROS Industrial Consortium Europe and Fraunhofer IPA, explains why more industrial users are now building robots through the open source software platform, Robot Operating System
