Wenglor delivered more than two million products last year, highlighting the demand for vision products
Nominees have been announced for the Intertraffic awards, including software that turns a video stream into a smart sensor or entire camera networks into traffic intelligence
MVTec was founded in 1996 as a spinoff of the Munich Technical University and the Bavarian Institute for Knowledge-based System
In keeping with the 40-year tradition, the entire group of companies will continue to be led by Patrick Paul, who is the CEO of both Photona and Laser Components Germany
Biology researchers at Indiana University have developed an integrated system merging high-resolution optical coherence microscopy with dual-channel scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy to track structural and functional changes in cells
The 2022 edition of Intertraffic Amsterdam, from 29 March to 1 April, will have a strong focus on the digitalisation and the importance of real-time data exchange
Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired Eckhart Holdings, a US automation solutions provider, from LFM Capital
Framos expects to fulfill customer orders on time and in budget during 2022, even though supply chain issues and semiconductor chip shortages will continue, it says
Soft2tec manufactures and delivers camera-based tracking systems used for operator guidance in the automotive, aerospace and general industries
Stemmer Imaging has received an order amounting to €12 million from a customer in the sports and entertainment segment
A glass inspection system must distinguish between flawless and waste products to achieve automotive glass wafers free of optical distortions
Susan Fourtané on the increasing demands being placed on web inspection solutions to achieve zero-defect manufacturing
Automation is the only way for e-commerce and logistics firms to fulfil orders since the dramatic uptick in online shopping brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic
Facing new pressures and demands, logistics operations are calling for adaptable machine vision solutions to drive efficiency, discovers Benjamin Skuse
Luca Verre, Co-founder and CEO of Prophesee, as well as a Photonics100 honoree, highlights how event-based vision is set to revolutionise mobile photography
Luca Verre, Co-founder and CEO of Prophesee, as well as a Photonics100 honoree, highlights how event-based vision is set to revolutionise mobile photography
Left: A semiconductor wafer shown to be opaque to white visible light. Right: the wafer is mostly transparent to SWIR light at a wavelength of 1,200nm, making it a suitable wavelength for semiconductor inspection.
Hunting defects in the soon-to-be trillion-dollar semiconductor industry is big business. Anita Chandran explores the latest wafer inspection technology
