Imago has presented the ViewIT framework, which makes it particularly easy for users to get started or change over to image processing
Slamcore, a provider of visual SLAM and spatial AI systems, has been added to the Intel Realsense software program
MVTec Software will release the new version 20.11 of its standard software Halcon on 20 November
Flir Systems has announced Flir United Video Management System 9.0, a major update to its flagship video management system software
Matrox Imaging has announced an update to Matrox Design Assistant X. Enhancements, include interfaces to additional 3D sensors; expanded image classification using deep learning; image capture from CoaXPress cameras; and expanded support for working with programmable logic controllers
UniVision 2.2, the software for two and three-dimensional image processing, enables smart cameras and control units to be integrated into controls via a Profinet interface
Algolux presented a research paper at CVPR 2020, describing an approach applying a stochastic optimisation method to the problem of optimal hardware-software co-design of cameras and computer vision algorithms
IDS has released NXT Lighthouse version 1.1, intuitive AI training software without the need for programming
Flir Systems has released the Screen-EST software for the company's T-Series, Exx-Series, and A-Series thermal imaging cameras
Baumer is offering neoAPI and the Camera Explorer – two new free-of-charge software packages for fast, easy, and efficient camera integration
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
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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
