Andrew Williams finds that 3D scanning systems that can pinpoint dents and imperfections on aircraft body panels are being welcomed by aviation businesses to replace manual inspection
LMI Technologies has announced Gocator firmware 5.0 and a new hardware version of its Gocator 2100/2300 line profilers, offering over two times the sensitivity of previous generations
Creaform, a leader in portable 3D measurement solutions, has launched the Cube-R, an automated dimensional inspection solution
Based on the fast 3D sensor C5-1280-GigE, AT expands its series of 3D laser sensors with four new models
Robotic Vision Technologies, a machine vision software firm specialising in vision-guided robotics, has secured more than $10.5 million in funding to support its growth in the industrial and collaborative robot markets
A collaborative research project between academic and commercial entities is exploring how a combination of imaging, machine learning and robotics could be used to automate the unloading of standard 40-foot shipping containers
Researchers at Ocado Technology, the tech division of the online supermarket Ocado, have developed a prototype robot picking solution that uses a 3D vision system to identify and pick up objects from crates
Profile measurement and surface inspection company, Nextsense, has passed €10 million for the first three quarters of 2017
Machine vision is one of the driving forces of industrial automation. For a long time, it’s been primarily pushed forward by improvements made in 2D image sensing and, for some applications, 2D sensing is still an optimal tool to solve a problem. But the majority of challenges machine vision is facing today has a 3D character. From well-established metrology up to new applications in smart robotics, 3D sensors serve as a main source of data. Here, we discuss the parameters of 3D sensing techniques.
Matthew Dale explores how 3D cameras are granting robots the gift of sight
Keely Portway looks at the trials and tribulations of bringing new technology to market, particularly in a pandemic
Prof Dr Bernd Jähne, chair of EMVA 1288 and senior professor at HCI, Heidelberg University, gives a preview of release 4.0 of the EMVA standard 1288
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on the difficulties the machine vision sector is facing, and why there are still plenty of positives
Vision Ventures’ director Dr Chris Yates on what the future holds for M&A activity in machine vision
As a new academic year begins, Greg Blackman finds out what students taking image processing courses in two universities have in store
Géraldine Andrieux, CEO of Blumorpho
Ahead of the Inpho Venture Summit in October, Blumorpho CEO, Géraldine Andrieux, discusses how startups should approach pitching for venture capital funding in these uncertain economic times
Greg Blackman speaks to Simon Beveridge, managing director of UK-based vision integrator Siga Vision, about installing vision systems during Covid-19
Some of Luminate's third cohort of startups. Credit: Luminate
On 14 September, 10 photonics startups from Luminate's business accelerator will present their technology during The Optical Society’s virtual conference. Greg Blackman asks Luminate MD, Sujatha Ramanujan, how these young companies are coping during Covid-19
Credit: Messe Stuttgart
Greg Blackman gathers opinion from the vision community on the impact the cancellation of Vision Stuttgart has on product releases and connecting with customers
