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VDMA Machine Vision sector group elects new board
15 October 2018
The VDMA Machine Vision sector group has elected a new board for 2018-2021 at a members’ assembly of the VDMA Robotic and Automation Association
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Automation specialist switches to GigE for web inspection
13 March 2018
Italian firm Electronic Systems has upgraded its web inspection systems to GigE Vision interfaces in order to adapt to changing customer requirements
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Parameters of 3D sensing techniques in a nutshell
5 October 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.
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Forward-looking factories
1 December 2016
Greg Blackman gets to the bottom of Industry 4.0, and asks how machine vision will fit into the factories of the future
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Automation fuels job growth in US
12 November 2015
A report from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has linked increases in the use of robots in manufacturing with higher employment in the USA. Bob Doyle at A3 looks at the reasons for the trend
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Factoring in factories
16 February 2015
Automating factories is a big business globally, but in order to maximise its effectiveness both the vision system providers and end users must play their part, as Tom Eddershaw finds out
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The logic of vision
10 April 2014
After more than four decades in the vision business, Datalogic products are in use all around the globe. Tim Gillett reports
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Finding the right government-backed industry scheme for you
5 July 2013
Government schemes for manufacturing and automation are out there, says Brian Holliday, divisional director, Industry Automation at Siemens - you just have to know where to look
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Machine vision technology is improving quality control in automotive manufacturing, writes Andrew Williams
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A combination of vision, sensor and deep learning technologies are creating extraordinary developments in retail, writes Matthew Dale
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Keely Portway investigates the latest advances in 3D vision equipment, and how they could open up new industrial imaging applications
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Greg Blackman speaks to Torsten Wiesinger at Lucid Vision Labs, one of the newest industrial camera manufacturers on the block