BitFlow predicts the developments that will help shape machine vision in 2023
The sensor operates in real-time without motion artefacts and with excellent temporal noise at short ranges – essential in applications such as pick and place, logistics, factory automation and factory safety
(a) FAST’s optical geometry (b) Automated optical inspection of FAST (c) Illustration of surface defects (dent and hole) (d) Results of defect detection. (Image: Li et al.)
Drones equipped with high-resolution RGB cameras and deep-learning techniques are searching for defects on the Chinese FAST telescope
Co-located with established industrial vision conference, MVC, Automation UK will highlight the latest industrial products and services, robots, robotic systems, systems integration, automation control parts and systems, sensors and machine safety
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Automation UK, organised by the British robot and vision associations, will highlight the importance of robotics and systems integration to the growth of the UK economy
Robot solutions at the Manufacturing Technology Centre. Credit: Manufacturing Technology Centre
Responding to a report on UK adoption of robots and automation, UKIVA’s Neil Sandhu and Allan Anderson argue vision brings similar benefits for productivity
Dirk Engelbrecht, CEO of Andugo
Greg Blackman speaks to Dirk Engelbrecht who is bringing the automation value chain together through his online platform
Investment in automation equipment is being made in battery production. Credit: Kuka
The VDMA pointed to a number of green technologies – including plans for the sixth largest solar power plant in the world to be built in Turkey – that are driving growth in automation equipment sales
Greg Blackman reports from the Association for Advancing Automation's latest digital show on the advances being made using AI for industrial inspection
Many machine vision applications such as OCR/barcode reading on bottles and containers, or defect detection inside threaded bores require inspecting features randomly located both on the part outer or inner sides, and on the top and bottom surfaces. This paper describes the advantages of using special optics designed for 360° inspection (either using a pericentric design or various lens/mirror combinations) versus multi-camera systems or line-scan imaging.
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Deep learning has helped to make great strides in machine vision technology, but there are additional data-centric tools that can help new applications come to life. Find out more...
CCD374 for Sentinel-4 Earth observation satellite. Credit: ESA
The different requirements of industrial and space imaging have led to distinct sensor development paths that diverge and intersect in interesting ways, as Benjamin Skuse finds out
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Clever manipulation of light is allowing researchers to image deeper into tissue to ultimately further our understanding of the brain. Abigail Williams investigates
One of SweGreen's eight vertical farm units that it operates across Sweden. Credit: SweGreen
Automation, lighting regimes, and hyperspectral imaging are unlocking vertical farming’s full potential, finds Benjamin Skuse
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There’s a renaissance underway in shortwave infrared imaging as thin-film photodetectors come online. Tim Hayes reports
