Chinese hospitals have ordered 2,000 UVD robots from Blue Ocean Robotics since the start of the pandemic. Credit: Blue Ocean Robotics
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of robotics and automation in many areas of manufacturing and society, according to CEOs of robotic firms in a webinar run by A3
Imaging and Machine Vision Europe will host a live panel discussion (3pm UK; 4pm Europe; 10am ET USA) featuring the heads of VDMA, EMVA, AIA and UKIVA to discuss vision's response to the Covid 19 crisis.
Imaging and Machine Vision Europe will host a live panel discussion featuring the heads of VDMA, EMVA, AIA and UKIVA to discuss vision's response to the Covid 19 crisis - 3pm (UK), 4pm (Europe), 10am (ET)
Zensors' algorithms analyse feeds from CCTV cameras to provide real-time data on the number of people in an area and whether safe distances are maintained between them
The North German company Automation Technology has developed a solution for fever screening
Flir's new A400/A700 camera
Flir Systems has launched a thermal sensor that it is prioritising for tasks that combat the spread of Covid-19, such as screening people for fever
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stemmer Imaging has said that the company at this point sees 'a softening' in the markets it serves, but that this is 'not catastrophic' at the moment
Research at MIT and Toho University in Japan, using high-speed imaging, has shown how aerosols from a sneeze and from speech can travel in the air
The 3D imaging system is able to inspect at a rate of up to 45,000 flatbreads per hour. Credit: Scorpion Vision
Imaging firm Scorpion Vision is doing its bit to make sure supermarket shelves are stocked with items including tea, flatbreads, and sprouts
Basler has recorded growth in its 2019 group sales, amounting to €162m compared to €150m in 2018
Oliver Fähnle, of Fisba, says optimising optical systems relies on communities in the supply chain talking to one another
Newly elected EMVA president Chris Yates considers what the future might hold for machine vision
Michał Czardybon, CEO of Adaptive Vision, on how to handle data and image annotation when working with deep learning
Raghava Kashyapa, CEO of Indian vision firm Qualitas Technologies, writes about the benefits and challenges of implementing machine vision in the cloud – and what this holds for manufacturing in India
Paul Wilson, managing director of Scorpion Vision, describes what it takes to install a 3D robot vision system in a Chinese foundry
