A combination of vision, sensor and deep learning technologies are creating extraordinary developments in retail, writes Matthew Dale
Flir Systems has released a deep learning, inference-enabled machine vision camera, to be previewed at the Vision trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany in November
An €8.5 million European project to bring artificial intelligence development to low power cloud and edge devices has reached the midway point in its three-year duration. Professor Oscar Deniz Suárez described the project at the European Machine Vision Forum in Bologna in September
SLAMcore, a UK developer of Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms for robots and drones, has raised $5m in funding in order to help it deliver its technology market
The EyeVision software now has the Deep Learning Surface Inspector, for the dynamic and easy detection of surface flaws, damages
Engineers at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy are developing a vision system that can infer what a human is going to do in order for a robot to operate more effectively with its human co-workers. Professor Paolo Rocco spoke about the project at the European Machine Vision Forum in Bologna, Italy
A group at the University of Bologna is trying to make images from Grand Theft Auto more realistic so that they can act as training data for neural networks. Greg Blackman listens to Pierluigi Zama Ramirez’s presentation at the European Machine Vision Forum in Bologna in September
Flir Systems has made a strategic investment in Cvedia, a software company that helps users develop machine learning applications
Greg Blackman on the deep learning software tools now being deployed in industrial imaging
The Harvesters (1565), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Greg Blackman speaks to Dr Richard Dudley about the National Physical Laboratory’s 3D imaging rig, which will be scanning wheat in crop breeding trials this summer
Cubert's Ultris 20 hyperspectral snapshot camera provides a more reliable alternative for aerial surveillance than conventional line scan cameras
Matthew Dale explores the emerging alternatives to push broom hyperspectral imaging
Keely Portway on the importance of vision for robots working in warehouses
Visualisation of the movements of road users in the city of Umeå. Besides counting the tracking over multiple counting lines, Viscando also analysed the tendency for traffic conflict. Credit: Viscando
Greg Blackman explores the vision and AI technology transforming our roads, as the transport sector gathers for the Intertraffic Amsterdam trade fair
Pegnitz river in Nuremberg
Vision technology will be one of the highlights at Embedded World in Nuremberg. Here, we preview what to expect
Panelists from left: Christian Vollrath, Wenglor Sensoric; Rainer Schönhaar, Balluff; Peter Keppler, Stemmer Imaging; Andreas Waldl, B&R; and Dr Klaus-Henning Noffz, Basler
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, reports from SPS 2019 in Nuremberg, where vision system simplicity was discussed
Prior to speaking at the Embedded World trade fair, The Khronos Group’s president, Neil Trevett, discusses the open API standards available for applications using machine learning and embedded vision
Vassilis Tsagaris and Dimitris Kastaniotis at Irida Labs say an iterative approach is needed to build a real-world AI vision application on embedded hardware
Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. Copyright: The National Gallery, London
Giorgia Marucci from Pro-Lite Technology visits the National Gallery in London to find out how hyperspectral imaging was used to reveal the history behind Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks
How do users choose the best lens for an imaging system? The answer is Modulation Transfer Functions, Edmund Optics’ Dr Boris Lange explained in our latest webcast
