Scientists at the University of the West of England are using face recognition to detect different emotional states in pigs in order to alert farmers to any health and welfare problems
Matrox Imaging announces Matrox Design Assistant X, the latest edition of its flowchart-based vision application software
Deep learning was in force at the Vision trade fair in Stuttgart at the beginning of November. Greg Blackman reports from the show
The new IDS NXT Rio and Rome product families contain an AI vision app that transforms these standard industrial cameras into high-performance inference cameras
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
Andreas Franz, CEO of Framos
As Framos turns 40, we talk to the firm’s CEO, Andreas Franz, on diversifying into vertical markets outside factory automation
Earlier this year, Terry Arden stepped down as chief executive of LMI Technologies. We caught up with him to see what has changed during his 18 years with the company
Jan-Erik Schmitt
Jan-Erik Schmitt of Vision Components compares embedded vision today with that of 25 years ago when the firm was founded
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Manufacturing firms must help inspire young engineers as production plants embrace digital technologies, Matthew Dale finds
David Giltner
David Giltner, founder of TurningScience, discusses whether these two seemingly different career paths can successfully overlap
Hardy Mehl, chief financial officer at Basler
We speak to Basler’s Hardy Mehl on industry consolidation, embedded vision, and operating in Asia
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Isabel Yang from the China Machine Vision Union gave an update on the vision market in the country during the EMVA business conference
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Greg Blackman reports on the progress being made in Industry 4.0, as discussed during the EMVA conference
Dirk Engelbrecht, CEO of Andugo
Greg Blackman speaks to Dirk Engelbrecht who is bringing the automation value chain together through his online platform
