Flir Systems has made a strategic investment in drone operations company DroneBase, becoming an exclusive supplier of thermal imaging equipment and training
Endeavor Robotic Holdings builds unmanned ground vehicles, while Aeryon Labs develops aerial systems
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
Matthew Dale explores new algorithms, processing boards and interfaces for viewing images, all for improving airborne surveillance
Flir Systems has completed a strategic investment in DroneSense
Researchers at the University of Zurich and the Swiss research consortium NCCR Robotics are using eye-inspired cameras to guide drones in low-light conditions
Matthew Dale finds that optical inspection techniques are improving upkeep and the running of rail networks
Matthew Dale looks at how thermal imaging is improving solar plant inspection
Beth Harlen looks at how the accessibility of imaging technology has impacted the evolution of geographic information systems
The potential applications for spectral imaging technology are growing, and Headwall Photonics is leading the way. Beth Harlen speaks to co-founder and CEO David Bannon to find out more
How will the world feed 10 billion people by 2050 with no new land for agriculture? Greg Blackman speaks to machine builder Bühler about how optical sensing can maximise yield in grain processing
Two robots have been installed at Aalborg University Hospital in Denmark. Credit: Kuka
Keely Portway looks at how robots are automating procedures in hospital testing laboratories, and how imaging underpins this
A setup for photometric stereo imaging in which multiple lights are used to illuminate an object from different directions. Credit: Advanced illumination
Matthew Dale explores the power of computational imaging, all made possible by clever illumination
Credit: Flir Systems
As demand for thermal imaging rises during the coronavirus pandemic, Greg Blackman asks how effective thermal cameras are at screening people for signs of fever
Greg Blackman speaks to Kieran Edge at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, about new vision projects and the presentation he is to give for UKIVA's vision technology hub, to be broadcast on 14 May
Stemmer Imaging's David Hearn has died after a long illness. Mark Williamson, corporate marketing director at the company, looks back at Hearn’s career
The appetite for vision and automation remains strong, but there is still a lot of uncertainty at the present time, were the views of the heads of the AIA, EMVA, VDMA Machine Vision, and UKIVA in a webinar
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
