Using drones could enable visual aircraft inspections in under an hour. Credit: Mainblades
Matthew Dale takes a bird’s eye view of aircraft inspection, where drones equipped with vision are replacing manual checks
Keely Portway looks at the latest vision technology used to inspect solar cells
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
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Could computer vision be the key to fully autonomous warehouses? Benjamin Skuse investigates
Vision Components’ Power SoM is an FPGA-based hardware accelerator. Credit: Vision components
Tim Reynolds asks what developers must consider when building an embedded vision system
Pharmaceutical packaging lines require a very thorough traceability solution. Credit: Cognex
Abigail Williams finds that traceability systems used in pharma packaging are now becoming more common for consumer goods
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A look at colour imaging and some of the products available
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Scorpion Vision's Paul Wilson spoke at the UKIVA conference in April about how Raspberry Pi cameras are now more than just a device for hobbyists. Greg Blackman reports
Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah working with a cobot on the task of unbolting a lithium-ion battery. Credit: Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah
Greg Blackman speaks to the Faraday Institution’s Dr Alireza Rastegarpanah about work to automate disassembly of lithium-ion batteries
