The OPC UA machine vision and robotics working groups have released the first versions of their companion specifications at the automation trade fair Automatica in Munich, Germany
Greg Blackman visited the Embedded World conference and exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, at the end of February to find vision in abundance
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, reports from the joint VDMA and Vision CEO roundtable event at the beginning of February
The German engineering association VDMA, in cooperation with frame grabber manufacturer Silicon Software, will host around 150 industry experts at the next International Vision Standards Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, on 14-18 May
Matthew Dale reports from EMVA’s debut Embedded Vision Europe conference in Stuttgart, where deep learning ‘at the edge’ was discussed
Jochem Herrmann, EMVA president and chief scientist at Adimec, on standardising for embedded vision, which could potentially infiltrate manufacturing in a big way
Embedded vision, deep learning, and Industry 4.0 could all have a big impact on the machine vision sector in the future. Three experts give their opinions
Mathew Daniel at data management software provider Sciemetric Instruments explains the importance of centralised data collection in factory automation, and why image data is a key part of that
Matthew Dale explores the art of vision integration, including system design methods and how new standards will help integrators and end-users alike
Greg Blackman gets to the bottom of Industry 4.0, and asks how machine vision will fit into the factories of the future
In the run up to the Fifa World Cup, Greg Blackman examines how video analysis is used to improve the performance of top athletes
Keely Portway looks at the changing relationship between human and robot in industrial environments, and the latest vision innovations involved in bringing them together