Intel RealSense lidar depth camera L515
28 April 2020
Framos now supplies the Intel RealSense lidar depth camera L515
Matthew Dale explores vision solutions for code reading and inspection in pharmaceutical production
Lidar
InGaAs and event-based sensors still rely on silicon CMOS readout ICs
Sense of purpose
15 April 2020
Greg Blackman explores the work being done on InGaAs sensors, along with other types of novel sensor that could find their way into the machine vision market
EPIC meeting on lidar
Attendees will participate on a discussion focused on the components and assembly processes needed to satisfy current user-driven demands in application fields including automotive, mapping, Earth observation, and security.
The Harvesters (1565), by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Wheat breeding gains from 3D data
24 February 2020
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
Intel L515 depth camera
24 February 2020
Framos now includes Intel’s first lidar device – the new L515 depth camera – in its product range
AutoSens Detroit launches programme agenda
14 February 2020
Image processing, active safety and deep learning complete a technically engaging agenda for AutoSens in Detroit for 2020
Gecko-Four polygon scanner for lidar scanning
8 October 2019
Precision Laser Scanning is now introducing its Gecko-Four polygon scanner for lidar scanning from small UAVs and in terrestrial robotics for factory automation
Combined ranging and spectral camera launched at Autosens
18 September 2019
3D sensing company, Outsight, has introduced a 3D semantic camera that combines lidar ranging with hyperspectral material analysis. The camera was introduced at the Autosens conference in Brussels
Lidar creates 3D effects for Game of Thrones
13 June 2019
Lidar technology from Teledyne Optech has helped create visual effects and 3D spatial data acquisition for HBO’s Game of Thrones
Photonic Vision develops lidar sensor with video
2 May 2019
UK start-up, Photonic Vision, has developed what it considers a disruptive approach to time-of-flight sensing for lidar, able to reach high sensitivity without avalanche multiplication
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MVTec’s Halcon software library includes a deep learning OCR tool with pre-trained fonts from a wide range of industries. Credit: MVTec
Engineers at KYB in front of a pick-and-place solution for handling steel metal cylinders. Credit: Pickit
Car manufacturing has been hit hard by Covid-19, but the need for automation on production lines has not diminished, as Greg Blackman finds out
A point cloud of a National Research Council Canada artefact superimposed on a CAD model. Credit: NIST
How do you choose a 3D vision system for a robot cell? Geraldine Cheok and Kamel Saidi at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the USA discuss an initiative to define standards for industrial 3D imaging
SWIR imaging can show bruising in fruit that wouldn't be evident with a visible camera. Credit: Sony
Edmund Optics’s Thomas Armspach-Young and Boris Lange consider the optics needed to get the best out of Sony's new short-wave infrared image sensors
What kind of economic development do you expect during and after this crisis?
Findings from a two-part survey, conducted by the European Machine Vision Association, on the effects the Covid-19 pandemic could have on the machine vision industry
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Christoph Hellmann Santos, of the ROS Industrial Consortium Europe and Fraunhofer IPA, explains why more industrial users are now building robots through the open source software platform, Robot Operating System
