Matrix Vision has introduced its MvBlockScan camera with an FPGA for acquiring lines of data from an area scan sensor
Chromasens 3DPixa stereo line scan camera
The machine is able to inspect a complete bearing at 80 parts per minute, at 5µm height resolution, and simultaneously in colour and 3D
Edmund Optics has released near infrared aspheric lenses and Techspec LS series line scan lenses
Lucid Vision Labs released the first model in its Atlas10 10GBase-T camera family, and has begun series production of its 2k line scan Triton GigE Vision camera
Teledyne Dalsa has released the Linea HS 16k multifield TDI camera
Matthew Dale explores the high-resolution imaging solutions emerging for inspecting OLEDs and other electronic displays
JAI has rolled out a second version of its SW-4000TL trilinear colour line scan camera – this one featuring a backwards-compatible 10 GigE interface
A team of computer, mechanical, and electrical engineers in Greece has combined expertise in robotics and machine vision to design a scanning system for digitising books
Greg Blackman examines the advances being made in software and imaging technology for inspecting webs of printed material
Greg Blackman looks at flat panel display inspection, where the higher resolution of displays and high-speed production make the inspection task particularly demanding
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
