Researchers from Northeastern University in Shenyang, China, have engineered an unsupervised stereoscopic saliency detection system for locating defects in railroad rails using the Chromasens 3DPixa Pro Dual line scan camera
Machines With Vision has developed technology that helps railways monitor the condition of tracks in a more efficient way
Railway monitoring company Donfabs and Consillia constructed a maintenance vehicle that used the Micro-Epsilon ScanControl laser profile sensor to look for signs of wear
Adlink Technology has released a rugged, fanless Nvidia Quadro embedded AIoT (AI and IoT) platform, the PIS-5500, designed for real-time video/graphics analytics applications in the rail industry
A monitoring system that gives real-time information on the wear occurring on rail wheels to enhance rail safety is under development as part of the Wheelwatcher EU Horizon 2020 programme
Matthew Dale finds that optical inspection techniques are improving upkeep and the running of rail networks
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Deep learning has helped to make great strides in machine vision technology, but there are additional data-centric tools that can help new applications come to life. Find out more...
CCD374 for Sentinel-4 Earth observation satellite. Credit: ESA
The different requirements of industrial and space imaging have led to distinct sensor development paths that diverge and intersect in interesting ways, as Benjamin Skuse finds out
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Clever manipulation of light is allowing researchers to image deeper into tissue to ultimately further our understanding of the brain. Abigail Williams investigates
One of SweGreen's eight vertical farm units that it operates across Sweden. Credit: SweGreen
Automation, lighting regimes, and hyperspectral imaging are unlocking vertical farming’s full potential, finds Benjamin Skuse
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There’s a renaissance underway in shortwave infrared imaging as thin-film photodetectors come online. Tim Hayes reports
