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
The sensor of SWIR Vision Systems' Acuros CQD 1920 camera
Matthew Dale finds that new sensor technologies based on quantum dots are set to bring down the cost of shortwave infrared imaging
Keely Portway finds out how vision technology is playing a role in medical diagnosis
Bob McCurrach, director of standards development at AIA, updates on the progress being made in GigE Vision
Following speaking at Embedded Vision Europe, Pierre Gutierrez, lead machine learning researcher at Scortex, writes about the challenges of deploying deep learning on the factory floor
Takashi Someda, CTO at Hacarus, on the advantages of sparse modelling AI tools
Depth map from the SceneScan. Credit: Nerian Vision
Dr Konstantin Schauwecker, CEO of Nerian Vision, describes the firm’s stereo vision sensor for fast depth perception with FPGAs
MVDK evaluation board with MIPI CSI-2 sensor and CXP interface board. Credit: Euresys
Greg Blackman finds that purchasing IP cores for FPGAs is one way to reduce time-to-market for camera production
